ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE RESEARCH COLLABROATIONS
Receipt date: February 15, 2005
The Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
announces its intent to provide funds to supplement existing DCB-supported
research projects in FY05 to support and encourage scientific collaboration
among DCB grantees, as well as with other members of the scientific
community. This initiative, known as the Activities to Promote Research
Collaborations (APRC) program, can support collaborative activities that
bring together ideas and approaches from disparate scientific disciplines,
including those not currently supported by DCB. Examples of collaborative
activities include, but are not limited to, initiating new collaborative
research projects, sharing resources and reagents, developing novel
technologies, and organizing cross-disciplinary meetings/workshops. It is
essential, however, that proposed APRC activities be within the overall
scope of the active parent award and that the collaborative activity is new.
There are four areas of special scientific emphasis for FY05: (1)
structural biology; (2) integrative cancer biology; (3) tumor
microenvironment; and (4) mouse models. However, applications focused on
other cancer biology topics are will be accepted. For more information
visit
http://grant s.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-05-005.html