Wolfe Meningioma Program Project Award RFA

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

Wolfe Meningioma Program Project Award

Meningioma is the most common brain tumor in the United States. Maximal safe surgical resection and radiation are currently the standard therapies for meningioma patients, but these treatments are not always effective and are occasionally harmful. Further, it is not clear which treatments are most appropriate for subsets of meningioma patients, especially in the adjuvant and salvage settings. Adding to the uncertainties surrounding meningioma treatment, the causes, molecular drivers, and optimal imaging modalities of meningiomas are poorly understood. The objective of this program project is to transform the standard of care for meningioma by advancing knowledge of meningioma biology, treatment and diagnosis.

Purpose

The purpose of this RFA is to stimulate meningioma investigation at UCSF and within the regional cancer research community, and to recruit new investigators to the UCSF Wolfe Meningioma Program Project. Particular emphasis will be placed on funding basic science research aimed at developing tractable preclinical meningioma models, and early phase clinical trials for meningioma patients.

Terms of the Award

Project Award Amount: $45,000 for one year

Project Period: January 1, 2019- December 31, 2019

Budgetary Guidelines: Funds may be used for reagents, equipment or lab personnel (not for investigatory salary support or indirect costs)

Criteria for Review/Evaluation of Applications

High quality applications will be vetted by the administrative and leadership committee and the internal advisory committee of the UCSF Wolfe Meningioma Program Project. In-person presentations by select applicants will be targeted for early November 2018. Awards will be announced early December 2018.

Instructions for Proposals

Deadline: September 7, 2018

Proposal Length: Maximum 3 pages, including figures and tables, excluding literature cited.
 

Format Requirements: Arial font; 11 pt; minimum 1 inch for all margins; no appendices; include page numbers.

Please include the following items in your single PDF:

1. Cover Letter including Principal Investigator and any Co-Investigator information (name(s), position, institutional affiliation) and Project title

2. Proposal (maximum 3 pages, including figures and tables, excluding literature cited)

  • Aims
  • Experimental Approach
  • Literature cited (not included in page limit)

3. Detailed Budget ($45,000 maximum per proposal).

Use the following form: PHS 398 Form Page 4, "Detailed Budget for the Initial Period": https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/398_fp4.docx

4. Budget Justification: Clearly and fully justify all costs.

5. NIH Bio-sketch of Principal Investigator(s) and Co-Investigator(s) (5-page maximum): Use Form (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch-blankformat.docx)

Please send complete proposals and direct RFA questions to Linda Pham, [email protected].