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Description
ABSTRACT / GENERAL AUDIENCE SUMMARY:
The American Cancer Society (ACS) Institutional Research Grant (IRG) is awarded by the ACS.
This grant provides funds that are distributed to promising new investigators at the University of
Kentucky (UK) and UK’s Markey Cancer Center (MCC) who are performing cancer-related
research. The primary objective of the ACS IRG is to help new faculty develop their research
program and establish a track-record of peer-reviewed funding. This funding mechanism, in
turn, will enhance their efforts to build their cancer research programs and compete for larger
extramural grants. The success of previous ACS IRG awardees in obtaining extramural funding
reflects the value of this program.
Dr. Kathleen O’Connor will continue to serve as PI of the ACS IRG. Funds from the ACS IRG
will be distributed to new faculty on a competitive basis. Briefly, grants will be solicited from
potential candidates two times per year, and guidelines are provided to each grantee. Submitted
grant applications will be reviewed by Dr. O’Connor and a panel of UK faculty with expertise in
all areas of cancer research. This process will select grants with the highest scientific merit and
greatest likelihood of future extramural funding. We anticipate the awarding of 9 grant
applications over the three-year period of the ACS IRG. Awardees must spend the funds within
one year, although no-cost extensions of up to one additional year can be requested if justified.
Awardees are expected to acknowledge ACS IRG funding, when appropriate, in abstracts and
papers.
Status | Active |
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Effective start/end date | 1/1/23 → 12/31/25 |
Funding
- American Cancer Society: $612,000.00
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Pilot: Development of a k-mer based Bioinformatics Method for Characterizing the Pan- Cancer Endogenous Retroviruses
Liu, J. (PI)
1/1/24 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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Diversity in Cancer Research Supplement: University of Kentucky
O'Connor, K. (PI), Adegboyega, A. (CoI), Awuah, S. (CoI), Blackburn, J. (CoI), Brainson, C. (CoI), Gao, T. (CoI), Hull, P. (CoI), Lee, Y.-S. (CoI), Williams, L. (CoI) & Hahn, E. (Former CoI)
1/1/23 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project
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Pilot: PLK1 Phosphorylation of NEUROD1 in Prostate Cancer Lineage Plasticity
Zhang, Y. (PI)
2/1/24 → 1/31/25
Project: Research project