Research Career Development Award
Funding Source: Funded by the ONS Foundation through an unrestricted grant from Genentech BioOncology.
Award: The one-year award is for $20,000. The fellow receives up to $18,000 to cover research related expenses. The mentor or the mentor’s institution will receive a $2,000 award in the form of an unrestricted honorarium to cover the mentor’s consultative or research-related expenses and/or other institutional costs.
Purpose: To support short-term oncology research training and mentorship. Specific activities that are supported by this funding are listed in the application.
Eligibility: The applicant must be a registered nurse with an interest in oncology and with a completed PhD degree in nursing or a related discipline.
Research Career Development Awards are available for beginning researchers. A beginning researcher is eligible up to eight years after completing a PhD degree, if no independent extramural funding has been received.
The conduct of a research project (including pilot and feasibility studies) is not permitted for this funding mechanism.
Online Application Deadline: 7/1/2013
If you have further questions, please contact the ONS Research Department at research@onsfoundation.org.
Welcome to the Research Career Development Award Application
We have developed two instructional guides for entering your application:
- An online submission overview
- A slide presentation with views of the application sections and instructions on each slide
RE02-ONS Foundation Research Career Development Award Application Submission Website
Helpful Hints
Grant Writing Tips
RE02-Online Application Instructions (Word)
RE02-Online Application Instructions (PDF)
RE02-Biosketch Form (Word)
RE02-Biosketch Form (PDF)
RE02-Budget Worksheet (Word)
RE02-Budget Worksheet (PDF)
RE02-Budget Worksheet (Excel)
Grant Resubmission Cover Letter (Word)
Grant Resubmission Cover Letter (PDF)
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