CGN Funding Available for Collaborative Research in Cancer Genetics

Funding is available from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for collaborative projects that use the Cancer Genetics Network (CGN). The express purpose of the Cancer Genetics Network is to facilitate research that is dependent upon large numbers of study participants. Since the CGN started this past year, proposals for pilot projects that test the Network are requested by the NCI. Projects can be for research in inherited cancer susceptibility, gene discovery, or the ethical, psychosocial, and legal issues surrounding cancer genetics. This funding is only available to investigators at the eight CGN centers, and is intended for collaborations between the CGN sites. Investigators at Johns Hopkins or any of the participating MACGN institutions are invited to submit proposals. The proposals can be for start-up collaborations, or possibly on-going collaborations, in cancer genetics research with investigators at any of the CGN centers or their secondary institutions:

CGN Centers

Johns Hopkins University (including Greater Baltimore Medical Center and other MACGN affiliates)
University of Pennsylvania Lombardi Cancer Center (Georgetown University)
Duke University (including University of North Carolina, Emory University)
MD Anderson Cancer Center (including Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas, University of Texas Health Science Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Huntsman Cancer Institute (including University of Utah, University of Colorado, University of New Mexico)
University of California, Irvine and University of California, San Diego

Proposed projects should:

Involve multiple participating network centers
Require resources of the network (eg. CGN multi-site cancer database)
Contribute to research areas on Genetics of Cancer Susceptibility, Translation of Genetics into Medical Practice, and Public Health Issues in Genetic Susceptibility

The budget for proposed projects is expected to be in the range of $50,000 - $100,000 per year (direct costs). The deadlines for submitting proposals are:

April 12, 1999
July 12, 1999
November 15, 1999

For more information, contact:

Gloria Petersen, Ph.D.

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

(410) 955-7497

gpeterse@jhsph.edu