LRF Postdoctoral Fellowship for International Students in USA

The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) offers postdoctoral fellowship to both
home and international students in the USA for the academic session of 2017.
The fellowship is open to pursue research in the field of lymphoma.

The LRF postdoctoral
fellowship grant is designed to support investigators at the level of advanced
fellow or postdoctoral researcher in laboratory or clinic-based research with
results and conclusions.

The Lymphoma
Research Foundation (LRF) is the nation’s largest non-profit
organisation devoted exclusively to funding innovative lymphoma research
and providing people with lymphoma and healthcare professionals with up-to-date
information about this type of cancer. LRF’s mission is to eradicate lymphoma
and serve those touched by this disease.

Course
Level:
The fellowship is available to pursue postdoctoral programme.

Study
Subject:
The Fellowship is awarded in the field of lymphoma research.

Scholarship
Award:
The Fellowship will cover the following:

The LRF
Postdoctoral Fellowship provides a total of $105,000 to grantees over two
years. Salary support is provided in the amount of $45,000 for the first
year and $50,000 for the second year. Incidental funds of $5,000 per year
may be budgeted for research supplies or professional development expenses
such as tuition, registration fees, and travel for courses and meetings.
This Grant does not provide for institutional overhead.

Numbers of
Scholarships: Not
known

Scholarship
can be taken in the
USA

Eligibility:
Applicants
must meet the following area for the fellowship:

Applicants
must hold an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree. MD Applicants must have
completed at least two years (24 months) of their fellowship work at the
start of the award period (March 1, 2018). All applicants should not have
completed more than five years (60 months) of their fellowship or
postdoctoral work at the start of their award period. Individuals holding
faculty positions prior to March 1, 2018 are not eligible to apply;
awarded applicants may move into faculty positions during the award
period.
Applicants
must be affiliated with a sponsoring institution in the U.S. or Canada for
the duration of the LRF Grant and intend to pursue a career in lymphoma
research. Citizenship is not required.
Applicant
must secure a Sponsor who will supervise the proposed research project.
The Sponsor’s role is to assure (on behalf of the Institution) that the
specific aims of the project are met and to present the Institution’s role
in the development of the Applicant’s career. The Sponsor may support only
one applicant to the Fellowship program per grant cycle.
Applications
are encouraged from qualified individuals without regard to age, race,
religion, sex, creed, national origin or any other characteristics
protected by law.
During
the award period, the Fellow must spend a minimum of 80 percent of his/her
time in research without major patient care, teaching, or administrative
responsibilities except as such responsibilities relate directly to a
pre-clinical or clinical lymphoma research project.
The LRF
Fellow may not hold another competitively applied for a fellowship and/or
a grant that primarily supports Principal Investigator (PI) salary during
the period of the LRF Grant, except if awarded as part of an NIH
Institutional Training Grant (T32/K12 or equivalent). Supply and material
costs for the clinical research project should be supported by another
grant or from institutional funds. The percent of research time for the PI
on all active grants should not add up to more than 100%. LRF must be
informed as to the sources and the amounts of all
extramural/non-institutional funding received by the Fellowship recipient
during the term of the LRF Grant and reserves the right to determine that the
LRF Grant may not be held concurrent with other funding.
A
previous LRF Fellow shall not be granted support other than in exceptional
circumstances, which is decided on a case-by-case basis. However,
applicants from previous years who did not receive an award are welcome to
apply if they still meet eligibility requirements.
All LRF
applications are self-initiated. LRF does not invite applications from
selected individuals or laboratories.

Nationality:
Applicants
of all nationalities are eligible for this fellowship.

College
Admission Requirement

Entrance
Requirement: Applicant must have an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree.

English Language
Requirement: Applicants must meet the necessary language proficiency
requirements of the host institution

How to
Apply:
Applicants can apply via online mode.

A
complete application includes the following:
Application
Signature Page: proposal CENTRAL will prompt you to generate a printable
version of this page when you have completed your application. Original
signatures from the applicant, sponsor, and institutional official are required.
A scan of the signed page must be uploaded as a PDF. Proxy and/or
electronic signatures are not permissible. Please note LRF no longer
requires the original signed document be mailed to the LRF office.
LRF
Waiver: the original of the Waiver must be signed by the applicant, the
primary Sponsor, and the authorised official of the sponsoring
institution. Original signatures in ink are required. A scan of the signed
page should be uploaded as a PDF.
Non-Technical
Abstract: This is a brief description (100 words or less) of the proposed
project presented in terminology for the general public. It should be
understandable to the average reader of a daily newspaper.
Technical
Abstract: In addition to describing the project using technical language,
the Technical Abstract should explain (in 100 words or less) the
significance of the proposed work to the field of lymphoma.
Keywords:
Please select any applicable keywords in each of the four Areas of Study
categories. A thorough, accurate selection of keywords will enable LRF to
match your application with appropriate reviewers.
Statement
of Level of Effort: Provide the approximate percentage of time that the
Applicant will devote to each work activity (e.g., research, clinical,
teaching, administration, other). At least 80 percent of the Applicant’s
time must be devoted to research. The total of these items must not exceed
100 percent.
Current
and Pending Research Support: List all active and pending research support
for the applicant. Include all individual and institutional support
available for the proposed work during its duration. For each item,
provide a source of support, identifying number, project title, and name
of Principal Investigator/Program Director, annual direct costs, and total
period of support. Failure to provide evidence of sufficient supporting
funds for the proposed research can invalidate the application. Note:
proposal CENTRAL now records other support in your personal profile.
Follow the instructions in the application system to enter or import
information from your profile to this section.
Support
for the sponsor should be indicated using the Sponsor Support template and
uploaded as an attachment;
List
all active support with support in lymphoma/CLL highlighted, and indicate
if the support will apply to the
Project
proposed in the application.
Sponsor’s
Letter of Support: This letter should demonstrate the Sponsor’s support of
your project and commitment to provide the necessary training and
supervision. Upload in PDF format.
List of
Three Individuals Providing Letters of Support: In addition to providing a
letter of support and commitment from the Applicant’s Sponsor, list three
(3) additional individuals who are familiar with your past work and/or
training and who are providing letters of recommendation. The PC
application manager will notify these individuals, and their (blinded)
letters of support will automatically be included with your submission.