TBA (last known deadline was October 31, 2012)
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grants represent a joint effort to ensure the future leadership of pancreatic cancer research by supporting outstanding early career investigators beginning in their postdoctoral research positions and continuing through their successful transition to independence. Applicants must have started their postdoctoral or clinical research fellowship on or after July 2, 2008; i.e., grant recipients must be in the first five years of their fellowship at the start of the grant term, and not already have a full-time tenure track assistant professor position (or equivalent).
The Pathway to Leadership Grant provides up to five years of support, for a total of $600,000, consisting of two phases. The initial Mentored Phase lasts up to two years, during which time recipients will receive $75,000 per year and are expected to work closely with their mentor(s) to develop their research. During the subsequent three years, recipients are expected to be in independent research positions and will be funded at $150,000 per year.