Basic/Translational Science Investigator (BTSI) Award

Organization
North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society's (NANETS)
Type
Foundation
Application Due Date
06-12-2020
Brief Description

Purpose

The purpose of the NANETS BTSI Award is to encourage scientists at the end of their fellowship who have secured a faculty appointment or scientists beginning their faculty appointment to pursue research focused on neuroendocrine tumors. 

Award Sponsor

The 2020 NANETS Basic/Translational Science Investigator Award is sponsored by the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (link is external).

Eligibility

The BTSI is awarded to scientists at the end of their fellowship or in the beginning of their faculty appointment, who are predominantly focused on lab-based, basic/translational research. The BTSI is intended to encourage scientific inquiry in the field of basic/translational science as it relates to NETs.

NANETS welcomes applications from candidates who meet the following criteria:

  • Candidates must have a MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DO degree or equivalent.
  • At the time of funding, candidates must be in the first 6 years of a faculty appointment at an accredited medical school or other institution in North America. Faculty appointments include instructors and above.
  • Candidates must be a NANETS member in good standing.
  • Previous recipients of NBTSI, NCIS or NTIG awards are not eligible to apply.

BTSI Selection Criteria

Criteria for selection will include both the research proposal itself and the potential of the individual to make future scientific and/or clinical contributions to the neuroendocrine tumor field. Strong emphasis will be placed on the career development plan and the applicant’s personal statements, as well as the research proposal. The research proposals section should focus on research projects with the potential to directly impact and improve the treatment of patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Appropriate projects would include (but are not limited to) risk factors, clinical outcomes, novel treatment strategies, and translational research projects with clear clinical significance. The research proposal can include the development of a clinical trial and/or correlative studies involving existing clinical trials.

Award Term

The NANETS Basic/Translational Science Investigator Award is a two-year $100,000 award and will provide $50,000 in funding each year, which will be directed to the sponsoring institution. Notification to the recipient will be made in mid-July 2020. The award period is November 1, 2020 through October 31, 2022. The first installment of funds will be dispersed to the sponsoring institution on or about November 1, 2020.