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APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Applications should be received by the date specified in the Call for applications.

Applications must be received by the NCI office by the close of business on the due date. This uniform policy is designed to be fair to all applicants and to enable the review and award process to proceed with minimal delays, thus resulting in the earliest possible award dates (see Section V: Anticipated Schedule for Review and Award). For these reasons, it is important to allow enough time for the application delivery system that you select.

The original, signed application plus 5 copies should be sent to:
Middle East Cancer Consortium
c/o The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc.
656 Quince Orchard Road, Suite 210
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878-1409
USA

Concurrently one copy (could be by fax) should be sent to your country's Governor (member of the MECC Board of Governors).

Egypt:

Dr. A. S. Ibrahim
National Cancer Institute - Cairo
13 207 Maadi
Cairo, Egypt 11341
Tel: (20) 10-1400990
Fax: (20) 2-3644720

Jordan:

Dr. Samir Al-Kayed
Head, National Cancer Registry
Ministry of Health
P.O.Box 961750
Amman 11196
Tel: 692-6-765115 / 4765115
Fax: 692-6-5694324 / 4700416

Israel:

Dr. Rami Rahamimoff
Faculty of Medicine
The Hebrew University
P.O. Box 12272
Jerusalem, Israel
Tel: (972) 02-6758525
Fax: (972) 02-6757525

Cyprus:
Dr. Charitini Komodiki
Chief Medical Officer
Ministry of Health
1 Byron Avenue, Nicosia 1448
Tel: 357-2-309511
Fax:357-2-305803

Palestinian Authority:

Dr. Khamis El-Najjar
Ministry of Health
Gaza
Tel:972-7-2835665
Fax:972-7-2835665 ; 2827701

Grant application instructionsmay be obtained from the MECC web site: http://mecc.cancer.gov/

Tel: 972-4-8501821/972-4-8244794
Fax:972-4-8524151/972-4-8346338
E-mail: mdsilber@tx.technion.ac.il / MECC@research.haifa.ac.il

Receipt of applications in the MECC office will be acknowledged by postcard or e-mail.

No official application form is required, although a sample layout for the face page is included with this announcement. Applications must be typed in English and legible. All page limitations listed in this announcement (for example, a limitation of two pages per biographical sketch) refer to single typed pages.

The purpose of the application is to make clear to the MECC what it is that is being requested, who will actually be involved in the project, how the project will be conducted, monitored and evaluated; and what research question is being proposed. A group of experts will evaluate each application for scientific merit against a set of standard review criteria indicated below. The application should be written in a way that makes clear to the reviewers how those criteria will be met.

In place of a standard application form, refer to sections 1-4 below for required information to be included in the application.

1. FACE PAGE (ONE PAGE)

  • Title of the proposed study (25 words or less)
  • Names, titles and affiliations of principal investigator(s)
  • Telephone and Fax numbers; e-mail address of principal investigator(s) if available
  • Proposed project period (give start date and end date for requested funding)
  • Site(s) of the proposed project
  • Original signatures of principal investigators. Multiple face pages may be submitted (one or each original signature) if this will facilitate transmission
  • Name of person to notify in case of award (if different from principal investigators)
  • Total requested budget (in U.S. Dollars)

2. REQUESTED BUDGET (UP TO ONE PAGE) - Itemize the requested budget by:

PERSONNEL -
List of individuals to be supported either in whole or in part, through the proposed grant.
Include consultants by name and affiliation

EQUIPMENT AND RESEARCH SUPPLIES -
Do not itemize items which are below US$1,000 in cost

OTHER -
List all other expenses such as travel, equipment maintenance, photocopying etc. for
which funds are requested.
Note that the adequacy of the proposed budget to actually cover the costs of the proposed infrastructure or research project will be evaluated in the review of this application (see Review Considerations). If the proposed project will utilize additional resources which are not requested in the application, please indicate them so the reviewers will be able to
understand if the resources are adequate to accomplish what is proposed.

3. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH (UP TO TWO PAGES PER INVESTIGATOR)

Provide a brief statement to document the academic background, training, and relevant professional experience of each investigator. This is requested to evaluate the ability of the key investigators to undertake, supervise and report on the proposed project. Note that information in this section is critical since the competence of the principal investigator(s) to undertake the proposed project will be evaluated as part of the review process (see Review Considerations).

Include for each key investigator:

  • Name
  • Title, academic degrees including where granted, name and year
  • Current institutional affiliation (employer)
  • Brief summary of research experience. You may provide a narrative of your relevant professional experience that would document your ability to conduct the proposed project, and cite any publications of your own here. Please follow the format of this sample reference:
    Aamad, O. and Weisman, A. (1966). An inhibitor of protein kinase activity. Nature 212, 20-210.
  • References: In addition to information about yourself, list the name, full address, telephone number, Fax and E-mail address (if any) of three (3) individuals who are acquainted with your profession training or work who could be contacted as a reference.

4. RESEARCH PLAN (UP TO FOUR PAGES, EXCLUDING LITERATURE CITATIONS)

When the application is reviewed (evaluated) for scientific merit, the major focus of the review will be on quality of the proposed project, the qualifications and experience of the investigators and the relevance to the goals of the MECC program. To assess the quality of the proposed project, the reviewers must clearly understand the nature of the work, its importance as you see it to cancer research, the rationale for the proposed time frame and resources, and goals at specific time points within the project period.

This section of the grant application provides you the opportunity to present the importance and feasibility of the proposed research and to demonstrate how you will approach the actual research. For example, explain what is expected at key points in the project, and describe how the design will be modified if the early results are not as expected. Explain what you expect to be accomplished by the conclusion of the project, and how results will be disseminated.

The reviewers will be aware that you are limited to a four page research plan, and they will account for it in the evaluation of the proposed research. This section, therefore, should be concise yet clear, with the following information included:

  • Specific aims
  • Significance - how the proposed project will contribute to meeting the goals of the MECC
  • Preliminary Data - this item may not apply if the proposed project is a feasibility study
  • General methods that will be utilized - consider including a letter of support from any additional collaborators who are being asked to provide expert help of key materials/reagents for the conduct of the research
  • Description of available resources
  • Literature Cited - in one page or less, give the most relevant literature citations including title of each article that would support the goals and approach of your proposed project. Please use the literature cited format sample presented in the Biographical Sketch section of this announcement.