2012 Raymond and Maria Floyd
Award for Bladder Cancer Research
The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2012 Raymond and Maria Floyd Award for Bladder Cancer Research. This award is made possible by World Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd and his wife, Maria, who have made a six-figure gift to the organization in support of advancing necessary research efforts to help those who have been profoundly affected by bladder cancer, the nation’s 5th most common form of cancer.
This $25,000 grant will cover direct costs associated with a one year bladder cancer-specific research proposal. The purpose of this grant is to advance research that will increase the understanding of bladder cancer risk, biology, prevention, and treatment while encouraging young investigators to pursue a career in bladder cancer research.
BCAN is eager to review all qualified applications, and we encourage you to distribute this grant information to any young researchers interested in investigating bladder cancer.
Download the grant instructions (word document).
Download the grant application packet (word document) .
Completed applications must be submitted electronically to grants@bcan.org by March 29, 2012. The grant recipient will then be determined by a selection committee comprised of physicians and research specialists in bladder cancer. The award will be announced on or before May 19, 2012, and the grant period will begin on July 15, 2012. The grant recipient will be expected to present results at BCAN’s annual Bladder Cancer Think Tank Meeting in August, 2013.
The 2011 Raymond and Maria Floyd Award was presented to Dr. Gil Redelman-Sidi, a research fellow at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The first BCAN Award for Bladder Cancer Research was presented in 2010 to Dr. Elizabeth Guancial, a Fellow in the Dana Farber / Partners Cancer Care Hematology / Oncology program in Boston. Learn more about their research.
Please contact BCAN if you have any questions. You can reach us at grants@bcan.org.
