RAPID ACCESS TO NCI DISCOVERY RESOURCES (R-A-N-D) RELEASE DATE: February 27, 2003 NOTICE: NOT-CA-03-009 National Cancer Institute (NCI) (http://www.nci.nih.gov) The National Cancer Institute is requesting applications for the following initiative: Rapid Access to NCI Discovery Resources (R-A-N-D) program. The R-A-N-D program will make available to academic investigators, on a competitive basis, the discovery, and early preclinical development contract resources of NCI's Developmental Therapeutics Program. The goal of R-A-N-D is to remove the most common barriers between basic research findings and their exploitation for discovery of new molecular entities. R-A-N-D does not fund grants; applications to the program are requests for NCI drug discovery and development resources to conduct specific tasks the applicants themselves are unable to carry out in their efforts to translate basic research findings to the discovery of new drugs and biologics. Examples of tasks that may be requested include: production/characterization of molecular target proteins; high-throughput screening (HTS) assay development; natural product isolation/characterization; synthesis of combinatorial libraries; computer modeling, early pharmacology and in vivo efficacy studies. There are two receipt dates for requests for R-A-N-D support per year, April 1 and October 1. A Letter of Interest (LOI) must be submitted via email to the Program Coordinator 30 days prior to the application deadline. Current requests must be received by April 1, 2003 (LOI March 1, 2003), with all materials submitted directly to the office listed below. APPLICATIONS HAND-DELIVERED BY INDIVIDUALS TO THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED. This policy does not apply to courier deliveries (i.e. FEDEX, UPS, DHL, etc.) (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/ notice-files/NOT-CA-02-002.html). This change in practice is effective immediately. This policy is similar to and consistent with the policy for applications addressed to Centers for Scientific Review as published in the NIH Guide Notice http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/ NOT-OD-02-012.html. For information on process and procedure of requests for R-A-N-D resources, visit the DTP web site http://dtp.nci.nih.gov/. Inquiries are encouraged; the opportunity to clarify issues or questions is welcome. Academic investigators may have collaborations with small-business partners and still qualify for R-A-N-D funding. Non-profit organizations other than universities may also submit R-A-N-D applications. Please note that a maximum of two distinct requests for support per investigator can be submitted for each receipt date. INQUIRIES: For further information, contact: RAND Office of Associate Director Developmental Therapeutics Program National Cancer Institute Executive Plaza North Building, Suite 8020 6130 Executive Blvd. Rockville, MD 20852 Tel: 301-496-8720; Fax: 301-402-0831 RAND@dtpax2.ncifcrf.gov
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