Notice Number: NOT-CA-05-019

Key Dates
Release Date: May 4, 2005

On August 18, 2004, the National Cancer Institute issued a Program Announcement with Special Receipt Dates (PAR) entitled, PAR-04-147, Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program that is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-147.html. This Notice is to inform the scientific community that the NCI is amending PAR-04-147, Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program, as follows:

• The number of amendments of an application is now limited to two (instead of only one);
• Applications may now be submitted from either domestic or foreign institutions (as opposed to only from domestic institutions); and
• Any application that involves the development and/or use of a novel animal model system should include the following information:

  Clear rationale for the need to develop and/or use a novel animal model;
  Characteristics (including any known or anticipated improvements or limitations) of the proposed animal model compared with existing models;
  How the proposed animal model mimics the cancer process in humans;
  Potential uses of the animal model for (proposed and/or future) cancer prevention research studies; and
  What the end points are for proposed studies involving use of the animal model and how they are measured.

Inquiries

Direct questions about scientific/research issues to:

Padma Maruvada, Ph.D. (Early Detection)
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN Room 3144, MSC 7362
Bethesda, MD 20892-7362
Rockville, MD 20852 (for express/courier service)
Telephone: 301-496-3893
E-mail: [email protected]

Harold Seifried, Ph.D. (Nutrition)
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN Room 3160, MSC 7328
Bethesda, MD 20892-7328
Rockville, MD 20852 (for express/courier service)
Telephone: 301-496-8573
E-mail: [email protected]

Vernon Steele, Ph.D., M.P.H. (Chemoprevention)
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN Room 2117, MSC 7322
Bethesda, MD 20892-7322
Rockville, MD 20852 (for express/courier service)
Telephone: 301-594-0420
E-mail: [email protected]

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