VCC/LCCRO Pilot Project Awards

The Lake Champlain Cancer Research Organization (LCCRO) and the VCC Cancer Center Support Grant provide funding for cancer research awards to UVM faculty in several categories. The VCC/LCCRO Pilot Project Award is one such award category. Historically, this award has laid the foundation for larger, NIH-funded grants to cancer researchers.

VCC/LCCRO Pilot Project Awards of up to $50,000 will be given to at least two scientists. The number of awards and amount of each will be determined by the review committee based on the overall merit of the applications they receive. The purpose of these awards is to provide seed money for pilot projects or novel ideas in cancer research—including basic, clinical, epidemiological, behavioral, and psychosocial cancer-related investigations. Preference will be given to faculty seeking to develop new scholarly areas. The funds may not be used to supplement existing grants, provide interim support, or support previously funded research or faculty salary.

Next Application Deadline

• Letter of Intent — Tues., May 4, 2010
• Proposals — Tues., June 1, 2010, 3 pm

Downloadable Files

• Application Instructions & Guidelines (DOC)

Current Recipients (2009)

• Paula Deming, Ph.D./Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences
Functional Interaction between the Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptors (PDGFR) and the Catalytic Subunit of Cyclic AMP-dependant Protein Kinase A (PKA)
• Kim Dittus, M.D., Ph.D./Department of Medicine
Impact of Resistance Training Added to a Weight Loss Intervention for Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors
• Nicholas Heintz, Ph.D./Department of Pathology
Redox Metabolism as a Therapeutic Target in Mesothelioma
• Giselle Sholler, M.D./Department of Pediatrics
• David Krag, M.D./Department of Surgery
New Murine Model for in vivo Screening of Neuroblastoma-Targeted Phage Display Library Antibodies in the Context of the Human Immune System

Past Recipients

• Arti Shukla, Ph.D.
• Frances Carr, Ph.D.
• Feng-Qi Zhao, Ph.D.
• Richard Zubarik, M.D.
• Mark Plante, M.D.
• Steven Lidofsky, M.D.
• Chris Holmes, M.D., Ph.D.
• Maria Ramos-Nino, Ph.D.
• Nicholas Heintz, Ph.D.
• Richard F. Branda, M.D.
• George Philips, M.D.
• Barbara Lyons, Ph.D.
• José Madalengoitia, Ph.D.
• Umadevi Wesley, Ph.D.
• Wolfgang Dostmann, Ph.D.
• Gregory Friestad, Ph.D.
• James Vigoreaux, Ph.D.
• Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D.
• Marc Greenblatt, M.D.
• Kenneth Cutroneo, Ph.D.
• Wolfgang Dostmann, Ph.D.
• Mary Cushman, M.D.
• Paul Vichi, Ph.D.
• Diane Jaworski, Ph.D.
• Jeffrey Bond, Ph.D.
• Berta Geller, Ed.D.
• Scott Morrical, Ph.D.
• Jen-Fu Chiu, Ph.D.
• Laura Solomon, Ph.D.
• Ian Macara, Ph.D.
• Karen Plaut, Ph.D.
• Deborah Lannigan, Ph.D.