Pilot project funding for potential NCI research
The Near-Miss Initiative provides funding to support cancer focused PI-directed applications to the National Institutes of Health with high potential for obtaining external funding that have been reviewed once and missed the NIH pay line. The goal is to increase the cancer focused NIH funding base at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Investigators wishing to apply to this funding mechanism must first submit a draft cover letter and letter from the department chair (described below) to one of the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center's Translational Research coordinators (Kaitlin Evans or Crystal Baker) for approval by the cancer center's Executive Committee before working with the coordinator to submit a full application. For non-NCI applications, cancer relevance will also be evaluated.