European Science Foundation
Type of work: Research and Survey
Relevent Country: Austria
Last Date: 24-10-2022
The European Science Foundation (ESF) is inviting applications for its Fight Kids Cancer (FKC) to address the lack of research dedicated to paediatric cancers by sustainably providing support to the best European research through annual competitive calls for projects.
Fully aware of the need to reach a critical mass to be attractive and generate impact, these organizations are committing a significant part of their resources to reach a funding envelop of up to 4 million euros for the 2022-2023 call. This envelope will be used to support the best early phase clinical trial projects and translational research projects aimed at accelerating therapeutic innovation for children and adolescents with cancer.
The core drivers underpinning the FKC programme are the following:
Objectives
The Fight Kids Cancer programme (hereafter “FKC”) aims to catalyse and support pan-European innovative and relevant research initiatives in paediatric cancer to develop innovative research that improve the outcome for all children and adolescents with cancer. This call will cover the following non-exclusive objectives:
The FKC call for projects aims towards overcoming the structural lack of research dedicated to paediatric cancers by ensuring a recurring endowment that will be granted to the best European research projects every year. An additional ambition is to foster closer working ties between basic researchers and clinicians.
Types of Projects
Projects are expected to propose research on either Early Phase Clinical Trials or Translational Research. Applicants to both categories are encouraged to address innovative interventions or approaches towards novel treatment (such as innovative therapies including immune-oncology, platform trials, artificial intelligence, imaging, radiotherapy, surgical approaches).
The two types of projects are:
Early Phase Clinical Trials to evaluate innovative therapies for children and adolescents with cancer. The key elements of the proposals are:
Translational research projects addressing childhood and adolescent cancers. Proposals are encouraged on:
Funding Information
For this call, up to 4 million euros will be awarded with the following funding limits:
Eligibility Criteria
Source: https://www.esf.org/funding-programmes/fight-kids-cancer-2022-2023-call-for-proposals/