INTERNATIONAL GRANT SOURCES OF RESEARCH FUNDING IN ONCOLOGY. OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINIAN SCIENTISTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32471/oncology.2663-7928.t-22-1-2020-g.8634Keywords:
fundamental cancer research, funds and programs for oncology research, grantsAbstract
The article highlights current information on international sources of grant funding for basic cancer research and analyzes the opportunities and obstacles for obtaining such support by Ukrainian scientists. Review of foreign scientific papers and Internet resources, which are surveing international cancer research organizations, foundations and grant programs, is completed. While there are a significant number of public and private organizations and foundations in the developed world that provide grants for cancer research, Ukrainian scientists are still not actively using these opportunities. Aim: an analytical review of international grant sources of funding for basic research in oncology and assessment of potential opportunities for their use by Ukrainian scientists. Results: the list of the main grant providers in the USA and the European Union has been obtained. The requirements of main Western foundations and programs, where Ukrainian scientists could submit grant applications for basic cancer research, have been analyzed. The performed study revealed that despite the large number of international grant providers, only a few of them considered foreign research institutions as potential recipients of financial support. Conclusions: based on the analysis of major organizations in the US and the EU that are ready to accept proposals from foreign research institutions, it was found that in the US it is the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Fogarty International Center, and in the EU it is the Horizon Europe program. By the end of 2020 Horizon Europe will start announcing competitions for cancer research for 2021–2027 providing potential opportunities for international cancer research projects in Ukraine.
References
Word Health Organization. URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cancer
Schmutz A, Salignat C, Plotkina D, et. al. Mapping the global cancer research funding landscape. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2019; 3(4): 1–7.
Begum M, Lewison G, et. al. Mapping cancer research across central and eastern Europe, the Russian Federation and Central Asia: Implications for future national cancer control planning. Euro J Cancer 2018; 104: 127–36.
European Society for Medical Oncology. URL: https://www.esmo.org/research/research-funding-opportunities/other-research-funding-opportunities/National-Research-Funds
International Cancer Research Partnership. URL: https://www.icrpartnership.org/partners
International Agency for Cancer Research: URL: https://www.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Cancer_Research_Funding_list_of_entities.pdf
National research foundation of Ukraine. URL: https://nrfu.org.ua
Global Oncology Map. URL: http://thegomap.org/map?data=projects
McGeary M, Burstein M. Sources of cancer research funding in the United States. Bethesda: National Cancer Institute (2006) URL: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5974/394fa93664aa992a485d753baf8624d0d116.pdf
Eckhouse S, Lewison G, Sullivan R. Trends in the global funding and activity of cancer research. Molecul Oncol 2008; 2(1): 20–32.
National cancer institute. URL: https://itcr.cancer.gov/funding-opportunities
Grants. URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-20-007.html
Fogarti International Center. URL: https://www.fic.nih.gov/Funding/Pages/NIH-funding-opportunities.aspx
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. URL: https://www.gatesfoundation.org
Rockefeller Foundation http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org
Thrasher Research Fund. URL: https://www.thrasherresearch.org/SitePages/which-grant.aspx#
National brain tumor society. URL: http://braintumor.org/advance-research/research-funding-opportunities
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. URL: https://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html
Eckhouse S, Sullivan R. A survey of public funding of cancer research in the European Union. PLOS Medicine 2006; 3 (7): 994–999.
Fricker J. Cancer research funding in Europe. Molecular oncology 2007: 1 (2); 131–4.
Shah K, Sussex J, Hernandez-Villafuerte K. Government and charity funding of cancer research: public preferences and choices. Health Research Policy and Systems 2015; 13 (1): 38.
Jungbluth S, Kelm O, et al. Europe combating cancer: The European Union’s commitment to cancer research in the 6th Framework Programme. Molec Oncol 2007; 1 (1): 14–8.
Fighting cancer through research. URL: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/research_and_innovation/research_by_area/documents/ec_rtd_cancer-infographic.pdf
Eanna Kelly Science/Business Network April 24, 2019 The EU wants a research mission on cancer. Here’s what we know about it https://sciencebusiness.net/eu-wants-research-mission-cancer-heres-what-we-know-about-it
Human frontier science program. URL: https://www.hfsp.org
Worldwide Cancer Research. URL: https://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org
World Cancer Research Fund International. URL: https://www.wcrf.org/int/research-we-fund/grant-programmes/apply-research-grant
Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund. URL: http://www.pcrf.org.uk/pages/who-we-are.html
International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research. URL: http://www.inctr.org
