Funding for Medical Research
and Clinical Trials

Ovarian Cancer
Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research
Type of Organization: Foundation
Contact Name: Jackie Lang
Email Address: Jackie.Lang@rivkin.org
Funds Available for Clinical Trials: ✗ Research: ✔

Funding Details

Requirements: Potential candidates will have an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree with career goals focused on ovarian cancer. Clinicians will have completed their residency. Candidates should be at the postdoc/fellow, instructor, research assistant, or assistant professor level with no more than 4 years in ANY of these positions. Research associates are ineligible. Potential candidates can NOT already have an NIH K award or a career development grant from the DoD or elsewhere. Established, outstanding scientists without prior focus in ovarian cancer but looking to focus in this disease area are also encouraged to apply.

Other info: The Rivkin Center is announcing funds for Scientific Scholar Awards to be allocated based on scientific merit. Scientific Scholar Awards are intended to assist promising laboratory and clinical scientists in pursuing a career as an independent investigator in ovarian cancer research. The two-year awards will provide a total of $120,000 in funding. Funds are for direct costs only; institutional overhead and indirect costs will not be included in the award.

Instructions: https://rivkin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Rivkin-Scientific-Scholar-Award-RFA_2022.pdf