The Abramson Cancer Center has been invited to nominate up to 5 faculty members across campus (including Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) for the Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award. Interested applicants must submit an NIH Bio and an Aims page to Cecilia Scavelli (cecilia2@upenn.edu), Associate Director for Research Administration, by January 5, 2024. Selected nominees will be notified by January 11, 2024.

The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award supports independent young physician-scientists conducting disease-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. The goal is to support the best young physician-scientists doing work aimed at improving the practice of cancer medicine. 

The awardee will receive financial support for three years, as well as assistance with certain research costs such as the purchase of equipment. The Foundation will also retire up to $100,000 of any medical school debt still owed by the awardee.

The Clinical Investigator Award program is specifically intended to provide outstanding young physicians with the resources and training structure essential to becoming successful clinical investigators. The goal is to increase the number of physicians capable of moving seamlessly between the laboratory and the patient’s bedside in search of breakthrough treatments.

The $600,000 award will be for a period of three years. Funding in the amount of $200,000 will be allocated to the awardee’s institution each year for the support of the Clinical Investigator.  Funds are intended to be flexible and can be used for a variety of scientific needs including the Investigator’s stipend and/or fringe benefits (up to $130,000 annually), salaries for professional and technical personnel, special equipment, supplies, and other miscellaneous items required to conduct the proposed research.  No part of this grant can be used for indirect costs or institutional overhead.

• Nomination materials (to Cecilia) due date: January 5, 2024
• Full application materials (to the Foundation) due date: February 1, 2024

FULL DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/clinical-investigator#overview