Pilot Study Awards
About the Award
Investigators often struggle to find funding for innovative approaches to scientific questions because their new ideas may not yet be in the scientific mainstream. Each year we support multiple pilot studies with $75,000 each to pave the way for new avenues of ovarian cancer research and to expand our understanding of the disease.
Award Details
Two-year awards at $75,000 each, Pilot Study Program awards will support investigator-initiated projects in all areas of ovarian cancer research. In addition, projects designed to analyze data from already funded clinical trials will be considered.
Funds are for direct costs only; institutional overhead and indirect costs will not be included in the award.
Application Process
All application materials should be submitted through proposalCENTRAL, by the application due date. Applicants who do not already have an account in proposalCENTRAL must register for an account prior to beginning application. Once logged into proposalCENTRAL, search for Rivkin Center in the Grant Opportunities tab and select the appropriate grant.
Applications will only be accepted during the open competition window and will not be considered after the deadline. The completed application must be validated to ensure all materials have been submitted. Signature pages must be printed for a wet signature (not an electronic signature) from the named institutional official which can then be uploaded. To ensure a successful submission has taken place, confirm that the status of the application has changed to “Submitted.”
The Rivkin Center is committed to funding ovarian cancer research until there is a cure. To do that, we need to pause funding new scientific grants in 2023. While we continued to fund grants during the pandemic, when so many others couldn’t, our donations have been down for several years because of covid and the economy. We know our funding matters to launching new ovarian cancer research throughout the world and the careers of new researchers in this field. We look forward to investing again soon and supporting you for a long time to come. Thank you for your understanding.
