GOALS
The Fondation pour la Recherche Nuovo Soldati offers fellowships, on an annual basis, to support young doctors who wish to pursue a research project centred on cancer cells. The aim of these fellowships is to support innovative techniques or novel therapeutic approaches. In addition it is also possible to apply for a grant from the Foundation in order to learn a technique with the aim of applying it subsequently to an oncology related research project.
CONDITIONS
The annual scholarships are available for all qualified medical candidates or those nearing the end of their medical training and who work in specialty fields such as: anatomic pathology, oncology, radiotherapy, and oncological surgery. Applicants may be eligible for a scholarship from the Foundation in order to train in a technique that will enable them to acquire skills that will later lead to the enhancement of cancer research.
Candidates must already have solid training in the relevant field. The focus of the project must be integrated into the development policy of their home department so that the candidate can, upon completion of their project, continue to develop the acquired knowledge.
The funding awarded through a scholarship is intended solely for the candidate leading the project (salary, travel, registration fees at a foreign university, etc.). The purpose of the Nuovo Soldati Research Foundation scholarships is not to fund a project as such: any application whose budget is focused exclusively on the purchase of equipment, consumables, or reagents useful for the project will be systematically rejected. There is however some flexibility such that applications in which a minority of the budget is destined to these ends will be considered.
TIME PERIOD AND AMOUNT OF FUNDING
The fellowships are awarded for one year.
An intermediate report at 6 months and a final report will be required. Fellows should acknowledge the Fondation pour la Recherche Nuovo Soldati in all publications that result directly or indirectly from the fellowship. Fellows may also be required to present their finding in a special session of a scientific meeting. The fellow agrees to use the funding in the spirit of the project.
The fellowships can reach a maximum of 50,000 euros and an additional 5,000 euros may be taken into consideration by the advisory committee in the event of transatlantic or transpacific travel. Fixed supplementary costs associated with salaries should be included within the total according to the laws of the candidate’s country of residence. Preference will be given to projects that take place outside the fellows' country of origin or within centers of excellence within their home country.
Renewal of the grant in a subsequent year is possible subject to the progress of the project.