Following are newly released NCI research funding opportunities:

Avon-NCI "Progress for Patients" Awards for Early Phase Clinical Interventions and Biomarkers in Breast Cancer (Limited Competitive Supplements [Revisions] for P30 Cancer Center Support Grants)
Announcement Number: PAR-07-244
Letter of Intent Receipt Dates: March 27 and Oct. 15, 2007
Application Receipt Dates: April 27 and Nov. 15, 2007

This funding opportunity will use the P30 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3690. Inquiries: Dr. Jaswant S. Bhorjee - bhorjeej@mail.nih.gov

CCR Grand Rounds March 27: Dr. William G. Nelson, Director, Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory; Professor of Oncology, Urology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Pathology & Radiation Oncology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “5-Me-CpG-Binding Domain Proteins and Prostate Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment.” April 3: Dr. Katherine A. Jones, Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. “Mechanistic Studies of RNAPII Transcription Elongation.” CCR Grand Rounds are held 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, in the Clinical Center's Lipsett Amphitheater.

Avon-NCI "Progress for Patients" Awards for Early Phase Clinical Interventions and Biomarkers in Breast Cancer (Limited Competitive Supplements [Revisions] for P50 SPORE Grants)
Announcement Number: PAR-07-245
Letter of Intent Receipt Dates: March 27 and Oct. 15, 2007
Application Receipt Dates: April 27 and Nov. 15, 2007

This funding opportunity will use the P50 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3691. Inquiries: Dr. Igor Kuzmin - kuzmini@mail.nih.gov  

Technology Development for the Detection and Evaluation of Chemical and Biological Carcinogens (SBIR)
Announcement Number: PAS-07-240
Application Receipt Dates: April 5, Aug. 5, and Dec. 5, 2007

This funding opportunity will use the R43 and R44 award mechanisms. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3692. Inquiries: Phillip J. Daschner - pd93u@nih.gov

Technology for the Detection and Characterization of Low Abundance Proteins, Peptides, or Micro RNAs (SBIR)
Announcement Number: PAS-07-241
Application Receipt Dates: April 5, Aug. 5, and Dec. 5, 2007

This funding opportunity will use the R43 and R44 award mechanisms. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3693. Inquiries: Dr. J. Randy Knowlton - knowltoj@mail.nih.gov

Technologies and Software to Support Integrative Cancer Biology Research (SBIR)
Announcement Number: PAS-07-242
Application Receipt Dates: April 5, Aug. 5, and Dec. 5, 2007

This funding opportunity will use the R43 and R44 award mechanisms. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3694. Inquiries: Dr. Jennifer Couch - couchj@mail.nih.gov

2007 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program
Announcement Number: RFA-RM-07-009
Application Receipt Date: May 22, 2007

This funding opportunity will use the DP2 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3697. Inquiries: Dr. Judith H. Greenberg - newinnovator@nih.gov  

Occupational Safety and Health Research
Announcement Number: PA-07-318
New Application Receipt Dates: June 5 and Oct. 5, 2007; Feb. 5, June 5, and Oct. 5, 2008; Feb. 5, June 5, and Oct. 5, 2009; Feb. 5, 2010

This is a renewal of PA-04-038 and will use the R01 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3695. Inquiries: Dr. Mukesh Verma - vermam@mail.nih.gov