American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grants

The American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grants (ACS-IRG) are awarded to junior faculty to pursue basic, pre-clinical, clinical and cancer-control research studies. These grants are intended for new investigators who are within six years of their first academic appointment. 

• Call for Applications 
• Application Packet 
• ACS IRG Application Guidelines and Instructions
• ACS IRG Policies and Instructions 
• Faculty Research Promotion Form 

Questions and the completed application package should be directed to:

Julie C. Schaum, M.S.
research center grants manager
VCU Massey Cancer Center
P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037
Phone: (804) 628-3614
Fax: (804) 827-0810
jschaum@mcvh-vcu.edu

ACS IRGs recently awarded at Massey:

Six researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have been awarded institutional research grants over the past two years from the American Cancer Society.

• Keith C. Ellis, Ph.D. - "Development of Selective Inhibitors of AGC Subfamily Kinases"
• Rebecca L. Heise, Ph.D. - "Primary Cilia Mechanical Signaling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"
• Christopher Lemmon, Ph.D. - "Fibronectin Mechanics and Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment"
• Zhenjun Lou, Ph.D. - "Molecular Expression for Regulation of Gene Expression by Telomeres"
• Vasily Yakovlev, M.D., Ph.D. - "Chronic Inflammatory Levels of ROS/RNS Initiate Genetic Instability by Downregulation of BRCA1 Expression"
• Zhibing Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. - "Sperm-Associated Antigen 6 in Ovarian Cancer"