The A. David Mazzone Research Awards Program will fund a series of collaborative and innovative cancer research, career development, community outreach, and training projects to address a range of needs in prostate cancer and Lupron-treatable diseases.

Funding Agency: The funding agency for the A. David Mazzone Research Awards Program is a non-federal grant from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Funding was derived from a pool of unclaimed funds from the settlement in 2004 of a class action suit against TAP Pharmaceuticals. The class action suit was related to marketing and sales practices for the prostate cancer drug Lupron.

2012 Opportunities

High Impact Awards are large-scale, team-driven prostate cancer research projects intended to accelerate the discovery, development and application of new agents to treat prostate cancer and/or to address significant problems in prostate cancer research.
Award amount: five two-year awards of up to $500,000 each.
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

High Impact Trial Awards are large-scale, prostate cancer research projects for multi-institutional teams of investigators (at least four institutions).  This award is designed to harness medical discoveries to test new compounds and therapies which inhibit putative targets and to study responses and prolongation of survival in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC).
Award amount: up to $250,000 per year for two years for direct costs only ($500,000 total).
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

Project Development Awards will support investigators conducting innovative pilot projects in prostate cancer translational research spanning the disciplines of basic biology, population studies, outcomes, or social science.
Award amount: nine two-year awards of up to $100,000 each.
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

Disparity Research Awards provide support for research projects aimed at understanding and eliminating racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in prostate cancer.
Award amount: four two-year awards of up to $100,000 each.
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

Community Outreach Research Awards are designed to help the Cancer Center play a greater role in facilitating engaged research participation or outreach activities among communities which are predominantly lower income and/or racially/ethnically diverse.
Award amount: five two-year awards of up to $100,000 each.
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

(Exclusively for DF/HCC partner institutions members) Pre- and Post-Doctoral Training Program Awards will support established, NIH-funded institutional training programs which provide pre-doctoral and/or post-doctoral research training opportunities for individuals interested in pursuing research careers in biomedical, behavioral, and clinical prostate cancer research.
Award amount: Up to $50,000 per year for two years for direct costs only ($100,000 total).
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

(Exclusively for DF/HCC partner institutions members) Career Development Awards will support junior investigators transitioning from training to independent investigators. Research may focus on any aspect of prostate cancer prevention, health services and health policy research, treatment, and survivorship.
Award amount: six two-year awards of up to $100,000 each.
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

Lupron-Treatable Disease and Conditions Awards Available to investigators throughout Massachusetts will support investigators who are focused on diseases and conditions that are Lupron-treatable, including but not limited to endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and precocious (early-onset) puberty in both male and female children.
Award amount: three two-year awards of up to $100,000 each.
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

Student Training Awards will support students for participation in the CURE Program. Through involvement in a research project, students acquire scientific knowledge and technical skills, and increase their understanding of cancer and how to conduct cancer research.
Award amount: multiple awards up to a total program funding amount of $160,000.
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.

Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Awards will support large-scale research projects. Proposals must be from teams of at least 3 highly experienced investigators capable of providing unique scientific expertise to the solution of a significant problem in prostate cancer research. A team may be assembled from one institution, or several institutions, from across the globe.
Award amount: three awards remaining for two-year awards of up to $1,000,000 each.
Submission Deadline for 2012 Awards: 04:59:59 PM EST, Friday, April 6, 2012.