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Call for research positions within the area of childhood cancer diseases 2021
Aim
Barncancerfonden (The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation) calls for proposals for research positions within the area of childhood cancer diseases. The purpose is to recruit more researchers to the field and to enable research for clinically active individuals employed in Swedish health care or equivalent.
Terms and conditions for the call
Grants to be applied for: 6-year senior research position, 4-year research assistant, 2-year postdoctoral position/fellowship, 4-year postdoctoral position including an additional return grant, and clinical research months during 1-3 months per year for up to 3 years. A main supervisor can apply for PhD grants for up to 4 years for a clinically active individual. The allocated grant may be used for salary costs and indirect costs. Applications for research assistant positions may also include running costs.
Research positions can be applied for within the areas biomedical science and health care science including psychosocial research. The results from the research related to the position are expected to be beneficial for children with cancer in Sweden and/or children oncology research in Sweden. The children oncology relevance should therefore be clearly stated in the application.
The research projects may be experimental (fundamental or translational research) or clinical.
Eligibility to apply
Funding for research positions and research assistants is applied for by an individual scientist (main applicant) that has, or intend to locate, the main activity in Sweden. For all positions applied for except PhD grants, the main applicant should be the person the applied position/fellowship is intended to finance. Research positions may be combined with a side activity of 20%, for example clinical work or teaching.
6-year senior research position is applied for by a researcher that holds a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. The applicant shall also have an own research program within the area of childhood cancer. Interviews of final candidates may be conducted. Half- or full-time positions can be applied for. Half-time positions for clinically active researchers in pediatric oncology should be combined with up to 50% clinical work. Half-time postitions for non-clinically active researchers shall be combined with other research funding relevant for childhood cancer. Barncancerfonden finances a maximum of six (6) years on full time or twelve (12) years on half-time. Continuation grants after that may be allocated after individual evaluation, if considered particulary important for children oncology.
4-year research assistant is applied for by a researcher that holds a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree no later than 7 years after dissertation. The applicant should intend to establish an own research program within the area of childhood cancer. The time from dissertation may be prolonged under special circumstances, for example clinical work or parental leave. Interviews of final candidates may be conducted. Half- or full-time positions can be applied for. Half-time positions are earmarked for clinically active researchers in pediatric oncology and shall be combined with up to 50% clinical work. Continuation grant may be allocated after individual consideration, especially for clinically active researchers in pediatric oncology.
Applications for research assistant positions can also include application for running costs up to 500 000 SEK per year. Running costs cannot include indirect costs or premises costs. The running costs must be specified and justified in the tab "Budget justification".
Postdoctoral position/fellowship is applied for by an individual that holds a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree no later than 5 years after dissertation. The time from dissertation may be prolonged under special circumstances, for example clinical work or parental leave. Half- or full-time positions can be applied for. Half-time positions are earmarked for clinically active researchers in pediatric oncology and shall be combined with up to 50% clinical work.
Grants to be applied for:
- Researcher with a doctoral degree from a Swedish university that intends to pursue a postdoctoral education in a foreign research group. This grant may be applied for as a 2-year fellowship abroad, or as an extended 4-year grant with an additional return grant where the last one or two years is a postdoctoral position/fellowship in Sweden. If the applicant has dependants, this is specified under "Other information regarding the application that cannot be stated elsewhere" on the tab "Other".
- Researcher with a doctoral degree from a foreign university that intends to pursue a postdoctoral education in a Swedish research group. 2-year grant.
- Researcher with a doctoral degree from a Swedish university that intends to pursue a postdoctoral education in a Swedish research group. A prerequisite for this grant is that the applicant should pursue the education in another research group than the one where the applicant received the doctoral degree. 2-year grant.
All applications should be postdoctoral education within the area of childhood cancer diseases. 2-year grants may be prolonged with 2 additional years after a continuation application.
Research months for clinicans are applied for by a clinically active individual employed in Swedish health care or equivalent. 1-3 months per year for up to 3 years may be applied for. The applicant should hold a doctoral degree or at the start of the project be accepted for doctoral studies. The grant may be prolonged after a continuation application.
PhD grant for clinicians is applied for by the main supervisor in order to finance a titled PhD student. The PhD student should be a clinically active individual employed in Swedish health care or equivalent. The grant is intended to cover 50-80% of the salary costs of the PhD student. The equivalent time should be devoted to clinical or translational research. The remaining time should be clinical work financed by the hospital employer. The PhD student should no later than at the time of project start be accepted for doctoral studies. The grant may be prolonged after a continuation application.
Co-applicants
For all positions applied for except PhD grants, the main applicant should be the person the applied position/fellowship is intended to finance. Information regarding co-applicants:
6-year senior research position is applied for without co-applicant.
4-year research assistant is applied for without co-applicant.
Postdoctoral position/fellowship is applied for with the main supervisor as co-applicant.
Research months for clinicians is applied for without co-applicant if the main applicant holds a doctoral degree. The main supervisor should be co-applicant if the main applicant does not hold a doctoral degree.
PhD grant for clinicians is applied for with the intended PhD candidate as co-applicant. The main supervisor is the main applicant.
After the imposition of the The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, also known as GDPR, Barncancerfonden has changed the handling of co-applicants. The following applies:
- All co-applicants must confirm their participation before the application can be submitted
- The main applicant is responsible to inform all co-applicants about this
- The main applicant fills in the co-applicant information
- The co-applicant confirms participation via an e-mail generated from the system after the co-applicant is registered
- Co-applicants that have not confirmed their participation must be deleted by the main applicant before the application can be submitted
About the grant
The grant is personal and may not be transferred to another individual. Exceptions may be made under special circumstances after an inquiry to Barncancerfonden.
The grant is disbursed as a position except in the case when the applicant is eligible for a scholarship (should appear in the application).
Refer to the document Eligible costs for eligible costs for the grant form.
Grant sum
The sum of the grant is calculated according to the salary flat rate sums from Barncancerfonden. The grant includes holiday compensation and indirect costs. The actual salary of the application including expected salary raise should be stated in the budget. The return grant included in the 4-year postdoctoral position is also a flat rate sum and is not needed to be included in the budget.
Evaluation criteria
All submitted applications are subjected to peer review evaluation by experts. The scientific evaluation of the application is conducted in competition with other applications on the basis of the evaluation criteria of Barncancerfonden: research problem, methodology, feasibility/merits of the applicant(s), relevance for children oncology, and, when applicable, the scientific report. If needed, applications with clinical connection will be prioritized.
Administration
The grant is to be administered by a Swedish university, hospital or institute, alternatively another Swedish organization with research as its main purpose in collaboration with a university, hospital or institute. Reduction of 15,25% for indirect costs is allowed. Any premises costs should be accommodated within this deduction. Remaining funding at the end of the project period is reimbursed to Barncancerfonden.
Application period
Refer to the web page of Barncancerfonden. Incomplete or late applications will not be evaluated.
Application documents
The application system opens two months prior to the last day for application. A complete application includes a filled-in web form and mandatory appendices. The appendices should be uploaded in PDF format and may not exceed 2 MB.
Mandatory appendices
6-year senior research position
4-year research assistant
Postdoctoral position/fellowship
- Invitation from the host university
Research months for clinicians
- Certificate from the main employer that verifies that research leave will be approved
PhD grant for clinicans
Content in the project description
The project description should have an overall aim and a number of specific goals. The aim may be visionary but the goals should be written as specific as possible. The project goals should be directly comparable to the final report where the progress and results from the project will be described.
The project description should be maximum 6 A4 pages including references (12 ppt Times New Roman, single space, automatic line break) and contain the following headings:
• Aim and goals; present the overall aim and the specific goals of the research project.
• Background; a summary of your own and others’ research, as well as previous findings in the research field.
• Preliminary results; describe your own experiments and pre-studies in the research area
• Work plan; summarize the project and present a timetable. Describe theories, methods and implementation.
• International and national collaboration: short description of collaboration with foreign and Swedish researchers and research groups or clinical partners.
• Ethical considerations
• Five own publications that are most relevant to the project
• Literature references of importance
• If the main or co-applicant has allocated grants or other applications under review at Barncancerfonden that are similar to the present application, the differences between these and the present application should be described under a certain heading.
Note that the application may not be submitted electronically if mandatory information is missing. After submission, the first page of the application must be printed, signed, and sent to Barncancerfonden no later than 7 days after the last day for application. Revisions to submitted applications are not allowed.
The signed first page is to be sent to:
forskning@barncancerfonden.se
Organization of the application
Instructions on how to fill in the application form is found in the top right corner on each tab.
The application may be written either in English or in Swedish with the following exceptions:
• The popular science title must be written in Swedish.
• The project title must be written in English.
• The popular science description must be written in Swedish.
• The abstract must be written in English.
Special terms
Barncancerfonden has some restrictions regarding parallel grants. Refer to the separate document Parallel grants from BCF on the web page of Barncancerfonden.
General terms
Refer to the separate document ”General terms” in the application system.
Retrieval of grants
Refer to the separate document ”Så här får du dina beviljade medel” (in Swedish) in the application system.
Contact
Anders Höglund, Forskningssamordnare
anders.hoglund@barncancerfonden.se
08-584 209 31
or
forskning@barncancerfonden.se
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