The Cancer Research Society (CRS) operating grant is the principal means by which the Cancer Research Society supports research activities by independent scientists or small groups of investigators. The operating grant competition falls within our regular competitions and takes place every year. 

Yearly Calendar:

November 1, 2011 – Letter of intent form is available online
December 1, 2011 – Deadline for submitting the letter of intent & the application forms are available online
December 20, 2011 – Results of the letters of intent are announced
February 15, 2012 – Deadline for submitting the full application (following the acceptance of the letter of intent)
May & June, 2012 – Review meetings. For more information on our panels of experts, please consult the PDF to your right (downloads section).  
End of August, 2012 – Results are announced following the Cancer Research Society’s Board of Directors’ approval
Early September, 2012 – Payments to grantees begin

The amount of accepted new projects each year varies depending on available funds. The average over the past 5 years has been 41 new projects yearly. Although a minimum scientific score of 7.5 out of 10 is required to obtain funding, in recent years only projects obtaining the financial cut-off were funded.

2012 CRS Operating Grant Competition

*Please note that the complete application form is now available.*

The Cancer Research Society (CRS) received 400 letters of intent for the regular operating grant competition 2012. All the letters of intent are accepted. Please read the document ''Status of the letters of intent – 2012 CRS Operating Grants'' available on your right for more details.

It is important to note that, unfortunately, the CRS does not envisage increasing to a significant degree the number of projects that will be awarded in 2012. Considering the record number of letters of intent received this year, the CRS strongly suggests that you consider submitting only one grant application in February 2012.

The candidates must fill in the form “Application Form – 2012 CRS Operating Grants” and the signature page availables on your right. The deadline for submission of a grant application is February 15, 2012. Applications must be courier stamped on this day. The signature page must be sent with the application.

For all details on the complete application submission, please read the document ''Instructions - 2012 CRS Operating Grants'' available on your right.

Specific Operating Grants

Over the last years, the CRS is proud to offer additional operating grants to the scientific community through its regular competition. These grants on specific types of cancer are added to the regular operating grants that may apply to the broad field of cancer. The funding of these specific grants is made possible thanks to important partnership that the CRS did develop over the last years with invaluable partners.

This year, for its regular operating grant competition 2012, the CRS is offering additional grants in the following specific fields:

• Environment-Cancer:
  Up to four (4) grants in this field could be supported through the CRS’ Environment-Cancer Fund^TM. This fund was created by the CRS in 2006 and is dedicated to compiling a large body of scientific evidence to demonstrate how environmental factors (e.g. living and work conditions, and lifestyle choices) affect one’s risk of developing cancer. Since 2006, the Environment-Cancer Fund^TM is financed in part by “Read for the Cure”, a non-profit volunteer organization, formed by passionate Canadian book lovers. Members of this organization coordinate outstanding literary evenings, putting the spotlight on authors of reputation from the publisher Random House.

• Prostate Cancer:
  This year, thanks to its partnership with PROCURE, the CRS could attribute a first specific grant in the field of prostate cancer. PROCURE is a Quebec non-profit organization, dedicated to the promotion of excellence as regards education, treatment and research in the fight against prostate cancer. It is partly thanks to the Tour du Courage – PROCURE that the funds making it possible to give this grant were raised. The grant CRS – Tour du Courage PROCURE will contribute to make difference in the fight against this disease which reaches 1 Canadian out of 7.

• Neuroendocrine Tumours:
  Moreover, through a partnership with the Carcinoid NeuroEndocrine Tumour Society Canada (CNETS), the CRS will be co-funding one (1) operating grant on carcinoid neuroendocrine tumours. Grant applications for this specific grant will be exceptionally accepted even if a letter of intent has not been submitted. Please contact the CRS to suggest which panel should review your grant application or indicate your choice manually on the first page of your two paper copies.

Applicants responding to these proposals should fill in the appropriate box on the application form for the CRS 2012 Operating Grant Competition.

 

Program Specifics:

Upon acceptance of an award, different actions need to be taken by a researcher in order for his/her award to take effect:

• Formally accepting the award and its pertaining rules while stating that no overlap of the project exists;
• Advising the financial officer of his/her institution of the award;
• Completing and sending his/her researcher’s profile (download available to the right of this page), including a recent picture, for our website and donor relations.

Please click on the links to the right to obtain the following documents:

CRS General Rules & Guidelines - Operating Grants
CRS Financial Rules & Reporting Obligations - Operating Grants
A yearly financial report for all CRS funding must be submitted to the Cancer Research Society by November 30. Please advise your financial officer and visit the “Are you a grant administrator?” section to download the appropriate form.
CRS Progress report
For all terminating projects, a final progress report is required from the researcher in order to follow the status of the research project. This report is due by November 30 following the end of the project. Progress reports are also required for renewals.
Researcher Profile & Questionnaire
Individual profile pages on our website are created for each of our funded researchers. This researcher profile document should be filled out and returned to the CRS following acceptance of an award.

 

For more general information on our operating grant program, click here

Please forward questions to grants@src-crs.ca.