Funding Opportunities
Announcing the 2024 Developmental Research Project and Career Enhancement Awards
The LMS SPORE seeks Letters of Intent (LOI's) for Developmental Research Project (DRP) Awards. The award will be $100,000 per year. View the DRP award guidelines.
The LMS SPORE also seeks LOI's for Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Awards. Total award will be $75,000 per year for a 12-month period. View the CEP guidelines.
Key dates for 2024 DRP and CEP:
Dec 15, 2023: LOI due
Feb 1, 2024: Finalists notified
April 22, 2024: Finalist applications due
Sept 1, 2024: Funding start date
Announcing the 2023 Developmental Research Project and Career Enhancement Award Winners
2023 LMS SPORE Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Recipient:
Josephine K. Dermawan, M.D., Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic
Project: Defining Novel Genomic Risk Stratification Models and Cellular Lineage in Leiomyosarcoma Subtypes
2023 LMS SPORE Developmental Research Program (DRP) Recipient:
Inga-Marie Schaefer, M.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Project: Targeting cell cycle dysregulation in sarcomas with complex karyotypes
Previous Award Winners
2022 LMS SPORE Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Recipient:
Elise F. Nassif, M.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center
Project: Identifying Biomarker-Based Immune Targets in Molecular Subtypes of Leiomyosarcomas
2022 LMS SPORE Developmental Research Program (DRP) Recipients:
Nicolas J. Llosa, M.D., Johns Hopkins Medicine
Project: Immunotherapeutic barriers at the level of the Leiomyosarcoma immune microenvironment
Brittany L. Siontis, M.D., Mayo Clinic
Project: Multi-Omics to Distinguish Leiomyosarcoma Subtypes