Funding Opportunities

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 $100,000 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