NACCCA

Call for Grant Applications

North American Chinese Clinical Chemists Association (NACCCA) and American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) are now accepting applications for the NACCCA-AACC Research Grant. This grant is for research in a variety of areas of the clinical laboratory science, including diagnostics and detection technologies, medical devices, and genomics/proteomics/metabolomics and emerging biomarkers.

Grant recipients must be a member of NACCCA and AACC. Funding of the grant is $5000. The awardee will be expected to submit a research progress report and present the research at an upcoming NACCCA Annual Banquet held at the AACC annual meeting.

Evaluation Criteria:

Applications will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Scientific merit including quality innovation and good experimental design;
• Translational potential of research findings to clinical practice;
• Degree to which the research proposal is critical to the career of the applicant;
• Degree to which NACCCA-AACC funding is critical to the start of the project;

Preference will be given to young investigators.

Application Instructions

Word limit: 2,500 words.

Research proposal should include the following section:

• Title
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Specific Aims
• Project description (by specific aim) including preliminary figures (if applicable).
• Projected timeline and budget
• Description of applicant qualifications (limit to one paragraph; written by applicant)
• References (not included in word limit).

Application Submissions

• Completed applications must be submitted to nacccaus@gmail.com
  • Attach the following documents:
  • Research proposal
• Curriculum vitae of the applicant
• The application deadline is April 15th, 2020.

Evaluation

• The NACCCA Award Committee review all applications and select award recipients in May of each year.

Questions

• For more information or if you have questions related to the grant application, please contact: nacccaus@gmail.com