Junior Investigator Award

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The following headings are based on the application process in Fenix.

In this tab you need to fill in general information about yourself as an applicant.

This is, for example, your name, date of birth and current employment. 

In this tab you need to fill in information about your university, department and Head of department.

The Swedish Cancer Society pays research grants only to Swedish universities.

The Swedish Cancer Society approves deductions for overhead costs with a maximum of 15.25 % of the grant.

By signing the application the Head of department guarantees co-financing of the project if the above deductions prove to be insufficient.

This applies only to Postdoctor in Sweden:

Under Invitation from the host department you need to attach an invitation from the Swedish university.

This applies only to Postdoctor abroad:

Under the tab Organisation you should enter the Swedish department.

Under Head of department, you need to fill in your head of department at the Swedish department.

Under Main supervisor you need to fill in information about your main supervisor at the foreign department.

Under Invitation from the host department, you need to attach an invitation from the foreign department and one from the Swedish university. 

In this tab you need to fill in your CV and attach a list of publications and other merits. All attachments must be attached as pdf.

You can add CV details under "My Profile" in your account and easily transfer them to your application. The advantage of saving the details in your profile is that they are retained and can be reused for future applications to the Swedish Cancer Society. Please note that you need to enter this information under your profile before opening an application form in order for the information to be used in your application.

You also have the option to enter CV details directly in the application. However, please note that these details will not be saved under "My Profile" and therefore cannot be reused for future applications.

• Invitation from the host department: You need to attach an invitation from the Swedish host department and one from the foreign department if applicable. (Applies only for the postdoctoral grant)
• Complete list of publications.
• Give the total number of publications under each category (type of publication) below.
  a) Total number of peer reviewed original publications.
  b) Total number of peer reviewed published reviews.
  c) Total number of other publications including patents.
• Sort your publications under each category in reversed chronological order with the most recent publication on top of the list.
  Include only articles published or accepted for publication at the time of submitting your grant application.
  The order of author names should be identical to the order of the published article.
  The publications should be of the type; peer reviewed original publications, conference abstracts, reviews, books and book chapters, other publications including popular science articles or books.
• Maximum 3 x manuscripts, not yet published, with original data.

In this tab in Fenix you have the opportunity to state your exceptions to the eligibility rule, e.g. sick leave, parental leave or internship or equivalent compulsory work experience required to obtain professional certification.

Under the heading Practical information further up this page, there is more information about Eligibility. 

In this tab you fill in everything related to your project, for example your research program and patient perspective.

The research program must be written in English and may comprise a maximum of ten pages including references (12pt, single line spacing, 2.5 cm margin).

The following is the recommended outline:

• Specific objectives
  A brief account of the aim of the proposed research work.
• Background
  Summary of your own and others' results in the research area.
• Work plan and preliminary results
  Detailed description of hypotheses, planned work and any preliminary results. The work plan should also include a methodological description where it is made clear that current technology/methodology also tools for statistical considerations, power calculations etc, is in place and mastered, or is otherwise available for the project in question.
• Significance
  Brief account of the expected importance for cancer research.
• Literature references
  Author, title of work, publication name and year of publication. Include only the absolutely essential references.
• Independent research line
  Applicant that is active, or will be active, in a research group or network shall clarify how the project here applied for connects, or differs, from other ongoing research projects in this group. If the applicant continues in a project that was initiated during a doctoral or postdoctoral period, the relation to the project here applied for and the research of former supervisors needs to be clarified.

Collaborators and research group composition

When applying for an position, a description of collaborators and key personnel involved in the project is mandatory. The purpose of the description is to provide an overview of everyone involved in the project and their competence and specific areas of responsibility. As an applicant you need to certify that the collaborators have consented to participate in the project. We may conduct random sampling. The collaborators listed may be contacted by the Swedish Cancer Society.

This applies only to Postdoctor abroad:

Under the tab Project - Justification of host department, you justify the choice of department for both the Swedish and the foreign department.

If your application will be granted, this text may be published at our website:www.cancerfonden.se and can be read by people who donate to the Swedish Cancer Society.

Therefore, write as easily understandable and concise as possible. Please avoid any personal data. 

The text must be in Swedish and a maximum of 650 characters per question/section.

Your text will not be edited. It will be published as you write it.

1. A title that is easy to understand. 
2. The background of the project.
3. What is the project about? Describe, for example, what cancer diseases are being studied, what treatment it is about, whether it is in diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention or care of cancer patients, or whether it is about how cancer arises. 
4. What do you hope to achieve with your research?
5. A very brief summary for those who quickly want to know what the project is about. 

To help the Swedish Cancer Society track research statistics, please indicate what proportion of your project relates to each research area and which of the Swedish Cancer Society’s four key goals for Sweden by 2030 aligns with your proposed research.

State whether the research covers the handling of experiments on animals and/or studies involving humans.

Here you enter all of your ongoing research grants, as well as those you have applied for, from both the Swedish Cancer Society and other research funding bodies. State total amount and not per year. 

Applicants holding grants from, or having appointments at, the tobacco industry can not apply or be awarded financing from the Swedish Cancer Society.

The Swedish Cancer Society attaches considerable importance to ensuring that project applications contain accurate budget information.

A complete picture of all the applicants' grants relating to the project applied for, and any other funding is important both for assessing the project's chances of successful implementation and in calculating the need for funding.

Please note that applications with incomplete financial statements may be rejected because the information is insufficient to enable a decision to be made.

In this tab, a preview of your application is shown. You can, for example, see if there is any missing information.

If the application is filled in correctly, you can start the signing process by first sending it to your Head of department. When the Head of the department has signed the application you need to sign it before submitting the application.

Signing your application

If the application is filled in correctly, you can start the signing process by first sending it to your Head of department. When the Head of the department has signed the application you need to sign it before submitting the application.

At the bottom of the page, you click "Request signing/Be om signering". This sends the application to your Head of department, who receives it and signs it digitally with BankID.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: The latest date and time for submitting your application can be found at the top of this page.

Note that if you make changes to the application after sending it to the Head of department for signing, you must send a new request for signing by your Head of department, as the application has changed. This applies regardless of what changes have been made.

When the Head of department has signed the application digitally with BankID, you as the applicant will receive an email. You can then log in and sign the application digitally with BankID. 

Make sure that you allow enough time for your application to be signed by your Head of department and then for you as the applicant to sign and submit the application before the call closes.

Use of personal data

Read more about the Swedish Cancer Society's handling of personal data in the Swedish Cancer Society's privacy policy (in Swedish).