VUMC Transplant Director Dr. C. Wright Pinson, right, accepts a $30,000 check from Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals representative L.J. Miy. The money will be used to purchase a guest room at the Hospital Hospitality House.
Applications are being sought from investigators throughout Vanderbilt University for pilot research projects in the areas of cause, prevention, detection or treatment of lung cancer.
Funds from the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer’s SPORE in Lung Cancer Grant, awarded earlier this year by the National Cancer Institute, are available to support projects by individual investigators or collaborative teams.
One-year grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded. All grants will be peer-reviewed.
Funding is anticipated to begin on Jan. 1, 2002.
Deadline for submission is Oct. 15. Guidelines and application forms may be downloaded from Vanderbilt-Ingram’s Web site (www.vicc.org) or by calling Jennifer McConnell at 936-1072.