DoW Melanoma Research Program Idea Award
Funds an exploratory, high-risk melanoma research idea, where existing preliminary data is discouraged rather than expected.
The safest-looking melanoma proposal is often the one that only confirms what is already known, and an award built entirely around funding safe, confirmable work would never fund the idea that actually changes the field.
This award funds innovative, exploratory, high-risk, potentially high-reward melanoma research, where novelty is a stated requirement rather than a bonus. Success looks like proo…
Innovative, exploratory, high-risk melanoma research aimed at establishing proof of principle and preliminary data to secure follow-on funding, gated by a required pre-application and invitation before a full application, where existing preliminary data is discouraged rather than expected.
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