Policies and Procedures — Page 2 
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS 
Through its research support program the Leukemia Society of America, Inc, hopes to 
encourage and promote the highest quality of research activity. The administration 
of these programs is the responsibility of the National Headquarters of the Society, 
with the aid and advice of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee which re- 
views all applications for research support. The Committee is comprised of experts 
in the field of leukemia and allied diseases who serve on a voluntary basis. 
Regardless of the type of grant, it is expected that the institution sponsoring the 
Grantee will provide adequate facilities and benefits customarily extended to staff 
members of equivalent rank, insofar as this is consistent with the regulations of the 
institution. The primary purpose of the stipend is to pay for personnel costs, includ- 
ing salary, retirement benefits, insurance, social security, and overhead costs of 
the institution. Overhead costs will be limited to eight percent of the total budget. 
The total budget is not to exceed the amount of the grant. In general, the award will 
not be made to an individual with tenure or with a stable salary provided from a de- 
partmental budget, if the major effect of the stipend is simply to free the institut- 
ion's budgeted funds for other purposes. 
Leukemia Society of America awards cannot be used to supplement other special awards 
given to an individual; that is, a Leukemia Society of America grant cannot be held 
concurrently with another grant which provides a higher level of funding. Leukemia 
Society awards may, however, be supplemented from other sources. 
SCHOLAR PROGRAM: Scholars of the Leukemia Society of America, Inc. are highly quali- 
fied individuals who have demonstrated their ability to conduct original scientific 
research bearing on leukemia and related disorders. This program has been designed 
to aid the individual rather than the project and to encourage continued investigations 
in this field, while assuring the investigator an income for a period of five years. 
The proposed research must be relevant to leukemia or related diseases. 
The applicant should have shown a capacity for sustained, original investigation in 
abnormal growth as it relates to leukmeia and must evince a desire for an investig- 
ative career in the field of leukemia and related disorders. It is preferred, how- 
ever, that the applicant should not yet have attained the tenured rank of associate 
professor. 
Awards are almost invariably given to individuals in the clinical or basic science 
departments of universities or associated research institutes. The awards, which are 
for $20,000 annually, are administered by the sponsoring institution for a period of 
five years, for a total grant of $100,000. 
The salary budgeted for the Scholar may vary. Some may start below $20,000 per annum, 
and in later years may exceed $20,000. This is agreeable so long as the total amount 
budgeted for five years, including fringe benefits and eight percent overhead, does not 
exceed $100,000. Under special circumstances, the Society may award a reduced Scholar 
grant for a shorter period of time. Scholarship awards are not renewable. 
Only one Scholar award will be made at any one institution in any one year. 
SPECIAL FELLOW PROGRAM: Special Fellows of the Leukemia Society of America, Inc. are 
scientists who have completed more basic training and education in the field than the 
requirements for a Fellowship, but less than necessary for a full Scholarship. The 
proposed research and training must be relevant to leukemia or related diseases. 
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