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Funding for Cancer Training

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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) supports fellowships, research career development awards, and training/education research in all areas of cancer research, including cancer prevention, control, behavioral sciences, population sciences, and translational research, at universities and institutions across the country. The Cancer Training Branch manages the training and education awards listed below. For information about funding opportunities to enhance and increase diversity in the cancer and cancer health disparities research workforce, visit the Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences.

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The career stage indicated is when an applicant is eligible to apply for each award.

NCI Funding Opportunities for Cancer Training

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Name Award Type Program Director(s) Discipline(s) Career Stage
All opportunities require U.S. citizenship or permanent residency except the F99/K00 and K99/R00 awards, which are open to non-U.S. citizens.
F30- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows Fellowship

Dr. Mark Damico

Dr. Hana Odeh

Dr. Anu Puri

  • All Cancer Research
  • Predoctoral MD/PhD
  • Other Dual-Degree Fellows
F31- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows Fellowship

Dr. Corinne Boulanger-Espeut

Dr. Hana Odeh

Dr. Anu Puri

  • All Cancer Research
  • Predoctoral Fellows
F32- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows Fellowship

Dr. Sonia B. Jakowlew

Dr. Hana Odeh

  • All Cancer Research
  • Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellows
F99/K00- The NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award Fellowship/Individual Career Development

Dr. Mariam Eljanne

Dr. Hana Odeh

Dr. Mark Damico

  • All Cancer Research
  • 3rd or 4th year Predoctoral Fellow
K01 - Mentored Research Scientist Development Award Individual Career Development Dr. Sergey Radaev
  • Cancer Control and Population Sciences
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Postdoctoral and non-tenured junior faculty
K08 - Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award Individual Career Development

Dr. Susan Lim

Dr. Yansong Bian

Dr. Corinne Boulanger-Espeut

  • Basic Sciences
  • Translational Research
  • Patient-Oriented Research
  • Postdoctoral and non-tenured junior faculty level clinician-scientists with active U.S. clinical licensure
K12- Paul Calabresi Award for Clinical Oncology Institutional Training

Dr. Mark Damico

  • Clinical Science: Patient-Oriented Research
  • Translational Research
  • Established Investigators
K12 - Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research Institutional Training Dr. Yansong Bian
  • Community Oncology 
  • community cancer prevention, screening, intervention, control, and treatment research
  • Established Investigators
K22- Transition Career Development Award Individual Career Development

Dr. Sonia B. Jakowlew

Dr. Michael Schmidt

  • All Cancer Research
  • Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellows
K25- Mentored Quantitative Research Career Award Individual Career Development

Dr. Sonia B. Jakowlew

  • All Cancer Research
  • Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Early Stage Investigators
  • Established Investigators
K99/R00- The Pathway to Independence Award in Cancer Research Individual Career Development

Dr. Michael Schmidt

Dr. Sonia B. Jakowlew

Dr. Corinne Boulanger-Espeut

  • All Cancer Research
  • Postdoctoral Fellows

Early K99/R00 - The NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Outstanding Early Stage Postdoctoral Researchers 

Individual Career Development

Dr. Sergey Radaev

  • Data Sciences 
  • Cancer Control Sciences               

 

  • Postdoctoral Fellows
R25- Cancer Research Education Grants Program Educational

Dr. Mariam Eljanne

Dr. Nastaran Zahir

  • All Cancer Research
  • Established Investigators
T32- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants Institutional Training

Dr. Susan Lim

Dr. Mark Damico

Dr. Corinne Boulanger-Espeut

  • All Cancer Research
  • Established Investigators
NIH Loan Repayment Programs Contract

Dr. Mark Damico

Dr. Susan Lim

  • Clinical Research
  • Pediatric Research
  • Health Disparities Research
  • Research in Emerging Areas to Human Health
  • Postdoctoral

 

 

 

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