Identifying a Sponsor for OIA Scientist Exchanges

The scientist exchange program of the NCI Office of International Affairs requires that the applicant identify and obtain an invitation from a qualified U.S. sponsor who agrees to have his or her laboratory serve as host for the visit. A qualified sponsor should be either (a) an investigator in the NCI Intramural Program, or (b) a Principal Investigator on an NCI research grant (or a grant from another NIH institute for cancer-related research). Sponsors are expected to share in the cost of an exchange by providing one-half of the subsistence allowance.

It is expected that qualified applicants will be aware of potential sponsors in their area of research through familiarity with papers published in international scientific journals. In addition, information on research of NCI intramural scientists is available at http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfunding/intramural/, and information on the entire NCI Research Portfolio (intramural scientists and extramural grantees) is available at http://researchportfolio.cancer.gov/.