Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) & Additional Resources

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

General All Funding Awards
Read frequently asked questions about NCI fellowships, career development awards, training grants, and cancer research education awards.

General Fellowship Awards
Read about frequently asked questions about NCI fellowship awards (F30, F31, F32, and F99/K00). Fellowship awards are individual research training opportunities for mentored researchers at the graduate and postdoctoral levels.

General Career Development Award 
Read about frequently asked questions about NCI Career Development Awards.  These awards provide individual and institutional research training opportunities to mentored researchers at the graduate and postdoctoral levels.

NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22)
Read about frequently asked questions about NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22).  The K22 supports mentored, non-independent investigators ready to transition to independent academic faculty positions.

NIH K99/R00 The Pathway to Independence Award 
Read about frequently asked questions about the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00).  The K99/R00 helps postdoctoral researchers complete needed mentored training and transition in a timely manner to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions.

NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Early K99/R00)
Read about frequently asked questions about NCI Early K99/R00.  The NCI Early K99/R00 supports postdoctoral researchers who do not require extended periods of mentored research training beyond their doctoral degrees before transitioning to research independence. 

NIH Frequently Asked Questions
In addition to the NCI FAQs, the NIH also offers FAQs in response to inquiries on policies and programs affecting the grants process for research training and career development. 

Fellowship and Career Development Videos

Overview: Applying for NCI Fellowship (F) Funding Opportunities

This video describes an overview of the main components involved in applying for NCI Fellowship (F) funding opportunities, provides tips for successful applications, and shares additional resources to support the application process.

Overview: Applying for NCI Career Development Award (K) Funding Opportunities

This video describes an overview of the main components involved in applying for NCI Career Development Award (K) funding opportunities, provides tips for successful applications, and shares additional resources to support the application process.

Additional Resources

Training Funding Opportunities to Promote Diversity - Learn about NCI's efforts to fund training at institutions nationwide for students and investigators from diverse populations to become the next generation of competitive researchers in cancer and cancer health disparities research. 

NCI Resources for Researchers is a directory of NCI-supported tools and services for cancer researchers. Resources are developed and maintained by NCI scientists or were created with grant funding. Most resources are free and available to anyone. Each resource is owned by an NCI division, office, or center.

Information For Foreign Grants - Find important information for foreign applicants as they consider and prepare applications and administer grant awards. Applications for research grant support from foreign organizations are treated as if they were applications from domestic organizations.

Fogarty NIH Grant Applicants - The Fogarty International Center at NIH serves as a bridge between NIH and the greater global health community. Fogarty supports basic, clinical, and applied research and training for U.S. and foreign investigators working in the developing world.  Find information and resources specifically for foreign NIH grant applicants and institutions

Overview of the Grant Process - Learn about the steps required for an application to proceed from planning and submission through to award and closeout. Read about each step in the process for guidance that can maximize your understanding of the grants process and help you submit a successful grant application.

NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS) - Read the policy requirements that serve as the terms and conditions of NIH grant awards. By accepting an award, grantees agree to comply with the requirements in the NIH Grants Policy Statement except where the notice of award states otherwise

Helpful Links

• NIH Guide Announcements 
• NIH Open Mike Blog
• Subscribe to the Cancer Training Branch Newsletter

If you have questions specific to NCI training and career development awards, please contact the appropriate Cancer Training Branch Program Director or contact us at ncicct@mail.nih.gov.