The K22-Transition Career Development Award is for doctorally , degreed clinicians or prevention, control, behavioral, or population scientists who are currently receiving support in a mentored postdoctoral appointment. Candidates must have completed two years or more of support in this capacity and be ready to transition into their first independent research / position, or they must have been in an independent position for less than two years with continuous previous postdoctoral cancer research training at the time of application. Although the award is not for extramural basic Ph.D. scientists, it does provide support for federally employed postdoctoral basic scientists with at least three years of mentored postdoctoral research experience at the time of award who propose to use the transitional award to conduct translational research directlyrelevant to human cancer. A unique feature of this award is that postdoctoral individuals do not need an institutional 1 sponsor at the time of application; if the application is assigned a fundable score, a postdoctoral applicant has 12 months in 1 which to identify an appropriate sponsoring institution. The award provides nonrenewable support for up to three years at $75,000 annual salary and $50,000 annual research support. The K22 requires a minimum of 75% effort commitment to the research and career development objectives of the award.

See the NCI Funded Research Portfolio for a current list of K22 awards.

Back to Top

< Previous Section  |  Next Section >