NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity

Submission Date: June 12, 2007

The total project period not to exceed 3 years. This award will provide salary up to $75K annually plus fringe benefits and up to $50K, direct costs, for research and development expenses. Facilities and administrative costs will be reimbursed at 8 percent of modified total direct costs.

Transition career development award applications are invited from recipients of the NCI Mentored Career Development Award for Underrepresented Minorities or from advanced postdoctoral and/or newly independent research scientists representative of groups underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical, or social sciences. The purpose of the NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22) is to provide "protected time" for recipients to develop and receive support for their initial cancer research program. This award is intended to facilitate the transition of underrepresented postdoctoral research scientists from the mentored to the independent stages of their careers in cancer research. The unique feature of this award is that the individuals may apply without a sponsoring institution while they are still in a mentored position.

To learn more, visit the NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity webpage.