who will play the most important role in your career? department chair colleagues the nih mentor...

Who will play the most important role in your career?

• Department Chair

• Colleagues

• The NIH

• Mentor

• Trainees!!!

NCI Awards to Support Trainees

Ming Lei, Ph.D.

Cancer Training Branch

Center for Cancer Training

03/15/2013

DCB New Grantee Workshop

NCI Offers Fellowships, K Awards and Training Grants Through 16 Funding Mechanisms

Institutional Training/Education Awards: T32, K12, R25T, R25E

IndividualFellowships: F30, F31, F32, F33

Career Development Awards: K05, K24 K07, K08, K23, K25

Transition Awards: K99/R00, K22

Fellowships (F30, F31, F32)• Candidate: US citizenship or green card holders

• Mentor: Principal investigator(s) who can provide mentorship in both research and career development, with the resources to support the research. For NCI, the primary mentor must have R01 or R01-like funding.

• Award: – Stipend (amount based on degree and experience)– Tuition and fees (60%, up to a cap)– Institutional allowance (health insurance, research

supplies, books, travel to scientific meetings)

Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30)

Objective:

To provide support for trainees’ research training component in a MD/PhD program

Candidate:

Applicant fellow must have a baccalaureate degree and enrolled in a MD/PhD program

Award: $22,032 /yr; Tuition and fees: up to $21,000 /yr; Training Related Expenses: $4,200/yr; Up to 6 years.

Contact: Mark Damico, Ph.D., (mark.damico@mail.nih.gov)

Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31)

Objective:

To provide support for trainees’ research training component in a PhD program

Candidate:

Applicant fellow must have a baccalaureate degree and enrolled in a PhD program

Award: $22,032 /yr; Tuition and fees: up to $16,000 /yr; Training Related Expenses: $4,200/yr; Up to 5 years

Contact: Michael Schmidt, Ph.D., (scmidtm@mail.nih.gov)

F30 and F31 Competing Applications, Awards and Success Rates*

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F30 Awardee Profile

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Profiles of Successful F30 or F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Applicants

• MD/PhD students are in their 4th year of their dual-degree program when they apply (usually 2nd year of graduate school)

• PhD students are in their 3rd year of graduate school

• ~80% of applicants (F31 or F30) have research publications at time of application

• 40-60% of applicants (F31 or F30) have research publications with their mentors at the time of application

• 65% of F30 applicants and 40% of F31 applicants have been appointed to a T32 previously

Objective: To support research training for postdoctoral applicants who have the potential to become productive independent research investigators

Candidate: Postdoctoral Fellows (Finishing PhD/Early post-doc, yrs1-3)

Award: Up to three years’ stipend at $39,264 - $54,180/yr; 60% of tuition & fees up to $4,500/yr (or up to $16,000/yr for an additional degree); up to $7,850/yr for other research training expenses; full-time effort

Contact: Sonia Jakowlew, Ph.D.(jakowles@mail.nih.gov)

Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (F32)

F32 Competing Applications, Awards and Success Rates*

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F32 Awardee Profile and Sponsor Profile

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Transition Award

Objective: To assist postdoctoral investigators in transitioning to a stable independent research position

Candidate: Senior postdoctoral fellows with no more than 5 yrs postdoctoral research experience about ready to become PIs. No citizenship requirement

Research: Laboratory-based cancer research

Mentor: Established investigator(s) who can provide mentorship in both research and career development; has the resources to support the research; Fully supports the candidate’s transition to independence

Award: K99 phase (2 yrs): Up to $100K plus fringe benefit, and $30K research support; R00 phase (3 yrs): $249K/yr; At least 75% of the candidate’s full-time professional effort

Contact: Michael Schmidt, Ph.D. (schmidtm@mail.nih.gov)

Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

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K99 Awardee Profile

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My student/postdoc is interested in applying; where does she/he start?

Funding Opportunities for Training by Award Type

Funding Opportunities for Training by Career Stage

Individual Webpage for each Funding Opportunity

www. cancer.gov/CCT

Questions?