who will play the most important role in your career? department chair colleagues the nih mentor...
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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., ([email protected])
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., ([email protected])
F30 and F31 Competing Applications, Awards and Success Rates*
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33%27%
F30 Awardee Profile
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F31 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.([email protected])
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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Degree First Author Publications Sponsor Position Sponsor has R01
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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. ([email protected])
Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
K99/R00 Competing Applications, Awards and Success Rates*
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K99 Awardee Profile
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Degree Number ofPublications
First AuthorPublications
Years of Postdoc
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PhD
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6-10
10+ 3+
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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?