Deadline: 1 December 2015
Damon Runyon Cancer Research is inviting applicants for Physician-Scientist Training Award. This training award is conducted for the Physician-scientists who are both clinically trained and expert researchers are essential to the successful translation of scientific discovery into more effective patient therapies.
Award will provide a funding source that will enable these individuals to pursue research intensively for up to four years. The award is structured to provide recipients with significant salary support and necessary research expenses. In addition, the Foundation will retire up to $100,000 of any medical school debt still owed by an award recipient.
Funding Information
The award will be for a period of four years and the total funding will be $460,000. Funds are to be used for stipend and/or research expenses as following:
- Year 1 – $100,000
- Year 2 – $110,000
- Year 3 – $120,000
- Year 4 – $130,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Physician-scientist applicants (MDs only) must have completed their residencies and clinical training, be U.S. Specialty Board eligible prior to the award start date, and be able to devote at least 80% of their time and effort to Damon Runyon-supported research. MD/PhDs are not eligible to apply.
- The candidate may not have had more than three years of postdoctoral laboratory research experience.
- Postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and clinical instructors are eligible to apply.
- Candidates must apply with a Mentor. The Mentor’s role is to foster the development of the applicant’s knowledge, technical and analytical skills, and capacity for scientific inquiry in the field of basic or translational research chosen by the candidate.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can send their application materials at the address, given on the website.
For more information, please visit Physician Scientist Training Award.
