Marilyn Gentry Fellowship
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Marilyn Gentry Fellowship supports early-career investigators in mentored diet, nutrition, and cancer research at UNC Chapel Hill to build understanding and leadership in cancer prevention and survivorship.
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Funder: American Institute for Cancer Research
Due Dates (Anticipated): November 2026 (Letter of Intent) | January 2027 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: Fellowship support for up to three years
Summary: Supports early-career investigators in mentored diet, nutrition, and cancer research at UNC Chapel Hill to develop leaders in cancer prevention and survivorship.
Key Information: The fellowship is a mentored research program run jointly with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Description
The American Institute for Cancer Research’s Marilyn Gentry Fellowship supports emerging leaders in diet, nutrition, and cancer research. Run in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the program gives early-career investigators a mentored research environment focused on nutritional research for cancer prevention and survivorship. Its goals reflect AICR’s mission to increase understanding of the relationship between nutrition, lifestyle, and cancer.
Fellows have access to the resources of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Diet, Nutrition and Cancer and the Michael Hooker Research Center at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. The fellowship combines research support with leadership development, helping investigators contribute to understanding cancer while developing as future leaders in the field.
