Description

This mentored award provides research funding to clinical investigators who have recently received their initial faculty appointment and are working to establish an independent clinical cancer research program. Projects must have a strong patient-oriented focus, including clinical research studies or translational research involving human subjects; proposals that predominantly focus on in vitro or animal studies are not eligible. The award is open to both U.S. and international applicants, and research in all areas of cancer is considered. Awardees conduct their research under the guidance of a scientific mentor, supporting the transition to independent investigator status.