ASTRO-ACS Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)

American Society for Radiation Oncology

Eligibility

  • Hold a full-time faculty position
  • MD, MD/PhD, DO, DDS, DNP, DSW, PharmD, PhD, PsyD, DVM.
  • Must have an active clinical license, and participate in clinical care. Applicants may also be board-certified clinical medical physicists
  • Have not been the PI of an independent extramural research grant that is more than 1 year AND more than $100k direct costs, including multi-PI awards
  • May not have been a PI on another individual development grant
  • Must developed 50% of time to proposed project and training

Description

The American Cancer Society (ACS) and ASTRO collaborate on the Clinician Scientist Development Award (CSDA) program. This award supports full-time faculty members in becoming independent investigators as clinician scientists. This grant is designed for people trained primarily as clinicians who want to maintain clinical practice and conduct cancer research. The applicant must be in the radiation oncology field.

Learn more about this program

Keywords:
cancer, cellular, carcinogenesis, genetics, models, tumor, immunology, biochemistry, genes, treatments, inflammatory, immunosurveillance, immunity, cell biology, preclinical, virology, therapy, drug development, biomarkers, biologics, detection, translational, machine-learning

Application due:
12/01/26

Award amount:
$437,400 - $685,800