Career Development Awards

American Association for Cancer Research

Eligibility

  • Must have active AACR membership
  • PhD, MD, MD/PhD or equivalent
  • Must hold a faculty position – assistant professor, instructor, research assistant professor are all eligible
  • Must have begun first independent position no earlier than 9/1/2020 and no later than 9/1/2026
  • Have independent laboratory space

Description

The AACR Career Development Awards to Foster Diversity and Inclusion in Cancer Research encourages and supports early-stage scientists engaged in cancer research. Proposed projects may be in basic, translational, or population sciences related research and must have direct applicability and relevance to the understanding, detection, diagnosis, interception, treatment, or prevention of cancer.

Anticipated Deadline: January 2027

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Keywords:
cancer, basic, translational, population science, treatment, diagnosis, detection, prevention

Award amount:
$300,000