Partnership research training opportunities
Nursing Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The fellowship was developed to meet the national need for highly skilled faculty and researchers committed to better understand and address cancer health disparities. This program is designed to provide an additional year of support to a nursing postdoctoral fellow who is currently engaged in a research program and seeks to extend their fellowship.
Eligibility criteria
- Actively engaged in a postdoctoral fellowship program with a primary research interest in understanding and addressing cancer health disparities
- Demonstrate successful progress and outcomes during the first two years of postdoctoral experience
Contact U54Partnership@umb.edu for more information. Applications are currently closed.
Non-Partnership research training and funding opportunities
RESOURCES
- Create an Individual Development Plan and learn how to use it.
- Learn about each step of the NIH grant writing process.
- Understand the National Science Foundation grant proposal and award process.
- Attend an event with the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education. They offer Q&A sessions, monthly groups about coping with challenges, and advice for researchers.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
- Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness Summer Internship Program
- NORC Summer Internship Program (virtual)
- Statistical Genetics and Genomics Fellowship
- Statistical and Computational Methods Development Fellowship
- Genetic Epidemiology of Skin Cancer Fellowship
- Cancer Screening, Causal Inference, Risk Prediction, and Health Disparities Fellowship
- Big Data Science Training Enhancement Program
Visit the NCI website for more Postdoctoral Fellowships seeking candidates. The National Cancer Institute also has a CV/resume databank of interested candidates to be considered for doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships.
DIVERSITY-FOCUSED OPPORTUNITIES
- The Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research (R21) is a two-year grant intended to focus on basic cancer research and cancer health disparities.
- Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity in Biomedical Research is a grant designed to support candidates proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or a separate ancillary clinical trial, as part of their research and career development.
- T32 Cancer Prevention and Control – Cancer Health Equity Training Program is a two-year fellowship that is individualized for fellows’ interests.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Sethi Lab) applications are open to MD or PhD graduates with a strong background in molecular biology interested in gastrointestinal precancer and cancer research.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute offers many fellowship opportunities, visit the search engine for more information.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- NCI Transition Career Development Award funds the initial three years of an independent tenure-track faculty position, or its equivalent. (deadline – February 12, 2025)
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) supports five years of research for early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. (deadline – July 23, 2025)
- Cancer Research Scholar Grants (American Cancer Society) provide support for independent, self-directed researchers and typically contribute to the cost of salaries, consumable supplies, and other miscellaneous items required in the research. (deadline – June 1, 2025)