NEW CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship to Promote Racial Diversity

The Cancer Research Institute is currently accepting applications for the CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship to Promote Racial Diversity. This program furthers career development and supports laboratory research for promising young scientists from underrepresented minorities at leading universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in fundamental immunology and cancer immunology. The program provides additional support for mentoring and career advancement to these individuals. CRI invites applications from candidates who identify as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino/a American, or American Indian or Alaska Native. CRI is seeking hypothesis-driven, mechanistic studies in both immunology and tumor immunology that aim to directly impact our understanding of the immune system’s role in cancer. Funding: $175,500 over three years. Application Deadline: Friday, October 1, at 5 p.m.

The Cancer Research Institute is currently accepting applications for the CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This program furthers career development and supports laboratory research for promising young scientists working under the mentorship of leading immunologists. Postdoctoral fellows are invited to apply for funding to support hypothesis-driven, mechanistic studies in both basic immunology and tumor immunology that aim to directly impact our understanding of the immune system’s role in cancer. Funding is $175,500 over three years. Submit applications electronically. Application deadline: Friday, October 1, at 5 p.m.

Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTD²) Funding Opportunity

Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTD²) is soliciting applications for research projects focused on identifying and understanding: pathways that influence cancer phenotypes (including understanding the function of the genes/targets which are essential in cancer transformation, maintenance and metastasis); perturbagens that can modulate such pathways; biomarkers predicting responses to treatments, prognosis, and other aspects of cancer etiology that need to be understood in order to develop effective treatments in the future and how to predict them. Proposed projects must combine informatics and complementary experimental approaches. View full funding opportunity announcement. Application deadline: Wednesday, October 6, at 5 p.m.

The AACR Anna D. Barker Basic Cancer Research Fellowship encourages and supports postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to establish a successful career path in cancer research. This fellowship provides $110,000 over a two-year period to support the salary and benefits of the fellow while working on a mentored basic cancer research project. View program guidelines and letter of intent instructions. Letter of intent deadline: October 14, 2021, 1 p.m.; application deadline: January 25, 2022, 1 p.m.

The AACR-Debbie’s Dream Foundation Career Development Award for Gastric Cancer Research represents a joint effort to encourage and support junior faculty to conduct gastric cancer research and to establish a successful career path in this field. This award provides $200,000 over two years for expenses related to the research project, which may include salary and benefits of the grant recipient, collaborators, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, graduate students (including tuition costs associated with graduate students’ education and training), or research assistants; research/laboratory supplies; equipment; publication charges for manuscripts that pertain directly to the funded project; and other research expenses. View program guidelines and letter of intent instructions. Letter of intent deadline: October 28, 2021, 1 p.m.; application deadline: February 1, 2022, 1 p.m.

The Cancer Research Institute offers Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP) grants to qualified scientists who are working to explore clinically relevant questions aimed at improving the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies. The grants support basic, preclinical, and translational research that provides information that can be directly applied to optimizing cancer immunotherapy in the clinic. Applicants must hold a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor (or higher rank) at the time of award activation. Funding: $200,000 over two years. LOI deadline: December 1. Full application deadline: March 1, 2022. View application guidelines.

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