Both of the scientist exchange programs of the NCI Office of International Affairs require that the applicant identify and obtain an invitation from a qualified U.S. sponsor who agrees to have his or her laboratory serve as host for the visit. A qualified sponsor should be either (a) an investigator in the NCI Intramural Program, or (b) a Principal Investigator on an NCI research grant (or a grant from another NIH institute for cancer-related research). Sponsors are expected to share in the cost of an exchange by providing one-half of the subsistence allowance.

It is expected that qualified applicants will be aware of potential sponsors in their area of research through familiarity with papers published in international scientific journals. In addition, information on research of NCI intramural scientists is available at http://ccr.nci.nih.gov/, and information on projects supported by NCI/NIH research grants is available at http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/.

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