Title	Cancer Education and Career Development Program
Announcement	PAR-03-148 http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-148.html
Release Date	07/16/2003
Application Receipt Date	02/01/2004, 06/01/2004, 10/01/2004, 02/01/2005, 06/01/2005
Funding Mechanism(s)	R25 http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/flash/awards.htm
Status of Initiative	Accepting new applications
Description	The purpose of the National Cancer Institute Cancer Education and Career Development Program (R25) is to train predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates in cancer research settings that are highly interdisciplinary and collaborative. This program requires sustained leadership, dedicated faculty time, specialized curriculum development and implementation, interdisciplinary research environments, and more than one mentor per trainee to achieve career development research and education objectives. Areas of research particularly applicable but not all inclusive to interdisciplinary training are cancer prevention and control, nutrition, population sciences, behavioral sciences, imaging and molecular diagnostics. Applicants whose programs cannot meet the Special Requirements stated in these guidelines should refer to the traditional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Training Grant (T32) as an alternative source of support.
Other Information Supporting This Initiative	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Training Grant (T32)
Contact	Dr. Maria Agelli , ma215e@nih.gov
Type of Cancer Research	Cancer Research Training, Career Development, and Education Opportunities
Relevancy to Specific Cancer(s)	Bladder Cancer Brain Tumor Breast Cancer Cervical Cancer Colorectal Cancer Endometrial Cancer Esophageal Cancer Head and Neck Cancer Kidney Cancer Leukemia Liver Cancer Lung Cancer Lymphoma Melanoma Myeloma Other Cancers Ovarian Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Prostate Cancer Sarcoma Stomach Cancer
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