The following requirements must be met for a trainee to be considered for the grant:

• Applicant must be enrolled in a U.S. medical school and be in good standing at the time the application is submitted.
• Applicants of racial and/or ethnic demographic groups historically underrepresented in medicine (URM). For the purposes of this program, races and ethnicities that have been identified as URM include but are not limited to American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander are given preference.
• Applicant must identify a mentor with a successful record of research productivity (more information is available in the application guidelines).
• The primary mentor (and co-mentor, if there is one) must be an ASTRO member.
• Research must be initiated at a North American institution during the summer of 2023 (applicants should discuss the impacts of COVID-19 with their mentor and ensure that the project can take place even under any related constraints at the host medical school).
• The selected institution must have an established research and clinical program and an ACGME-accredited radiation oncology residency program with clinical faculty available to serve as mentors.
• Letters of commitment from both the mentor and the department chair at the selected institution must accompany the application. The letter of commitment from the mentor should confirm that the institution is able to fund the project.