Preventing cancer is one of the most important scientific and public health aims for the 21st Century. To achieve that goal, the Nation needs leaders: scientists and health professionals trained in the principles and practice of cancer prevention and control.
Founded in 1987, the NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) provides its fellows an opportunity to develop an independent research program in cancer prevention. The centerpiece of the program is mentored, multidisciplinary research. With input from senior scientists and program staff, each fellow develops original scientific projects and reports findings at meetings and in leading journals.
The program provides:
- Competitive stipends, relocation expenses, health insurance benefits, and travel allowances
- Support for up to four years
- Opportunity to earn your MPH, sponsored by NCI
- Research opportunities with experienced NCI mentors
- A cohort of fellows spanning STEM and other fields
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2024
Research opportunities include, but are not limited to:
- Bioengineering
- Biomarker development
- Chemoprevention
- Clinical cancer prevention
- Epidemiology
- Health communication
- Health disparities and special populations
- Health services research
- Implementation science
- Informatics and big data
- Laboratory-based research
- Nutrition
- Screening and early detection
- Social and behavioral science
- Statistical or other types of quantitative methodology
To be considered for the CPFP, you must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Doctoral degree
- You must have a PhD, MD, or other doctoral degree in a related discipline (e.g., basic science, epidemiology, health services research, medicine, behavioral science, nursing, social science, nutrition, health education/health promotion, law, dentistry, statistics, geography, exercise science, or engineering).
- Applicants currently enrolled in accredited doctoral degree programs that have not yet fulfilled all degree requirements will be considered for entry into the program, with the understanding that all requirements will be completed before the start of the CPFP. Assurance to this effect must be supplied in writing by the chair of the dissertation committee (e.g., PhD candidates) or the dean of the school (e.g., MD candidates).
- Foreign education must be comparable to that received in the United States.
- You must have a PhD, MD, or other doctoral degree in a related discipline (e.g., basic science, epidemiology, health services research, medicine, behavioral science, nursing, social science, nutrition, health education/health promotion, law, dentistry, statistics, geography, exercise science, or engineering).
- Prior postdoctoral experience
- You must have less than 5 years of relevant postdoctoral experience at the time of appointment.
- You must have less than 5 years of relevant postdoctoral experience at the time of appointment.
- Citizenship
- You must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States at the time you apply (The I-551 stamp in a passport is acceptable; “Employment Authorization” documents are not acceptable.)
- OR - - You must apply through the Ireland-Northern Ireland-NCI Cancer Consortium.
- You must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States at the time you apply (The I-551 stamp in a passport is acceptable; “Employment Authorization” documents are not acceptable.)