Características
The American Society of Clinical Oncology ASCO publishes its Career Development Awards (CDA) wich provides research funding to clinical investigators, who have received their initial faculty appointment, as they work to establish an independent clinical cancer research program.
This is a mentored award and the research project is conducted under the guidance of a scientific mentor. The research must have a patient-oriented focus, including a clinical research study and/or translational research involving human subjects. Proposals with a predominant focus on in vitro or animal studies (even if clinically relevant) are not allowed.
Applications in all areas of cancer research are accepted from U.S. and international applicants.
The period award is 1st July 2027 until 1st July 2030. The funding budget is $66,600 per year.
Requisitos:
- Applicants must be physicians (MD, DO or international equivalent).
- At the time of submission, applicants must be in the first to fourth year of their initial full-time faculty appointment in a clinical department at an academic medical institution. Eligible entry-level positions may include Instructor/Lecturer, Assistant Professor or Assistant Member.
- Applicants must hold a valid, active medical licence in the country where the research will be conducted throughout the grant period.
- Applicants must have completed productive postdoctoral research and demonstrated the ability to conduct independent, investigator-initiated clinical research.
- Applicants must be current ASCO members or have submitted a membership application with the grant application.
- Applicants must be able to commit at least 50% of their time to research during the grant period. This applies to total research activity, not only to the proposed project.
- Applicants must have a mentor from the sponsoring institution. If the mentor is not an ASCO member, the application must include a supporting letter from an ASCO member at the sponsoring institution.
- Applicants holding other career development awards or institutional training grants may apply, provided there is no scientific or budgetary overlap.
- Applicants should not have previously served as Principal Investigator on a large project grant, such as an R01 or international equivalent.
Cómo se solicita
The application must be submitted online through the ASCO Application Portal and must follow the instructions established in the Request for Proposals (RFP).
The deadline is October 8, 2026.