1. Who will play the most important role in your career? Department Chair Colleagues The NIH Mentor Trainees!!!

2. NCI Awards to Support Trainees Ming Lei, Ph.D. Cancer Training Branch Center for Cancer Training 03/15/2013 DCB New Grantee Workshop

3. NCI Offers Fellowships, K Awards and Training Grants Through 16 Funding Mechanisms Institutional Training/Education Awards:T32, K12, R25T, R25E Individual Fellowships: F30, F31, F32, F33 Career Development Awards:K05, K24 K07, K08, K23, K25 Transition Awards: K99/R00, K22

4. Fellowships (F30, F31, F32) Candidate: US citizenship or green card holders Mentor: Principal investigator(s) who can provide mentorship in both research and career development, with the resources to support the research. For NCI, the primary mentor must have R01 or R01-like funding. Award: –Stipend (amount based on degree and experience) –Tuition and fees (60%, up to a cap) –Institutional allowance (health insurance, research supplies, books, travel to scientific meetings)

5. Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30) Objective : To provide support for trainees’ research training component in a MD/PhD program Candidat e: Applicant fellow must have a baccalaureate degree and enrolled in a MD/PhD program Award:$22,032 /yr; Tuition and fees: up to $21,000 /yr; Training Related Expenses: $4,200/yr; Up to 6 years. Contact:Mark Damico, Ph.D., (mark.damico@mail.nih.gov)

6. Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) Objective : To provide support for trainees’ research training component in a PhD program Candidat e: Applicant fellow must have a baccalaureate degree and enrolled in a PhD program Award:$22,032 /yr; Tuition and fees: up to $16,000 /yr; Training Related Expenses: $4,200/yr; Up to 5 years Contact:Michael Schmidt, Ph.D., (scmidtm@mail.nih.gov)

7. F30 and F31 Competing Applications, Awards and Success Rates* Applications / Awards Fiscal Year - Mechanism Success Rate * Applications having one or more amendments in the same fiscal year are counted only once 33% 27%

8. F30 Awardee Profile Percentage Characteristics

9. F31 Awardee Profile Percentage Characteristics

10. Profiles of Successful F30 or F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Applicants MD/PhD students are in their 4 th year of their dual-degree program when they apply (usually 2 nd year of graduate school) PhD students are in their 3 rd year of graduate school ~80% of applicants (F31 or F30) have research publications at time of application 40-60% of applicants (F31 or F30) have research publications with their mentors at the time of application 65% of F30 applicants and 40% of F31 applicants have been appointed to a T32 previously

11. Objective:To support research training for postdoctoral applicants who have the potential to become productive independent research investigators Candidate:Postdoctoral Fellows (Finishing PhD/Early post-doc, yrs1- 3) Award:Up to three years’ stipend at $39,264 - $54,180/yr; 60% of tuition & fees up to $4,500/yr (or up to $16,000/yr for an additional degree); up to $7,850/yr for other research training expenses; full-time effort Contact:Sonia Jakowlew, Ph.D.(jakowles@mail.nih.gov) Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (F32)

12. F32 Competing Applications, Awards and Success Rates* Applications / Awards Fiscal Year Success Rate * Applications having one or more amendments in the same fiscal year are counted only once

13. F32 Awardee Profile and Sponsor Profile Numbers Characteristics Yes No Assistant Professor 0 3+ 2 1 Associate Professor Professor Other MD PhD MD/PhD Other

14. Transition Award

15. Objective:To assist postdoctoral investigators in transitioning to a stable independent research position Candidate: Senior postdoctoral fellows with no more than 5 yrs postdoctoral research experience about ready to become PIs. No citizenship requirement Research:Laboratory-based cancer research Mentor:Established investigator(s) who can provide mentorship in both research and career development; has the resources to support the research; Fully supports the candidate’s transition to independence Award:K99 phase (2 yrs): Up to $100K plus fringe benefit, and $30K research support; R00 phase (3 yrs): $249K/yr; At least 75% of the candidate’s full-time professional effort Contact:Michael Schmidt, Ph.D. (schmidtm@mail.nih.gov) Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

16. K99/R00 Competing Applications, Awards and Success Rates* Applications / Awards Fiscal Year Success Rate * Applications having one or more amendments in the same fiscal year are counted only once

17. K99 Awardee Profile Numbers Characteristics 2+ 7-10 MD MD/PhD PhD 10-15 15+ 2-5 6-10 10+3+ 4+

18. My student/postdoc is interested in applying; where does she/he start? Funding Opportunities for Training by Award Type Funding Opportunities for Training by Career Stage Individual Webpage for each Funding Opportunity www. cancer.gov/CCT

19. Questions?