Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) career development grant designed to help early-stage or mid-early investigators build an independent research career focused on cancer prevention, cancer control, behavioral science related to cancer, and population sciences. The central goal is workforce development: growing the number of researchers who make a clear, long-term commitment to prevention and control-oriented cancer research, rather than treatment-focused or laboratory-only trajectories. The award is geared toward individuals who already hold a health professional doctorate or a science doctoral degree, but who are not yet considered fully established investigators. In practical terms, it is meant to buy protected time and provide research support so the awardee can strengthen their publication record, develop a coherent research program, gain additional training or methodological depth, and position themselves to compete successfully for larger independent grants later on.

This opportunity uses the NIH Academic Career Award (K07) mechanism. Under this structure, the grant provides support for both salary and research-related costs for a period of up to five years. A key requirement is the level of effort: the candidate must commit at least 9 person-months per year, which equals 75 percent full-time professional effort, to the activities supported by the award. That effort is typically split across a mentored and structured set of career development activities (such as advanced training, skill-building, and supervised career guidance) and a defined research plan that fits within the cancer prevention, control, behavioral, or population sciences scope. The underlying expectation is that the applicant will use this protected time to accelerate toward research independence, demonstrating increasing leadership over projects and a maturing scientific niche.

Funding levels and the number of awards are not stated as fixed amounts in the summary information. Instead, the NIH notes that the total dollars awarded and the count of awards made will depend on two factors: the quality and merit of the applications received and the availability of funds from participating NIH components. In other words, it is a competitive, peer-reviewed program where strong applications aligned with NCI priorities and backed by solid training and research plans have the best chance, but final award volume can shift depending on the budget environment in a given cycle.

Eligibility to apply, at the organizational level, is broad and includes many common NIH applicant institution types. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), state governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations, and certain for-profit organizations (excluding small businesses, as specified). The announcement also highlights additional eligible organizational categories such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions. This wide eligibility is consistent with NIH’s interest in supporting research capacity across diverse institutions and communities, particularly those serving populations that may experience cancer disparities.

Administrative details identify the opportunity as a discretionary grant in the Education and Health activity areas under NIH. The funding opportunity number is PAR-09-078, and it was posted on January 15, 2009, with an original and current closing date of January 7, 2012, and an archive date of February 7, 2012, indicating it is no longer active in that specific form. There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The program is associated with CFDA numbers including 93.398 (Cancer Research Manpower), and it is also cross-listed with 93.213 and 93.866 in the source data. For reference and historical details, the announcement points to the NIH grants guide page (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-078.html) and provides NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster contacts for access or linking issues.

Overall, this K07 opportunity is best understood as a structured, multi-year runway for researchers who are committed to cancer prevention and control-oriented science and who need time, resources, and a formal career development plan to transition from promising investigator to independent leader in behavioral, population, and prevention research.

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