NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22) is a National Cancer Institute career development grant designed to help early-career cancer researchers move from a mentored training phase into a stable, independent research position. The core aim is to strengthen and diversify the cancer research workforce by supporting investigators who are ready to launch their own independently funded programs, especially those from groups that are underrepresented in biomedical research. The program is geared toward researchers in academic cancer research and is particularly oriented to individuals with clinical doctoral degrees, as well as doctoral-level scientists working in cancer prevention, cancer control, behavioral science, or population-based cancer research.

This opportunity supports the transition to independence by providing three years of protected time, primarily through salary support and additional research support. In practical terms, the award is meant to buy the recipient time away from competing duties so they can focus on building the foundation of an independent research career: generating preliminary data, publishing, establishing a research niche, and positioning themselves to compete successfully for independent grants. The FOA specifically targets two groups of candidates: (1) postdoctoral researchers or junior faculty who are still in mentored positions but are transitioning into their first independent position, and (2) investigators who are already in their first independent cancer research position but are still within the first two years of that role. The overall expectation is that by the end of the K22 period, awardees will be well-prepared to sustain an independently supported cancer research program.

Eligibility is institution-focused in the sense that applications may be submitted by a wide range of domestic organizations, including public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including those with and without 501(c)(3) status), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and various levels of government (state, county, city/township, and special district governments). Federal government agencies are also listed as eligible. A key requirement noted in the announcement is that the institution must be able to demonstrate a real commitment to developing the research careers of junior underrepresented minority research scientists in biomedical cancer research. In other words, the program is not only about the individual applicant; it also expects the sponsoring organization to provide an environment and career development support that make long-term success more likely.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with NCI as the sponsoring institute, and it falls under the broad activity category of education/health (with CFDA number 93.398, Cancer Research Manpower). The funding opportunity number is PAR-08-047, and the title is listed exactly as "NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22)." The opportunity was posted on December 9, 2008. The record indicates no cost sharing or matching requirement. The listed closing date in the source data is January 7, 2009, with an original closing date noted as January 7, 2011, and an archive date of January 8, 2009, reflecting that this is an older, archived announcement rather than a currently active competition.

For further details, the full announcement was made available through the NIH grants guide at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-047.html. For technical issues accessing or linking to the announcement, the contact listed is the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) Webmaster at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV.

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