The purpose of the NCI Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral and Population Sciences Research (K05) is to provide established investigators protected time to devote to research and to act as mentors for young investigators. The target candidates are outstanding, established scientists who have demonstrated a sustained, high level of productivity, research accomplishments, and contributions to cancer prevention, control and population sciences research, and who can demonstrate the need to sustain an intensive research focus that will enhance the progress of their own research and provide them greater opportunity to serve as mentors to new scientists. The award provides salary support and other costs for up to five years and can be renewed for an additional 5-year period.

Candidates must be established cancer scientists with a strong track record of publications and successful competition for cancer research support. They must have peer-reviewed, independent research support at the time of and during the entire duration of the award, must have a record of supervising junior researchers, and must commit up to 50 percent (minimum of 25 percent) to research specifically relevant to this award.

At the time of the award, candidates must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States, or must have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (i.e., in possession of a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card (1-151 or 1-551), or other legal verification of such status. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible for this award.

The K05 award supports salary (up to the current Federal salary rate limit plus commensurate fringe benefits for up to 50 percent effort), research development support (up to $25,000 per year) for tuition, fees and books, research expenses, statistical services and travel to research meetings, and ancillary personnel costs (mentors, secretaries, and administrative assistants), and facilities and administrative costs (reimbursed at 8 percent).

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PAR-05-145 ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATOR AWARD IN CANCER PREVENTION, CONTROL, BEHAVIORAL, AND POPULATION SCIENCES (K05)

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