The purpose of the Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) is to support the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their research on cancer prevention, control, behavioral and the population sciences. This mechanism provides support for three to five years of specialized didactic study and mentored research for individuals with a health professional or science doctoral degree who are not fully established investigators and who want to pursue research careers in the cancer prevention, control, population and/or behavioral sciences. The K07 is not renewable.

The candidate must have a Ph.D. degree, a health professional doctoral degree (M.D., Dr. P.H., D.D.S., D. O., D.V.M., Pharm. D.) or equivalent, or be a doctorally prepared oncology nurse, must have a research or academic appointment in the sponsoring institution at the time of award, and must commit a minimum of 75 percent of a full-time professional effort to the conduct of research and research career development.

The candidate must be a citizen of the United States, or a non-citizen national, or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence and possess an Alien Registration Receipt Card or some other verification of legal admission as a permanent resident at the time of the award. Foreign nationals and individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.

The K07 award supports salary (up to $75,000 per year plus fringe benefits), research development support (up to $30,000 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).

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PAR-06-381 CANCER PREVENTION, CONTROL, BEHAVIORAL AND POPULATION SCIENCES CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD (K07)

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