Forecast to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Paul Calabresi Career Development Award in Clinical Oncology (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Paul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology. This award aims to increase the number of clinician-scientists trained in clinical and translational cancer research, promote their career development, and prepare them to be effective scientific partners with basic research scientists. The program will support institutional research career development programs to train clinical scientists in cancer research. The award budgets may include salary support for the PD(s)/PI(s) and Scholars, research and development support, and administrative support costs. • The program will allow the appointment of Scholars proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial; or proposing a separate ancillary study to an existing trial; or proposing to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator as part of their research and career development. • Candidates must have a full-time appointment at the applicant institution or a partnering institution. • Scholar support is provided for a minimum of two years and a maximum of three years of consecutive funding for each scholar, consisting of 12-month appointments, provided their progress towards an independent academic career is on track and satisfactory.