Cancer prevention, control, behavioral, and population sciences career development award. (Fellowships, grants, & awards).

The purpose of the Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral, and Population Sciences Career Development Award is to support the career development of investigators who wish to focus their research endeavors on cancer prevention, control, and behavioral and population sciences. This mechanism provides support for 3-5 years of specialized didactic study and mentored research for individuals with a health professional or science doctoral degree who are not fully established investigators. Examples of relevant disciplines for this program announcement (PA) include any aspect of human cancer prevention (modifiable risk factors, new animal models and extrapolation of these models to human cancer, genetic predisposition to cancer and detection of precursor lesions, chemo-prevention trials in human Populations, and behavioral research and behavioral intervention trials in cancer prevention), epidemiology (biochemical, genetic, and molecular), biostatistics, human cancer genetics, clinical oncology, human nutrition, behavioral and social sciences, health promotion, health services and health policy, research, and medical decision analysis, survivorship, and quality of life as they relate to cancer.

The award provides support for up to five consecutive 12-month periods. A minimum of 75% effort must be devoted to the program. The remaining 25% can be divided among other clinical and teaching activities and coursework only if these activities are consistent with the program goals. Both the didactic and research phases of the award are expected to develop necessary knowledge and research skills in scientific areas relevant to the career goals of the candidate in cancer prevention, cancer control, and behavioral and Population sciences research. Candidates lacking skills in data management, statistics, epidemiology, study design, clinical trial design, hypothesis development, etc. can be provided the opportunity to participate in courses designed to overcome these deficiencies.

The award provides a career development opportunity for 1) individuals already proficient in general epidemiology, the behavioral sciences, or other relevant disciplines, and 2) individuals already trained in cancer epidemiology, etiology, prevention, control, and the behavioral and population sciences to become fully independent investigators. The scope of the research/didactic training may extend from the development and experimental testing of hypotheses, through the stage of confirming results using defined Populations, to the development and demonstration of technology as applied to epidemiology, cancer prevention, cancer control, and the behavioral and Population sciences as they relate to cancer.

This PA will use the NIH K07 award mechanism. The total project period for applications may not exceed 5 years. Awards made for a 5-year project period, or recommended by peer review for a shorter project period, are not renewable.

Applications are to be submitted on the grant application form PHS 398 (rev. 5/2001), available online at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/ phs398/phs398.html, and should use the instructions in Section IV of the application kit. The application will be accepted at the standard application deadlines for K-awards as indicated in the application kit. For further assistance, call 301-435-0714 or e-mail [e-mail]. Further information on the PA is available online at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/ pa-files/PAR-01-135.html.

Contact: Brian Kimes, Cancer Training Branch, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 7001, MSC 8345, Bethesda, MD 20892-8346 USA, 301-496-8537, fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Reference: PAR No. PAR-01-135