The Research Education Core will establish scholarships to support senior PhD students in PHSU graduate programs and post-doctoral fellows at MCC. This program will provide enhanced career development in support of their progress to becoming independent investigators.
PhD Students Career Development:
Senior PHSU PhD graduate students in the Biomedical Sciences, Psychology PhD, or Public Health PhD programs with an anticipated 18 to 24 months to graduation will be eligible to apply for this 1-year scholarship. The REC will provide selected students year-round research and career development mentoring in addition to collaboration with their existing dissertation committee. The PHSU student will also carry out a 4-week research rotation in an MCC laboratory aligned with the student’s thesis project. Our primary goal is to provide tools and networking to build a pathway for PHSU PhD students to transition into competitive post-doctoral positions in cancer research.
Applicants will be recruited during the summer with the awards starting each September 1. Interested applicants must submit the following:
- - Letter of purpose indicating their intent to pursue a post-doctoral position in a cancer related field
- - Two-page synopsis of their research
- - Curriculum Vitae
- - Transcripts
- - Letter of support from their research mentor
Post-doctoral Fellows Career Development:
Senior PHSU PhD graduate students in the Biomedical Sciences, Psychology PhD, or Public Health PhD programs with an anticipated 18 to 24 months to graduation will be eligible to apply for this scholarship. The REC will provide selected students year-round research and career development mentoring in addition to collaboration with their existing dissertation committee. The PHSU student will also carry out a 4-week research rotation in an MCC laboratory aligned with the student’s thesis project. Our primary goal is to provide tools and networking to build a pathway for PHSU PhD students to transition into competitive post-doctoral positions in cancer research.
Applicants will be recruited during the summer with the awards starting each September 1. Interested applicants must submit the following:
- - Letter of purpose indicating their intent to pursue an independent research position in a cancer related field
- - Two-page synopsis of their research
- - Curriculum Vitae
- - Transcripts
- - Letter of support from their research mentor and two additional research faculty
- - Evaluations by MCC faculty from the in-person visit
- - An offer to hire the fellow from at least one faculty member.
This sub-aim is designed to accelerate the career development and enhance transition to independent cancer research positions of promising H/L post-doctoral fellows by creating the PHSU-MCC Post-doctoral Career Development Diversity Scholarship with training occurring at MCC.
Two (2)-year scholarships will be active throughout this grant cycle. We anticipate awarding the first two in the first year of the renewal grant then bring in new scholars as the first two end. The scholarship comes with a $10,000 annual salary supplement in addition to the mentor provided post-doctoral NIH scale base salary plus support for travel to scientific conferences. Fellows are required to apply for external postdoctoral fellowships during their first postdoctoral year (e.g., F32). If the fellow acquires an external fellowship that precludes continuation of the scholarship, a new fellow will be recruited immediately. As the fellow’s career matures and beyond the 2-year scholarship, the REC and the mentorship committee will continue to support submission of faculty transition award applications such as the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) and the NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22) and the fellows’ applications for faculty positions in the US and PR.
Career and skill development: The REC will emphasize four key areas of support for the fellows; mentorship, grant skills, communication skills and community engagement. In addition, the fellows have access to a wide range of career and life skills seminars provided by the Moffitt Office of Post-doctoral Affairs.