Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) [gmap]

The University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) jointly announce a post-doctoral fellowship designed to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce that will meet the national need for highly skilled faculty and researchers committed to better understanding and addressing cancer and cancer health disparities. The joint post-doctoral fellowship program allows collaborative training that can occur at either or both of the partnering institutions.

To download the full fellowship description and application information, please click on the link above.

Apply by Nov. 15, 2017.

The National Hispanic Health Professional Student Scholarship Program is the only national scholarship program targeted at Hispanic students who are committed to careers in health care and enrolled full-time in dental, medical, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and policy schools. For more information about NHHF and the scholarship program visit their website.

Deadline for applications: Friday, October 6, 2017 | Apply here.

The NIH Postbac IRTA program (CRTA, Cancer Research Training Award, in the National Cancer Institute) provides recent college graduates who are planning to apply to graduate or professional (medical/dental/pharmacy/nursing/veterinary, etc.) school an opportunity to spend one or two years performing full-time research at the NIH. Postbac IRTAs/CRTAs work side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. Prospective candidates must apply online and applications are accepted on a rolling basis. To learn more, click here.

September 12-14, 2017 | NIH Campus, Bethesda, Maryland
The 2017 NIH Future Research Leaders Conference (FRLC) is a career-development opportunity for talented early-career biomedical and behavioral scientists from diverse backgrounds. The conference application deadline is April 28, 2017; reference letters will be accepted until May 5, 2017. Please see FRLC webpage for more details.

NIMHD will host the Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) which aims to support the research career development of promising minority health/health disparities research scientists early in their careers and stimulate research in the disciplines supported by health disparities science. Applications are due May 12, 2017. Visit the HDRI webpage to apply. 

This opportunity is open to early- to mid-career science media producers, journalists, or working scientists with a commitment to science communication. Candidates must be US citizens or green card holders. The Fellow will be embedded at WGBH and live in Boston for the duration of the fellowship. To learn more, click on the link above. WGBH is launching the Rita Allen Fellowship for Science Communication. They are looking for experienced science journalists, science media producers, or working scientists “with a commitment” to science communication. This is not a typical journalism fellowship. Rather, they want to give the fellow a year to pursue a project that could be research-based or practical/experimental in nature, with the goal of identifying new, useful tools to improve science communication…no matter how unusual. The final products can be in any format, but must be practical. This is not intended to produce scientific journal articles.

The National Compadres Network: Maestro José Montoya Annual Flor y Canto Memorial Scholarship awards scholarships to students ages 13-26 currently enrolled and working towards a degree in any field. The deadline is June 2, 2017. For further information, please contact Anthony Guillean.

The CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars program consists of six internship opportunities taking place at four partner institutions that offer a public health workplace experience to increase student interest in minority health. To learn more about the CUPS Program and to apply, click here.

This webinar introduced applicants to the Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program (R25) FOA. 

First Submission Deadline: January 25, 2017.

Contact: Alison Lin, Ph.D.

This webinar will provide applicants with guidance for applying to the NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity (K01). Following a brief overview of the K01 funding opportunity award (FOA), webinar participants will learn about the K01 application requirements and hear suggestions for submitting a successful K01 application. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. See attached for the webinar link.

Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training, a program of the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, offers an annual summer institute and annual internship opportunities to increase the number of master’s-degree-level Latinos who pursue a doctoral degree and a career in Latino health disparities and cancer control research. Applications are now open! Apply here!

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) is a comprehensive, year-long research enrichment program designed to attract the most creative, research-oriented medical, dental, and veterinary students to the intramural campus of the NIH in Bethesda, MD.

Applications for the 2018-2019 program will open October 1, 2017.

To learn more about the program, eligibility, and application deadlines, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/bcpt/admission.

This program, organized by the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR), was created to train and educate qualified scientists that do not have prior CSR review experiences. Find more information, videos, and apply here: http://public.csr.nih.gov/ReviewerResources/BecomeAReviewer/ECR/Pages/default.aspx

Post-doctoral Research Fellow for Cell Cycle Control and Tumorigenesis

Seattle, WA