Luis Malpica Castillo, MD, a fellow in in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, was awarded one of the Research Training Award for Fellows from the American Society of Hematology.
The award is designed to encourage junior researchers in hematology, hematology/oncology, and other hematology-related training programs to pursue careers in academic hematology, according to the award website.
Applications are open to researchers with both medical degrees and medical and doctoral degrees between the second and fifth year of fellowship. Recipients receive with a $70,000, one-year award to guarantee protected time for clinical, basic, or translational research. Additionally, funding is available each year for up to four RTAF recipients to apply for a second year of support.
The funds give fellows in training more time to generate sufficient expertise to be competitive when applying for other awards, such as the ASH Scholar Award, which targets applicants with more extensive research experience and a record of past research success. Awardees also receive $1,000 the year after their award to support attendance at the ASH annual meeting.