Funding & Career Opportunities
New opportunities will be added to this page, please check back for new postings. Postings here are for both internal and external opportunities for faculty and trainees.
Funding Opportunities
2025 Yosemite-American Cancer Society Award
Funded by the American Cancer Society, the 2025 Yosemite-American Cancer Society Award will support innovative research to develop methodologies, establish feasibility or pilot high risk/high reward projects to advance the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer. Investigators at any career stage with a full-time faculty (or equivalent) appointment from one of the Invited Institutions are eligible to apply. Award Amount: Up to $300,000 in direct costs for one- or two-year projects. Indirect costs of 10% are eligible with a maximum allowable budget of $330,000 in total costs. Deadline: June 1, 2025.
The UNC Program in Translational Medicine Certificate invites applications from Ph.D. candidates at the end of their 1st or 2nd year of graduate school. The goal of the Program in Translational Medicine is to prepare graduate students to work effectively in a clinical environment on translational research. Students who participate in and successfully complete the required program activities will be eligible to receive a Certificate in Translational Medicine from UNC concurrent with the completion of their Ph.D.
Certificate Requirements:
-Applicants must be PhD students at the end of their first or second year in a PhD-granting program at UNC and be pursing a dissertation project in translational research. A clinical co-mentor is required. Preference will be given to those working in direct collaboration with a clinician-scientist.
-Course work: 8 credits of coursework from the following list
-Molecular and Cellular Pathophysiological Basis of Disease (PATH 713-714).
-Cell and Molecular Physiology courses CBPH 852 and 853
-NUTR 600 and 620
-Other translational medicine courses as determined on a case by case basis
-75% attendance at monthly “Research in Progress” seminars during year 1 and 2 in the program
-Participation at the annual Translational Medicine Symposium.
-Undertake a multi-year clinical exposure with their co-mentor, relevant to their research project. Five hours per month during the first two years in the program is suggested.
Application Requirements:
-Complete the Applicant Information Form.
-Applicant’s NIH biosketch (see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm)
-A letter of support from your primary mentor describing how the proposed project will prepare the student to interface with clinicians in their research, and the mentor’s commitment to requirements of the program
-A letter of support from your clinical co-mentor describing relationship to the mentor and the research project and commitment to provide the student with appropriate clinical exposure
-A letter of support from a third person familiar with your research potential
-Three Part Proposal (not to exceed two pages), which includes these sub headings:
-Specific aims of your project proposal
-Describe your clinical exposure plan
-Describe your career interests and reason for interest in the certificate
Deadline: June 1, 2025
American Society of Hematology Scholar Award
The American Society of Hematology is accepting Letters of Intent to support researchers by helping to ease the transition between training and the establishment of an independent career in hematology research by providing partial salary or other support during that critical period. The award offers three funding opportunities for hematology researchers. Applicants are eligible to receive the award in each level one time. Proposals must fall within the categories of basic research, translational research, patient-oriented clinical research and outcomes-based research.
Fellow Scholar Award: Up to $100,000 over two-to-three years. Applicants must be in mentored, postdoctoral training positions with five or fewer years of research experience following completion of their terminal doctoral degree.
Fellow to Faculty Scholar Award: Up to $125,000 over two-to-three years. Applicants must be in mentored, postdoctoral training positions, possess five to eight years of research experience following completion of their terminal doctoral degree, and have available no more than $150,000 annually in research funding.
Junior Faculty Scholar Award: Applicants must have between eight and 13 years of research experience following completion of their terminal doctoral degree. Applicants who hold independent faculty level positions must apply for the Junior Faculty Award.
The UNC Office of Foundation Relations and Industry Engagement has identified this private funding opportunity. Please contact the office, frie@unc.edu, for assistance.
Deadline: May 1, 2025
The Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award
The Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award (Winn CDA), supported by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, is a two-year program designed to support the career development of early-stage investigator (as defined by NIH) physicians from diverse backgrounds, and physicians who have a demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity in clinical research, to become independent clinical trial investigators who are engaged in advancing health equity through their research and mentoring. Currently, our clinical research areas include cancer, cardiovascular disease and immunologic disorders. The Winn CDA offers a comprehensive and integrated approach to increasing diversity in clinical trials through workforce development and mentoring.
Award Amount: $120,000 each year for two years
Deadline: May 12, 2025
Translational & Genomic Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology Research
The University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics and the Masonic Cancer Center seeks applicants for its highly successful training program in translational and genomic pediatric cancer epidemiology research. Fellows gain experience across the spectrum of pediatric cancer research from etiology to outcome of therapy to survivorship, with a goal of interdisciplinary cross-training. Contact Dr. Logan Spector (spector@umn.edu) with questions.
Georgetown Lombardi T32 postdoctoral training program in Cancer Population Science (CPaS)
The program is currently recruiting postdocs for this T32-funded program Cancer Population Science (CPaS). The program focuses on preparing trainees for independent cancer research careers with a focus on clinical and community translational research. Training faculty have a wide breadth of domain-specific expertise with NIH-funded research programs in behavioral science, health disparities, cancer and aging, molecular epidemiology/biomarkers, health services/health policy, and survivorship in cancer populations. This includes research in tobacco control, cancer screening, cancer genetics, cancer energetics, global health, molecular tumor phenotypes, environment and cancer, supportive care interventions, and psycho-oncology. The program offers 2-3 years of funding, competitive salary and benefits, as well as funds for travel and research support. Direct questions to cpcpostdoctraining@georgetown.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow Position Accepting Applications – American Cancer Society
The Department of Population Science at the American Cancer Society is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral position in cancer survivorship in conjunction with the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. Prospective candidates should have an interest in conducting and interpreting complex analyses using epidemiological data. Projects may include analyses of existing large scale -omics data such as genetics, transcriptomics, and markers of aging. The selected candidate will join a dynamic research team and have access to a vibrant research community, which can include consortium collaborations. There will also be opportunities for obtaining funding to further develop an independent research career. Preferred qualifications:
- Have an MD or PhD in one of a variety of fields, including but not limited to medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics, or other related fields, or be pursuing a degree in these areas
- Experience using R statistical software
- Proven record of scientific publications and research excellence
- Previous experience with analyses of large-scale -omics data, bioinformatics, and using code from publicly available repositories (e.g., GitHub) is desirable
The successful candidate will have excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills, be self-motivated and be able to work in an interdisciplinary team.
Applicants should submit a CV and cover letter that describes their professional qualifications. The cover letter should be addressed to Dr. Clara Bodelon. For questions about this position, contact Dr. Clara Bodelon: clara.bodelon@cancer.org
NC TraCS Accepting Applications for TL1 Postdoc Program
NC TraCS is recruiting candidates for a one-year postdoc research and training experience to translate a product/idea/research results in any of these areas:
- Commercialization/entrepreneurship: patenting, start-ups, preclinical work, developing regulatory strategy
- Clinical trials/regulatory: preparing to go from lab to clinic, regulatory submissions
- Health systems: implementing/applying research results in the health care system
Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
For more information, view the NC TraCS Postdoctoral Training Program slide presentation.
Contact Susan Pusek, susan_pusek@med.unc.edu, with any additional questions on eligibility.