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NCI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K23): PAR-12-052

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FOA Purpose: The purpose of the NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) is to support the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented cancer research[POR]. The NCI's Diversity Training Branch (DTB) and the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) announce the availability of the "Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Award to Promote Diversity" for career development of individuals with a health professional doctoral degree from groups currently underrepresented on a national level in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences. The NCI recognizes a unique and compelling need to promote diversity in the patient-oriented research workforce.

Letter of Intent Due Date: Not Applicable.

Application Due Date(s): Standard dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

Expiration Date: January 8, 2015

Funding

The project is supported by grant 8U54MD007587-03 (RCMI Clinical and Translational Research award, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIMHD or NIH.

Consortium Institutions

The Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium is a collaborative project of the the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Universidad Central del Caribe and Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences.