Objective

The CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports qualified young scientists at leaving universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in cancer immunology.

Eligibility

1. Applicants must be working in areas directly related to cancer immunology. An eligible project must fall into the broad field of immunology and must show relevance to solving the cancer problem. Proposals that do not encompass both these areas will not be considered.

2. Applicants must have a doctoral degree by the date of award activation and must conduct their proposed research under a sponsor who holds a formal appointment at the host institutions.

3. Applicants with 5 or more years of relevant postdoctoral experience are not eligible, with the exception of M.D applicants, who should not include years of residency in this calculation

4. Only in exceptional circumstances will applicants who have already spent 3 or more years in a sponsor's laboratory by the start date of fellowship be considered for a fellowship award.

5. The fellowship can be performed in the USA or abroad but must take place at a non-profit institution. There are no citizenship restrictions.

6. Only one fellow per sponsor may apply per application round, and faculty sponsors may not have more than 3 CRI-supported fellows at any time.

Financial information

$50.000 for the first year; $53.000 for the second year; $57.000 for the third year.

In addition, an allowance of $1.500 per year is allotted to the host institution for use at the sponsor's discretion to help pay for the fellow's research supplies, travel to scientific meetings, and/or health insurance.

Administrative overhead are not allowed

How to apply

There are two official application deadlines April 1 and October 1. In case of interest, please, contact with FSJD Research Department before applying:

http://www.cancerresearch.org/postdoc/apply