Cancer Research Institute is awarding CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in areas directly related to cancer immunology. The fellowship can be performed in the United States or abroad, but must take place at a non- profit institution. There are no citizenship restrictions. 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 institution. The application deadline is 1 October 2015.
Participating Institution(s): Cancer Research Institute, USA and Abroad
Study Subject: Fellowships is awarded 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.
Degree Level: Fellowship is available to young scientists for postdoctoral research program at a non profit institution.
Eligibility:
- Applicants for the CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 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.
- 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 institution.
- 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.
- 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.
- The fellowship can be performed in the United States or abroad, but must take place at a non-profit institution. There are no citizenship restrictions.
- Only one fellow per sponsor may apply per application round, and faculty sponsors may not have more than three CRI-supported fellows at any time.
Eligible Nationalities: There are no citizenship restrictions.
Scholarship Value: The fellowship now provides an increased stipend of $55,000 for the first year, $57,000 for the second year, and $59,000 for the third year. Please note that this increase in stipend is for fellowships awarded from October 1, 2015, on and stipend levels do not change for previously awarded fellowships. 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. Deductions for administrative overhead are not allowed from either the stipend or the institutional allowance. Payments are made monthly in U.S. currency to the host institution.
Notification: Applicants are notified of fellowship committee decisions within approximately 10-12 weeks of the application deadline.
Application Procedure: The mode of applying is online.
Deadline: The application deadline is 1 October 2015.
