NCI Research Specialist (Core-based Scientist) Award
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Total award project period may not exceed 5 years.
Salary support for the Research Specialist and travel costs up to $2,500 per year.
Encourage stable research career opportunities for exceptional scientists in NCI-funded cancer research.
Provide salary support and sufficient autonomy for career continuity.
Core/shared resource/central scientific support scientists.
NCI-funded research programs.
Reissue of PAR-22-188.
Updated to align with agency priorities.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grant funding mechanism.
Addresses the need for stable career paths for researchers in cancer research.
Recurring grant opportunity.
Higher Education Institutions
Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations
Small Businesses
Local Governments
State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
Advanced degree (Masters, Ph.D., D.V.M., D.D.S., or M.D.) in biomedical science or biomedical engineering.
Demonstrated research accomplishments in their primary discipline.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities are not eligible to apply.
Research Specialist must have contributed to the Unit Director's NCI-funded research for at least the previous 2 years.
Unit Director must be an NCI-funded Program Director/Principal Investigator.
Only one Unit Director may be designated on an application.
Cancer research in basic, translational, clinical, or population science.
Core/shared resource/central scientific support scientists.
Sustained salary support for Research Specialists.
Research Specialists must not be solely dependent on NCI grants held by others.
Experience in behavioral, biomedical (basic or clinical), computational, or bioengineering research.
Salary support for the Research Specialist must be commensurate with their level of funded effort (not less than 6 person-months).
Travel costs not to exceed $2,500 per year.
Open Date: October 02, 2023.
Application Due Dates: November 02, 2023; November 01, 2024; November 03, 2025.
Must comply with NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Biosketches for the Research Specialist and Unit Director.
Letters of support from the Unit Director and other investigators.
Applications that are incomplete or non-compliant will not be reviewed.
Not specified.