Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellowships in Cancer Nanotechnology Research

The summary for the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellowships in Cancer Nanotechnology Research grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellowships in Cancer Nanotechnology Research: - This RFA supports the training of individuals from the basic, biomedical, clinical, and information sciences and engineering who are pursuing research that applies nanotechnology development and application for the prevention, detection, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer. - This funding opportunity will use Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (Kirschstein-NRSA) to support individual postdoctoral fellowships (F32) and senior fellowships (F33). - The NCI intends to commit approximately $15.5M dollars over 3 years to fund a total of 36 new fellowships in response to this RFA (approximately 18 for each mechanism). The total amount of funds committed for F32 fellowships for FY 2006 is approximately $0.75 M. The total for F33 fellowships and supplements for FY 2006 is approximately $4.42M. An applicant may request a project period of up to 3 years for F32 (stipend levels depend on full years of post-degree experience at the time of award, and include an institutional allowance; both amounts are determined yearly by Congress) and 2 years for F33 fellowships (stipend not to exceed the level of Kirschstein-NRSA stipend support for individuals with more than 7 years experience). An applicant may request a project period of up to 3 years for F32 and 2 years for F33 fellowships. - The anticipated start date for fellowship awards is July 2006, and funding will terminate no later than September 2009. - Eligible supporting organizations include for-profit or non-profit organizations, public or private institutions (such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories), units of State government, units of local government, eligible agencies of the Federal government, and domestic or foreign institutions/organizations. - Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research is invited to work with his or her institution and mentor to develop an application for support. By the time of award, candidates for the F32 or F33 fellowship must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States or must have been lawfully admitted to the United States for Permanent Residence (i.e., possess a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551 or other legal verification of such status). Before a Kirschstein-NRSA F32 postdoctoral fellowship or F33 senior fellowship can be activated, the individual must have received a Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.C., D.D.S., D.V.M., O.D., D.P.M., Sc.D., Eng.D., Dr. P.H., D.N.S., N.D., Pharm.D., D.S.W., Psy.D., or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Certification by an authorized official of the degree-granting institution that all degree requirements have been met is also acce! ptable. In addition, applicants for a Kirschstein-NRSA F33 senior fellowship must be at least 7 years beyond one of the above qualifying degrees, have had at least 7 years of post-degree relevant research or professional experience, and have established an independent research career. - An applicant may submit only one application for this one-time RFA. See Section IV.1 for application and submission information. Telecommunications for the hearing impaired is available at: TTY 301-451-0088.