The National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), theNCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12). The NOFO will invite applications for institutional research career development programs to support the training of clinical scientists in community cancer prevention, intervention, and treatment research. Special emphasis is placed on training of clinical scientists whose career goal is to meet the needs of underserved or underrepresent ed communities for access to clinical care and participation in clinical research. The NOFO will allow the appointment ofScholars proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent community-based clinical trial; or proposing a separate ancillary study to an existing prevention, screening or control clinical trial; or proposing to gain research experience in a community-based clinical trial led by another investigator; or proposing to serve as leader of innovative clinical trial approaches that expand engagement of underserved or underrepresented communitiesin cancer clinical research, as part of their research and career development. This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive applications. The NOFO is expected to be published in April 2024 with an expected application due date in June 2024. TheNOFO will utilize theK12 activity code for Clinical Scientist Institutional Career Development Program Awards. Details of the planned NOFO are provided below.
