Train for 

the Future
 

NCI’s Center 

for Cancer Training 

www.cancer.gov/CCT 

NCI supports training— 

for people at all levels, 

from high school students 

to senior investigators 

Mission Statement of the 

Center for Cancer Training (CCT) 

The Center for Cancer Training (CCT) at NCI 

is helping to build a 21st century workforce 

capable of advancing cancer research using 

a scientifically integrated approach. 

CCT works to accomplish this mission by: 

n Coordinating and providing research 

training and career development activities 

for fellows in NCI’s laboratories, clinics, 

and research groups. 

n Developing, coordinating, and 

implementing opportunities in 

cancer research education and career 

development at institutions nationwide. 

n Identifying workforce needs in cancer 

research and creating training and 

career development programs to 

address those needs. 

www.cancer.gov/CCT 

For more information on training 

opportunities offered by 

NCI’s Center for 

Cancer Training 

e-mail: ncicct@mail.nih.gov 

For the most complete 

information, go to: 

www.cancer.gov/CCT 

NIH Publication No. 12-7558 

Printed July 2012 

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of HealtH and 

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national institutes 

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NCI Supports Training 

Three Training Programs on 

NCI's Campuses 

n NCI’s Center for Cancer Research (CCR), 

Office of Training and Education offers 

1- to 5-year fellowships for training in 

basic, clinical, and translational cancer 

research and HIV/AIDS. NCI’s largest 

intramural training program, with about 

1,000 fellows and trainees, CCR offers 

postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral 

fellowships, as well as clinical training 

opportunities in anatomic pathology, 

medical oncology, pediatric hematology/ 

oncology, surgical oncology, and more. 

CCR also has an extensive general 

summer internship program and a 

summer internship program for students 

from groups that are underrepresented 

in biomedical science. 

http://ccr.cancer.gov/careers/ 

n NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology 

and Genetics (DCEG), Office of Education 

offers postgraduate, doctoral, and 

postdoctoral fellowships and training 

opportunities. Fellows design, carry out, 

and publish research studies related to the 

etiology of cancer in human populations, 

as well as explore new approaches to 

cancer prevention. 

http://dceg.cancer.gov/fellowships 

n NCI’s Cancer Prevention Fellowship 

Program (CPFP) offers 4-year postdoctoral 

fellowships in cancer prevention and control 

for individuals from many disciplines, such 

as epidemiology, basic science, clinical 

professions, and behavioral science. 

Mentored research opportunities at NCI 

and FDA and training toward a Master 

of Public Health degree are among the 

program offerings. 

http://www3.cancer.gov/prevention/pob/ 

Funding for Training to Promote Diversity 

NCI offers important opportunities in training 

to promote diversity. NCI’s Center to Reduce 

Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD), Diversity 

Training Branch coordinates the Continuing 

Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) 

program, which provides students and 

trainees educational and career development 

funding opportunities that extend from high 

school through professional appointment. 

This holistic training program constitutes a 

pipeline through which students and trainees 

from groups shown to be underrepresented in 

health research, gain the skills and knowledge 

needed to become successful independent 

scientists. It offers mentored and non-mentored 

career development opportunities that support 

individuals through research supplements, 

CURE supplements, predoctoral fellowships, 

and career development awards. 

http://crchd.cancer.gov/diversity/cureoverview.html 

Funding for Training Opportunities 

Outside NCI 

Extramural training and career development 

programs are administered by CCT’s Cancer 

Training Branch (CTB). CTB offers both individual 

and institutional training and career development 

awards for work done at universities and 

institutions across the country. These extramural 

grants support training and career development 

for early stage scientists, clinicians, and other 

health professionals conducting basic, clinical, 

and translational research, or focusing on cancer 

prevention, control, behavioral, and population 

sciences. Some grant mechanisms help early stage 

scientists make the transition to independent 

investigators or provide protected time for newly 

independent investigators to develop their 

research programs. Several grant mechanisms 

support protected time for senior investigators to 

serve as mentors to early stage investigators, while 

other grants go directly to research institutions 

to educate and train predoctoral students, 

postdoctoral fellows, or clinical fellows. 

www.cancer.gov/CCT