FYI Digest Newsletter Back Issues 15. To achieve this purpose, awards are made to institutions for the development and implementation of training programs providing clinicians with all of the necessary information and training that will enable them to design, implement and manage all phases of cancer clinical trials research. The distinguishing features of this career development Program are that a Program Leader in the institution together with an Advisory Committee selects the candidates and oversees the course of their training, and that candidates are likely to have more than one mentor as they are exposed to the basic sciences and to the many disciplines critical to the clinical sciences. Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program award or K12 mechanism. The project period is five years.
Awards are renewable.
Prospective applicants are asked to submit a letter of intent by MAY 1 and full applications are due JUNE 1 yearly.