Paul Calabresi Career Development Award For Clinical Oncology (K12)

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-The goal of the Paul Calabresi Award for Clinical Oncology (PCACO) is to ensure a cadre of medical doctors and basic science researchers who can collaborate with each other to design and implement hypothesis-based translational therapeutic research. -The purpose of the PCACO is to increase the number of medical doctors (M.D. s, D.O. s), and doctorally-degreed nurses (Ph.D. s or equivalents) and basic research scientists (Ph.D. s, D.V.M. s, or equivalents) who are highly-motivated and trained to: 1) primarily perform clinical oncology therapeutic research that develops and tests scientific hypotheses based on fundamental and clinical research findings; 2) design and test hypothesis-based, clinical therapeutic protocols and adjunct biological analyses and for clinician candidates to administer all phases (i.e., pilot/Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III) of cancer therapeutic clinical trials, and (3) conduct cancer therapeutic research in team research settings in which basic research and clinical scientists collaborate and interact to expedite the translation of basic science research discoveries into patient-oriented therapeutic cancer research. The PCACO is not intended to train laboratory-based scientists whose research will emphasize the use of animal or other model systems. -The PCACO application may be submitted on behalf of the program leader (principal investigator or PI) by for-profit or non-profit organizations; public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories; and domestic institutions or organizations. Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply.

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