Jun 3, 2025, 08:16

Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Cancer Research Institute (CRI) supports early-career scientists at academic research institutions worldwide who wish to combine cancer immunology with data science. Fellows may be computational biologists strengthening their immunology skills or cancer immunologists learning computational biology, genomics, and data science. Each fellow trains under a primary sponsor (and ideally a secondary co-mentor) with expertise complementary to the applicant’s background. CRI’s investment of an additional $2.5 million over the next year will fund 10 new fellowships, ensuring continuity of support for promising researchers.

Eligibility Criteria:

Field of Study:

Projects must be hypothesis-driven and focus on basic or translational cancer immunology or immunology. Proposed research should directly impact understanding how the immune system affects cancer (e.g., through innovative technologies or computational methods, high-throughput “omic” analyses).
Training Goals:

Applicants must describe specific immunology or computational biology skills they intend to acquire during the fellowship and identify how a co-mentor will fill gaps in their expertise.
Degree Requirement:

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent) by the award start date.
Experience Limits:

No more than 5 years of relevant postdoctoral experience at activation (excluding medical residency for MDs). Only in exceptional cases will applicants who have spent ≥ 3 years in the same sponsor’s lab be considered.
Sponsor Requirements:

The primary sponsor must have a formal appointment as Assistant Professor or higher at the host institution. Only one applicant per sponsor may apply each round, and sponsors may support no more than three CRI-funded fellows concurrently.
Institution Type & Location:

Fellowships may be held at any nonprofit institution—U.S. or abroad. There are no citizenship restrictions.

Funding Details:

Duration: Three years.
Stipend:

• Year 1: $74,000

• Year 2: $76,000

• Year 3: $78,000
Institutional Allowance: $5,000 per year (for research supplies, conferences, health insurance, childcare, etc.).
Overhead: No administrative deductions allowed from stipend or allowance.
Disbursement: Monthly payments (in USD) to the host institution.
Additional Support:

• Travel stipend to attend CRI’s International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference (CICON).

• Access to CRI’s Bioinformatics Bootcamp when available.

Deadline:

Application Deadlines: March 1 and September 1 (if on a weekend, deadline shifts to the following Monday). Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Notification of Decision: Approximately 14–16 weeks after each deadline.
Fellowship Activation Window: Earliest is four months after the deadline; must activate no later than one year after the deadline. Awards take effect on the first of the month.

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