A three-year fellowship from the Cancer Research Institute supporting early-career scientists worldwide who are training at the intersection of immunology and data science/computational biology to advance cancer immunotherapy.
Eligibility Criteria:
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Doctoral degree required by award start date.
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Research conducted under a sponsor with assistant professor (or higher) rank at a non-profit host institution (U.S. or abroad); no citizenship restrictions.
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Project must be hypothesis-driven in basic or translational cancer immunology and directly relevant to solving the cancer problem.
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Applicants with ≥5 years of mentored research at activation are ineligible (M.D. residency years excluded from this count).
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Normally ≤3 years spent in the sponsor’s lab by fellowship start; exceptions are rare.
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One applicant per sponsor per round; a sponsor may have no more than three CRI-supported fellows at any time.
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Resubmissions allowed with clear improvements.
Funding Details:
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Duration: 3 years.
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Annual stipend: Year 1 USD 74,000; Year 2 USD 76,000; Year 3 USD 78,000.
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Institutional allowance: USD 5,000 per year for research supplies, conference travel, health insurance, childcare, etc.
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Additional support to attend the CRI Bioinformatics Bootcamp.
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No administrative overhead may be taken from stipend or allowance.
Deadline:
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Upcoming deadlines: March 2, 2026 (observed, as March 1 falls on a weekend), and September 1, 2026.
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Recurring schedule: March 1 and September 1 annually; if on a weekend/holiday, due the next workday by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
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Decisions typically issued ~10–12 weeks after the deadline; awards activate on the first of the month, 4–12 months after the deadline.
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