Baylor College of Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Training Program
Start Date – March
1st,
Slot Openings
2016 (Pre and Postdocs) and July 1, 2016 (Clinical)
We are pleased to announce the availability of 8 predoctoral, 2 postdoctoral, and 2 clinical training slots supported by the
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas beginning March 1, 2016. These slots are not restricted to Permanent
US Residents or Citizens. Underrepresented and physically challenged trainees also are encouraged to apply. Preference
will be given to pre/postdoctoral trainees, and clinical fellows, who are not eligible for support from other training grants
and who meet the following requirements:
1. These students and fellows must work in a laboratory of a member of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center.
2. Preference will be given to predoctoral fellows who have outstanding academic records and have passed their
qualifying examinations.
3. Preference will be given to postdoctoral fellows who have recently completed their Ph.D.’s and may be
eligible for independent fellowships usually less than five years after granting of their Ph.D. degree.
4. MD fellows will be selected based upon their previous academic records, research experience and long term
career plans in academic medicine.
5. All trainees will have to submit a half page maximum (Arial 11 font, single space) outline of their project for
review with the overall objective, hypothesis, brief specific aims and significance for cancer research, as well as
a copy of their two page updated Biosketch using the NIH format, plus the NIH Biosketch of their mentor, along
with the mentor’s research support and list of pre and post doc trainees, past and present during the last ten years.
5. Predoctoral fellows should list their undergraduate GPA’s, and submit a copy of their graduate school transcripts.
All trainees will be expected to submit yearly progress reports and to present either a poster or give a platform
presentation at the annual Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center Symposium. All trainees will also be required to complete
training in the Responsible Conduct of Research.
If they have not already taken these courses (or comparable course as a graduate student) for credit, CPRIT trainees will
be expected to audit or take for credit both Introduction to Molecular Carcinogenesis (Yi Li) and Biostatistics for
Translational Researchers (Hilsenbeck).
The CPRIT predoctoral students must also audit one of the following electives (again if they have not already taken one of
these courses for credit):
Translational Cancer Biology-2nd term (Yustein and Marriott)
Translational Breast Cancer Research – 2nd term (Fuqua)
Bioinformatic and Genomic Analysis – 4th term (Worley)
Cellular Signaling – 2nd term (Weigel)
Cell and Gene Therapy – 4th term (Deneen)
Animal Models of Disease – 5th term (Buckmaster)
Because of the lack of increased stipends from CPRIT, support for predoctoral students will be at a stipend level of
$28,000, $1,000 less than what the graduate school currently offers, and for postdoctoral fellows it will be based upon the
2015 NRSA stipend level at 1 year of experience. Clinical fellows stipend will be based on the 2015 NRSA level at 5
years of experience. Any amount over what is awarded, mentors will have to supplement from other sources. The
duration of funding will depend on research progress.
All trainees will be encouraged to apply for individual predoctoral or postdoctoral fellowships where applicable during
their tenure on the CPRIT training grant.
The application deadline for pre and postdoctoral fellows is January 15th.
The application deadline for clinical trainees with a starting date of July 1, 2016 is May 20th.
All applications should be sent as a single PDF file to adaniels@bcm.edu.