Don’t miss this list of resources for University of Illinois Cancer Center trainees, everything from funding opportunities and conferences to training, webinars and workshops. Email the Cancer Center’s Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) team at [email protected] for more information or assistance.
Funding Opportunities
- NOITP: The Confluence of Cancer Stigma and HIV Stigma in HIV-positive Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
- NOITP: The Confluence of Cancer Stigma and HIV Stigma in HIV-positive Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- NIH Fogarty International Center Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training, Application due July 15, 2024
- 2024 Steven A. Rosenberg Scholars Award: Applications due July 15, 2024
- Multi-Sectoral Preventive Interventions Research Network to Address Social Determinants of Health in Populations that Experience Health Disparities: Application due August 15, 2024 UG3/UH3, Clinical Trial Required AND U24, Clincal Trial Not Allowed
- NIH Interventions to Reduce Sleep Health Disparities (R01, Clinical Trials Optional): New applications due October 5, 2024
- Data Science careers at NIH
- AACR Funding Opportunities: Fellowship to conduct research in endometrial cancer and breast cancer research fellowship for endocrine therapy research
- PhRMA Foundation
NCI Center for Cancer Research Job Postings
- Postdoctoral Fellow – RAS Signaling, RAF Protein Kinases
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Pericytes, metastatic microenvironment
- Postbaccalaureate Fellow – Developmental biology, regeneration
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Neuroscience, immunology, cell biology
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Immunology, immunotherapyStaff Scientist – Bioinformatics
- Postbaccalaureate Fellow – Developmental Biology, Regeneration
- Postdoctoral Fellow – HIV Assembly, Release and Maturation
- Postbaccalaureate Fellow – cancer biology, biochemistry
- Clinical Research Physician – Clinical trials, ovarian and breast cancer
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Synthetic organic chemistry, multi-step synthesisPostbaccalaureate Fellow – endocrine, cancer research
Conferences
- Best of ASCO Boston Annual Meeting: July 19-20, 2024
- NCI Histone Modifications and Chromatin Structure Symposium: October 17 – 18, 2024, Bethesda, Maryland
- AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Research: September 15-18, 2024 Boston, MA
- 15th Biennial Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium: Sept 20-21, 2024
- EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics: October 23-25, 2024 Barcelona, Spain
- San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: Dec 10-13, 2024AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Optimizing Therapeutic Efficacy and Tolerability through Cancer Chemistry: December 9-11, 2024, Ontario, CA
AACR Educational Workshops
- Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology, July 21 – 27, San Diego, California
- Integrative Molecular Epidemiology Workshop: Bridging Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine: July 21 – 26, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- AACR/ASCO Methods in Clinical Cancer Research: July 28 – August 3, La Jolla, California
- Translational Cancer Research for Basic Scientists Workshop: Fall 2024
Seminars, Webinars and Workshops
- African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Institute: Reflecting Reality: How to Improve Participant Diversity in Neuroscience
- NIH UNITE Structural Racism and Health Workshop: July 18-19, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cancer Health Disparities: July 23, 2024, 11:00am -12:00pm ET
- USCDI+ Cancer Post-Summit Summary: July 23, 2024 1:00-2:00pm ET
- Utilizing Data to Make Advancements for Cancer with Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan: July 24, 2024 4:00-5:15pm ET
- Enabling 21st Century Applications for Cancer Surveillance through Enhanced Registries and Beyond: July 29 and July 30, 2024
- Climate Change, Health, and Justice Workshop: July 29-30, 2024, 12:30-5:30pm
- Social Determinants of Health with Large/Moderate Language Models on EHR Data: AI in Immuno-oncology: July 30, 2024, 1:30-2:30pm ET
- Understanding the Power and Possibility of Clinical Trials: July 30, 2024, 12:00-1:30pm
- ASCO Breakthrough: August 8-10, 2024
- CCDI Federated Data: Enhancing Data Discoverability: August 13, 2024, 1:00-2:00pm
- NCI Translational Advances in Cancer Prevention Agent Development (TACPAD): Poster Abstract submission due August 15, 2024
- 3rd Biennial Translational Advances in Cancer Prevention Agent Development (TACPAD) Meeting – First Notice and Call for Abstracts: Monday, October 28- Wednesday, October 30 and Poster Abstract Submission Deadline: August 15
- ScienceTALKS: Going Viral: Exploring Viral Triggers of Autoimmune Diseases: August 27, 2024, 10:00am-12:00pm EDT
- The 5th NCI RAS Initiative Symposium: October 8-10, 2024
- NCI Office of Data Sharing’s Annual Data Sharing Symposium: Driving Cancer Advances Through Impactful Research: October 15-16, 2024, Bethesda, MD
- The Cancer Research Data Commons 2024 Fall Symposium: Ten Years of Empowering Cancer Researchers: October 16-17, 2024, Bethesda, MD
- EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics: October 23 – 25, 2024
- 2025 NCI RNA Biology Symposium: April 3-4, 2025
Illinois Cancer Partnership Recorded Webinars
- Lung Cancer Burden
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Cancer Screening and Outreach Best Practices and Tobacco Cessation
- HPV Overview and General Trends
- HPV Disparities Across Specific Populations
- HPV Implementation Science and Strategies to Engage Patients
- Oral Health Practitioners and Cancer Prevention through HPV Vaccination
- Cancer and Mental Health
- Colorectal Roundtable 2024
- Illinois Cancer Partnership Annual Meeting 2024
Training Programs and Internships
- AACR- AstraZeneca Endometrial Cancer Research Fellowship: Applications due July 18, 2024
- UIC Cancer Health Equity and Career Development Program for Pre/Post-Docs: Applications accepted year round.
- Fanconi Cancer Foundation- AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research
- NIH Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Fellowship
- Robert A Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program
- NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program
NCI Center for Cancer Research Job Postings
- Postdoctoral Fellow – RAS Signaling, RAF Protein Kinases
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Pericytes, metastatic microenvironment
- Postbaccalaureate Fellow – Developmental biology, regeneration
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Neuroscience, immunology, cell biology
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Immunology, immunotherapyStaff Scientist – Bioinformatics
- Postbaccalaureate Fellow – Developmental Biology, Regeneration
- Postdoctoral Fellow – HIV Assembly, Release and Maturation
- Postbaccalaureate Fellow – cancer biology, biochemistry
- Clinical Research Physician – Clinical trials, ovarian and breast cancer
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Synthetic organic chemistry, multi-step synthesis
- Postbaccalaureate Fellow – endocrine, cancer research
More Trainee Resources
Email the Cancer Center’s Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) team at [email protected].