If you are a nearing completion of postdoctoral training or just starting a faculty appointment, a career development grant or award could boost your professional prospects. Career development funding provides support for salaries and protected time for junior scientists to reach their full stature as independent primary investigators. If you are a physician/scientist, such an award could provide a respite from clinical responsibilities while you focus on your research.

NIH provides career development funding for up to five years.

Some sources of funding for career development grants in the field of hematology/oncology include the following:

• The American Society of Hematology
• The American Society of Clinical Oncology
• The American Association for Cancer Research

You can also search SciVal Funding and limit your results to career development awards to identify opportunities.