Predoctoral Awards

The UF Health Cancer Institute selects up to six graduate students annually to receive Predoctoral Awards. These awards are intended to recognize and support outstanding predoctoral candidates who are conducting innovative cancer research.

Description

The award allots a total of $10,000 to the recipient for a one-year period: $8,000 for lab supplies and $2,000 for travel expenses for the student. 

A committee of Cancer Institute faculty selects the award winners. Awardees are asked to give a three-minute thesis presentation at the UF Health Cancer Institute Research Showcase. 

Please email any questions to Education@cancer.ufl.edu.

Eligibility 

• Applicants must have passed the Ph.D. qualifying exam within the last 15 months
• Applicant’s mentor must be a member of the UF Health Cancer Institute and hold cancer-focused extramural funding
• Applicants must be in a UF graduate program with a project clearly focused on cancer

Application 

To apply, applicants are required to submit the following:

• NIH Fellowship-format biosketch
• UF graduate school transcript (unofficial)
• Research Project Title, Ph.D. qualifying exam proposal and qualifying exam chair summary
• Letter of support from mentor (this may be emailed separately by mentor)
• Mentor’s NIH biosketch, including research support (this may be emailed separately by mentor)
• Essay (one page maximum) should cover the following:
  • Summary of how applicant became involved in cancer research as well as future plans
  • Synopsis of applicant’s thesis work
  • Significance, impact and relevance of applicant’s work to cancer

Resources

NIH Fellowship-format biosketch: (Blank format page; Instructions; Sample)

Please email any questions to Education@cancer.ufl.edu.