The American Cancer Society has a grant opportunity to train Preventive Medicine residents in cancer prevention and control – the Physician Training Award in Cancer Prevention (PTACP), which could be a great opportunity for additional collaboration between the Cancer Center and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.
It is a 4-year grant that provides up to $300,000 over 4 years to train residents in cancer prevention and control – creating one new PTACP resident position per year over 4 years – so it would fund up to $50,000 per resident per year. This would cover about 2/3 of resident costs – Their salary and fringe is approximately $75,000 per year. The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health currently supports tuition and fees for their MPH degree and funding for travel to 1 national meeting per year. Would the cancer center consider funding the remaining approximately $25,000 per resident per year?
Per the Grant Policies document, Programs that can document the following characteristics will be the most competitive:
• Identifiable curriculum in cancer control
• Cancer prevention track
• Institutional support (e.g., tuition reduction for sponsored residents)
• Memoranda of understanding supportive of underserved populations
• Memoranda of understanding with other entities engaged in cancer prevention and research
• External support (e.g., state health department, local foundation)
Some of these are clearly in place (e.g. tuition reduction), while others would need to be figured out.
Applications are due on April 1st. Please contact Sarah Laye if interested.