UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy - T32 Programs The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillStipend range is $42,840-$56,376 per NIH NRSA Guidelines

Carolina Cancer Nanotechnology T32 Training program

This 24-36-month mentored training program, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, is offered at The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill) with focus area of research on cancer nanotechnology. The overarching goal of the CCNTP is to equip a cohort of outstanding young scientists with the multidisciplinary concepts and skills needed to improve cancer diagnosis and therapy based on concepts, tools and discoveries made in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The program includes 22 faculty mentors representing eleven departments in three Schools, including physical, and material scientists, biomedical engineers, basic biomedical scientists, pharmaceutical scientists, and clinician-scientists, all of whom have demonstrated strong interests and capabilities to work at the interface between nanoscience and cancer. These individuals will serve as mentors to trainees, utilizing two broad approaches. The first approach involves active co-mentorship of the trainee's research project over a period of two years. In each case there will be a physical scientist and a biomedical scientist acting in tandem to guide trainee research. It is expected that this approach will provide unique multi-faceted training experience leading to significant contributions to cancer nanotechnology. The second approach involves trainee participation in workshops and courses that will broaden their knowledge and conceptual understanding of all areas of cancer nanotechnology. The topics of these workshops will reflect many of the major themes of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer. In addition to activities focused on postdoctoral researchers, the C-CNTP will also embark on a broadly based outreach program to disseminate concepts concerning cancer nanotechnology both within the university community and to the public at large.

Educational Requirements

The typical post-doctoral trainee will have completed highly relevant doctoral training in medical, pharmacy, chemistry, biomedical sciences or related area and was awarded Ph.D., M.D. or M.D./Ph.D.

Qualifications and Expertise

- Full understanding of framing research question, research design and methods, and project implementation;

- Demonstrated proficiency in scientific/manuscript writing, grant writing, poster and oral presentations;

- Preferred candidates will have strong publication record and demonstrated experience in research study design and project implementation.

Per NIH guidelines for T32 training programs, fellows funded through this program must be  US citizens, US permanent residents or non-citizen nationals.

The Carolina Cancer Nanotechnology Training Program and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are committed to the principles of diversity and equal opportunity and are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people, including minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities