<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">FYI...</div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Calzola, Jessica (NIH/NCI) [E]</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jessica.calzola@nih.gov" target="_blank">jessica.calzola@nih.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 6:05 AM<br>Subject: FW: NCI Launches Early Investigator Advancement Program, Accepting Applications Until December 31<br>To: <a href="mailto:avd37@drexel.edu" target="_blank">avd37@drexel.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:avd37@drexel.edu" target="_blank">avd37@drexel.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:mlzuniga@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">mlzuniga@sdsu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:mlzuniga@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">mlzuniga@sdsu.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:averyaugust@cornell.edu" target="_blank">averyaugust@cornell.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:averyaugust@cornell.edu" target="_blank">averyaugust@cornell.edu</a>>, Benn, Emma <<a href="mailto:emma.benn@mountsinai.org" target="_blank">emma.benn@mountsinai.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:smv@uab.edu" target="_blank">smv@uab.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:smv@uab.edu" target="_blank">smv@uab.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:fwong@fsu.edu" target="_blank">fwong@fsu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:fwong@fsu.edu" target="_blank">fwong@fsu.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:lng45@drexel.edu" target="_blank">lng45@drexel.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:lng45@drexel.edu" target="_blank">lng45@drexel.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:MREED@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">MREED@sdsu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:MREED@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">MREED@sdsu.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:mik7@cornell.edu" target="_blank">mik7@cornell.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:mik7@cornell.edu" target="_blank">mik7@cornell.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:kirk.campbell@mssm.edu" target="_blank">kirk.campbell@mssm.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:kirk.campbell@mssm.edu" target="_blank">kirk.campbell@mssm.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:eric.nestler@mssm.edu" target="_blank">eric.nestler@mssm.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:eric.nestler@mssm.edu" target="_blank">eric.nestler@mssm.edu</a>>, lynne.richardson <<a href="mailto:lynne.richardson@mountsinai.org" target="_blank">lynne.richardson@mountsinai.org</a>>, Raegan Durant - PI <<a href="mailto:rdurant@uab.edu" target="_blank">rdurant@uab.edu</a>>, mfouad <<a href="mailto:mfouad@uabmc.edu" target="_blank">mfouad@uabmc.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:cyates@tuskegee.edu" target="_blank">cyates@tuskegee.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:cyates@tuskegee.edu" target="_blank">cyates@tuskegee.edu</a>>, Sylvie Naar <<a href="mailto:sylvie.naar@med.fsu.edu" target="_blank">sylvie.naar@med.fsu.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning FIRST Cohort PIs,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Monday! Please find below information on a newly launched
<a href="https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/organization/crchd/diversity-training/eiap?cid=eb_govdel" target="_blank">
NCI Early Investigators Advancement Program (EIAP).</a> Please feel free to disseminate at your institutions. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jessica <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#212121">Jessica M. Calzola, Ph.D.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<h3><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EIAP Aims to Facilitate the Advancement of Scientists from Diverse Backgrounds<u></u><u></u></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With the support of the Equity Council, NCI is launching the
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Early Investigator Advancement Program (EIAP)</a> to facilitate the advancement of scientists from diverse backgrounds to become independent investigators.<br>
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The cancer research enterprise needs a continuous flow of talent through the research career pipeline to thrive. One critical juncture is the transition from junior investigator to independent investigator. Each year, EIAP will support the professional and
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The EIAP aims to:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications to the EIAP must be submitted by December 31, 2021</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. The target start date will be March 1, 2022.
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NCI values diversity and particularly encourages applicants from populations underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, as noted in the NIH’s Notice of Interest in Diversity (<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDEuNDk2MDk1NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2dyYW50cy5uaWguZ292L2dyYW50cy9ndWlkZS9ub3RpY2UtZmlsZXMvTk9ULU9ELTIwLTAzMS5odG1sP2NpZD1lYl9nb3ZkZWwifQ.meTcEBTq_CmKB2Yb8C1S4q5ehqFIdoi5p__9uOdhNc8/s/695758082/br/122053600452-l" target="_blank">NOT-OD-20-031</a>).<br>
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Contact: Dr. Alison Lin, <a href="mailto:EIAP@nih.gov" target="_blank">EIAP@nih.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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