Education, Training and Workforce Development
Director’s Fellowship
Director’s Fellowship
The Director’s Fellowship recognizes outstanding early-career investigators with the potential to lead cancer research at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
This fellowship provides scholars with the opportunity to:
- Serve as principal investigator of a research project for up to one year
- Develop and manage research funds
- Submit progress reports and present findings
- Gain experience in proposal writing and oral presentation
- Demonstrate the ability to secure independent research funding
Fellowship Benefits
- $1,500 for research materials and supplies
- Opportunity to lead and manage a research project
- Hands-on experience in grant writing and presentation skills
Advance Your Research Career!
Apply today and take the next step in your journey as a cancer research leader at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Note: Only cancer-relevant projects will be funded.
📧 Questions? Contact: hs-cancer.center@ucdavis.edu
Open to undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, graduate (Ph.D., M.S.), postdoctoral, and health professional students (Nursing, Medicine, Veterinary, MPH) at UC Davis. Up to three awards are given each year, including one award for undergraduate and two awards for graduate students.
Applicants must:
- Be an active Affiliate Scholar at the time of application
- Submit a two-page proposal including:
- Background and Significance
- Specific Aims
- Impact
- Provide a letter of support from their mentor(s)
- Submit a mid-year progress report (a half a page by January 15 of the following year to hs-cancerscholars@health.ucdavis.edu)
- Present findings at the Ralph de Vere White Symposium for Early Career Investigators in Cancer
Application Submission
- Complete and submit the fellowship application form
- Upload your two-page proposal and letter of support. Mentor letter must commit intellectual and facility support to the project
The applications will open on April 23, 2026
Deadline: May 29, 2026
