DoW Melanoma Research Program Melanoma Academy Scholar Award
Funds an early-career melanoma researcher's project alongside guided mentoring inside the program's own academy.
An early-career melanoma researcher can have a strong idea and nowhere near enough of a network yet to carry it through a career.
This award funds adding an independent, early-career investigator โ no more than seven years past their first faculty appointment โ to the Melanoma Research Program's own Melanoma Academy, a standing, interactive virtual academy pairing established investigators with Sโฆ
Career-development funding adding an early-career melanoma investigator, no more than seven years past their first faculty appointment, to the Melanoma Research Program's standing Melanoma Academy, judged on both the Scholar's own melanoma research and their career potential, with a Career Guide required and preliminary data explicitly not required.
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