Office of Research

Career Transition Awards (CTA)

Limited Submissions

Career Transition Awards (CTA) aim to help outstanding senior postdoctoral fellows and clinical fellows, working under the guidance of a mentor, to launch their competitive, independent breast cancer research careers. These awards provide up to five years of funding in two phases: Phase 1 supports the final years of mentored, postdoctoral training and Phase 2 supports the independent research of the early career, tenure-track investigators. 

Research projects must be hypothesis-driven, breast cancer-focused studies.  They may be considered basic, translational, clinical and/or population science in nature and should align with Komen’s research goals and priorities and mission to save lives from breast cancer.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
  2. If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI including past grant funding.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, July 10 2024. A required LOI is due to the sponsor 8/7/2024, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 7/29/2024 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee. If invited to send a full application, the full application due date is 10/9/2024.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2024 CTA

Deadlines
07/10/2024 UW Internal Deadline Closed
07/29/2024 OSP Deadline
08/07/2024 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Susan G. Komen

Funding amount

$650,000 (over 2 phases)

Maximum Number of Applications

2 (if at least 1 candidate represents an underrepresented minority in biomedical research)

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.