The Janice Davis Gordon Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship in Colorectal Cancer Prevention

• Applicants must have earned or be within 5 months of completing doctorates in health science or related disciplines.
• This fellowship is available without regard to the applicant’s U.S. citizenship status and is open to U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Foreign Nationals Holding Visas.   
• Foreign nationals must be in the USA legally and have valid and appropriate visas. 
• Applicants may be from backgrounds in the basic biomedical sciences, medicine, biomedical statistics, epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, nursing, and related public health disciplines. 
• The proposed research project must be related to colorectal cancer prevention.

Program duration:  The Janice Davis Gordon Memorial Fellowship in Colorectal Cancer Prevention Research is funded for two years, renewed annually pending research progress and availability of funds. 

Postdoctoral stipends are $50,000 and may be subject to a one-time raise, after the first appointment year, if approved by the mentor.  Fringe benefits include health insurance, paid institutional holidays, and annual and sick leave. This fellowship does not provide additional research support for tuition, reference books, meeting registration, travel support, and research costs. Janice Davis Gordon Postdoctoral fellows must consult their mentors for additional research support. 

Application Process: The application process takes up to 5 months and consists of two phases:

Phase 1 - Initial Application. Successful applicants will be invited to Phase 2.

Phase 2 - Invitation to Submit Research and Career Proposal: Successful applicants from Phase I are considered to be accepted to the fellowship program and will be invited to submit a Research and Career Proposal. The proposal will be reviewed by the CPRTP Advisory Committee, and suggestions may be provided for its improvement.  Funding for the fellowship begins approximately 3 weeks after the proposal has been approved by the review committee. 

• This program requires a minimum of two mentors with complementary expertise in different disciplines is required.  
• At least one mentor's research must be related to colorectal cancer prevention which is the basis of the research project for this fellowship award.
• Additional co-mentors are allowed. 
• Other qualified mentors can have appointments in other MD Anderson departments or in institutions elsewhere.
• At least one mentor must have a faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor level or higher within the Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences at MD Anderson.  Faculty conducting cancer prevention research are concentrated within the following five (5) departments: 1) Behavioral Science 2)Health Disparities Research 3) Clinical Cancer Prevention 4) Epidemiology and 5) Health Services Research. 
• Applicants may also search for potential mentors by browsing the listed faculty directly through the MD Anderson Department pages or using the MD Anderson Faculty and Research Keyword - Search Engine.

• Donor-funded, postdoctoral fellowships are funded for two years.
• During this term, all awardees will be required to participate in CPRTP Educational and career activities as outlined on the Fellowship Requirement Memo and listed in the table below.
• Required trainee activities include, but are not limited to: 
  • Enroll in the 2-credit hour Cancer Prevention course cross-listed at the UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) and the UT School of Public Health (SPH). Tuition will not be paid by CPRTP. Please consult your mentor for payment.
  • Four (4) mandatory meetings with CPRTP directors during the course of the fellowship.
  • Two (2) Trainee Research Symposium Presentations annually.
  • Additional mandatory activities:  Cancer Prevention and Control Grand Rounds, Trainee Forum, Summer Exposition, Responsible Conduct of Research seminars, and any additional career development activities advertised.
• Mandatory Review Meeting:  It is the responsibility of the trainee to contact CPRTP to schedule the review meetings with either one or both CPRTP directors, on or before the last day of the month, as outlined in the fellowship requirements memo. 

• Gordon Postdoc Colorectal Cancer Prevention Application Instructions (pdf)
• Checklist and Coversheet (fillable pdf)
• Mentors Profile Form
• Fellowship Requirements Memo
• Mentors Requirements Memo