Through Lung Cancer Initiative's Career Development Grant, LCI aims to support and provide research funding to emerging research leaders who plan to continue their career in the field of lung cancer.

The researcher’s project must be focused on basic scientific  research with the goal of impacting lung cancer care, including lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or survivorship.

The award is granted for two years and open to researchers employed at these five medical institutions in North Carolina:  Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, East Carolina University or Levine Cancer Institute.

Contact Jenni Danai for any questions.

Past Recipients: 

2019 - Emily B. Harrison, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications: 

• https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/80/22/4972.short

•  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.0c02207

2020 - Shetal A. Patel MD, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill