# Training Program in Basic Cancer Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · WISTAR INSTITUTE · 2021 · $688,528

## Abstract

Project Summary 
 
Funding is requested for years 41-­45 of a long standing and successful training program in cancer 
research at The Wistar Institute.  Support is requested for 4 predoctoral and 8 postdoctoral trainees.  
Predoctoral trainees are Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. candidates who conduct cancer-­related thesis research at 
the Wistar Institute in partial fulfillment of the Ph.D. requirements of the University of Pennsylvania.  
Postdoctoral training is designed to prepare individuals for independent research careers in cancer-­
related areas in basic research and clinical settings.  The program is devoted to laboratory research 
training that is complemented by a biweekly Research in Progress Series, a weekly cancer-­focused 
Wistar Institute Distinguished Lecture Series, a biweekly Cancer Biology Journal Club, a biyearly Cancer 
Biology Retreat, a Cancer Biology Lecture Course, a yearly workshop in Grant Proposal Planning and 
Preparation and yearly training in The Responsible Conduct of Research. Trainees also actively 
participate in other relevant lectures series and national and international conferences. 
 
The proposed trainers head 20 independent laboratories from the four programs at the Wistar Institute;; 
Gene Expression and Regulation, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis, Translational Tumor Immunology 
and Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis.  Trainers participate in all training program activities 
including the recruitment into the program of Underrepresented scientists. The trainers in the program 
share a common interest in cancer research and together cover both basic and translational aspects.  A 
unique feature of the program is that it is unusually interactive and collaborative, resulting in many 
program projects and collaborative publications involving trainers and trainees both within and between 
the four institute programs. 
 
All participating trainers continually succeed in attracting outstanding predoctoral and postdoctoral 
fellows, and each has successfully competed for predominantly federal grant support in cancer research, 
with 65% of the participating trainers supported by the NCI and the rest of the trainers supported by other 
cancer-­related funding.  Altogether, this program offers training in “cutting edge” research that will 
prepare our trainees for productive independent careers in basic and translational cancer research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10219161
- **Project number:** 5T32CA009171-45
- **Recipient organization:** WISTAR INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** Maureen E. Murphy
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $688,528
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1976-07-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10219161

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10219161, Training Program in Basic Cancer Research (5T32CA009171-45). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10219161. Licensed CC0.

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