# Immunology Research Training

> **NIH NIH T32** · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · 2020 · $198,253

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Originally awarded in 1976, this application requests a five-year renewal of the T32 Training Program in
Immunology at the Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). The objective of
this Training Program is to provide junior postdoctoral fellows a solid foundation in the field of Immunology and
to direct their interests towards important aspects of the immune system and its response to infectious agents,
self antigens, and cancer. Three postdoctoral positions are requested for this competitive renewal. The
duration of training for each trainee will be up to three years. The Training Program provides trainees with the
intensive training, resources and experience necessary for them to develop successful careers in academia,
government, and industry as independent researchers, mentors, and leaders. Areas of research training
include tumor immunity and immune-oncology, bone marrow transplantation, lymphocyte and myeloid cell
differentiation and biology, cell signaling, microbiota-host interactions, innate immunity, infectious immunity
with a focus on cancer patients related infections. The objective of the Training Program is achieved by
providing a structured environment with intensive involvement in immunology research, further strengthened by
attendance at weekly seminars and research-in-progress meetings, monthly research colloquia and
translational research seminars and an annual retreat. Trainees are also expected to participate in advanced
courses covering contemporary topics of immunology and workshops on bioinformatics and grant writing skills.
The major part of the training comes from the research experience under the tutelage of preceptors who are
engaged in cutting-edge immunology research, with bearing on cancer and tumor immunity and related
aspects of immune cell development and function at molecular, cellular and organismal levels. Trainees will be
also taking advantage of the extensive interdisciplinary collaborations between members of the Immunology
Training Program and respected outside scientists, both locally and nationally.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9856973
- **Project number:** 5T32CA009149-43
- **Recipient organization:** SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH
- **Principal Investigator:** Alexander Y Rudensky
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $198,253
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1976-07-01 → 2022-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9856973

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9856973, Immunology Research Training (5T32CA009149-43). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9856973. Licensed CC0.

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