The New Mexico Cancer Nanoscience and Microsystems Training Center
Notices
UNM Cancer Center announces June 15 pilot project funding deadline
The UNM Cancer Center announces June 15 deadline for applications for pilot project funding and for matching support for graduate students and postdocs. All CNTC members are eligible to propose cancer-relevant projects/fellows for this funding opportunity. The awards are for support of Direct Costs only. More details 
News
Gates Foundation grant awarded to CNTC Mentor Pavan Muttil
Pavan has received a Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Award for research on "Pulmonary BCG Immunization for Uniform Protection Against TB". Read more »
Upcoming Events
June 05, 2012: CINT Day
All CNTC Fellows and Mentors are encouraged to participate in CINT day, June 5, 2012 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. More details »
June 06, 2012: CNTC Retreat
A CNTC retreat is planned for June 6, 2012 from 11:30 to 3:30 in the UNMCC auditorium. The goal is to provide a status update on the CNTC fellowship program, some highlights of recent research, and to make plans for the near term. A highlight of the program will be lightning talks from all of the CNTC Fellows. All current CNTC mentors and fellows are expected to attend. Potential CNTC mentors and fellows are cordially invited to join us.
Lunch will be served. More details will follow.
The University of New Mexico and the partnering New Mexico National Laboratories have outstanding capabilities and breadth in materials synthesis and self-assembly, nanolithography, interrogative platforms, and functional micro/macrosystems. The University of New Mexico also has one of the 64 NCI-designated Cancer Centers in the nation and nanoscale engineering and physical sciences approaches provide core technologies for research to prevent, detect and treat cancer.
The New Mexico Cancer Nanoscience and Microsystems Training Center (CNTC) was established to recognize and to expand partnerships between the cancer and nanoscience communities in New Mexico in order to reduce suffering and death due to cancer. Its mission is to equip graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with the biomedical knowledge and nanoscale physical sciences and engineering tools needed to become next-generation leaders in cancer research. Interdisciplinary skills are developed primarily though immersion in interdisciplinary research teams working towards improved cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. CNTC mentors and fellows are drawn from a wide range of UNM, National Lab and local biotech programs as described here. Please consider joining the CNTC as a graduate student, a postdoctoral fellow or as a mentor.
CNTC Fellowships Available
Applications for CNTC graduate and postdoctoral fellowships are due March 15 for June 1 activation and June 30 for activation on the first day of the Fall semester. Graduate stipends are either equal to or slightly above the NIH pay scale, depending on policies of the home department or program. Postdoctoral fellowships are matching awards (50% grant support matched with 50% support from other sources) using the NIH pay scale (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not-od-10-047.html). Fellows receive additional benefits including tuition, health insurance and access to travel funds. The benefits and responsibilities of becoming a CNTC pre- and post-doctoral fellow and/or mentor can be found on the How To Apply page.
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