#  KGCRF Career Catalyst Awards 

 



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## **Overview**

The Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation Career Catalyst Awards are designed to support student professional development training by providing opportunities to enhance and expand the scope of their research through new collaborations, skills and knowledge.

The KGCRF CCA will fund student-conceived proposals that complement, and directly impact their ongoing thesis research, or bring new approaches to the research questions through establishing collaborations. With funds provided by a generous gift from the Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation, the KGCRF CCA awards will fund proposals of up to $2,000 for professional development training opportunity. *Note that we encourage all applications that request any amount of funding that is up to $2,000.*

**The professional development training opportunity (*****e.g.,*** **a conference or a course that is beneficial for the thesis research) should**   
Directly complement the ongoing thesis project  
Bring new approaches to the research questions by facilitating interactions and/or collaborations with individuals outside of one’s field of research, or  
Allow students to learn new research skills

**Some examples of the professional development training opportunity include, and are not limited to:**   
Attendance at national or international meetings and conferences in cancer biology and related topics  
Attendance at national or international workshops and courses in cancer biology and related topics  
Fees to access and use a facility/core   
A new tool or reagent, especially one that would be used as part of a new collaboration or to learn a new skill

## **KGCRF CCA Awardees**

[KGCRF CCA Fall 2025](https://landrycancer.hms.harvard.edu/kgcrf-cca-fall-2025)  
[KGCRF CCA Fall 2024](https://landrycancer.hms.harvard.edu/kgcrf-cca-fall-2024)  
[KGCRF CCA Fall 2023](/kgcrf-cca-fall-2023?admin_panel=1)  
[KGCRF CCA Fall 2022](/kgcrf-cca-fall-2022-awardees?admin_panel=1)  
[KGCRF CCA Pilot Phase 2021](/kgcca-pilot-phase-fall-2022-awardees?admin_panel=1)

## **Award Cycles**

[KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Fall 2025](https://landrycancer.hms.harvard.edu/karin-grunebaum-cancer-research-foundation-career-catalyst-awards-2025-rfa)  
[KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Fall 2024](https://landrycancer.hms.harvard.edu/karin-grunebaum-cancer-research-foundation-career-catalyst-awards-2024-rfa-0)  
[KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Fall 2023](/karin-grunebaum-cancer-research-foundation-career-catalyst-awards-2023-rfa)  
[KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Fall 2022](/karin-grunebaum-career-catalyst-awards-2022-rfa?admin_panel=1)  
[KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Pilot Phase 2021](/karin-grunebaum-career-catalyst-awards?admin_panel=1)