MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR THE MENTORED PATIENT-ORIENTED 
RESEARCH FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES (K23)

RELEASE DATE:  April 11, 2003

NOTICE:  NOT-CA-03-024

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
 (http://www.nci.nih.gov/)

The Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch (CMBB), Office of Centers, 
Training and Resources, Office of the Deputy Director for Extramural 
Science, National Cancer Institute wishes to announce that the 
ELIGIBILITY section of PAR-03-006, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research 
for Underrepresented Minorities (K23), has been modified as follows:

"For purposes of this Program Announcement, underrepresented minority 
candidates include individuals belonging to particular ethnic, racial 
and other groups determined by the grantee institution to be 
underrepresented in cancer-related biomedical, behavioral, clinical, or 
social sciences research.  Underrepresented minority candidates are not 
limited to racial and ethnic minorities but can also include 
individuals, as selected by the institution, as underrepresented as 
cancer researchers, e.g., first generation college graduates, socio-
economically disadvantaged, etc."

The modified eligibility criteria for the Mentored Patient-Oriented 
Research for Underrepresented Minorities (K23) are available on the 
CMBB website:  http://minorityopportunities.nci.nih.gov.  All other 
provisions of PAR-03-006 remain unchanged.

INQUIRES:

Inquiries regarding these initiatives and application procedures should 
be addressed to:

Ms. Belinda M. Locke
Program Director
Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch
Office of Centers, Training and Resources
National Cancer Institute
6116 Executive Boulevard
Suite 7028, MSC 8350
Bethesda, MD 20892
Rockville, MD 20852 (express/courier service)
Telephone:  301-496-7344
Fax:  301-402-4551
E-mail:  rr63v@nih.gov

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