Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award

The Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship supports computational scientists trained in fields such as mathematics, computer science, physics or engineering who pursue research careers in computational biology, with a focus on cancer. Fellows train under joint mentorship by a computational (dry-lab) mentor and a cancer biology (wet-lab) mentor, and proposals are judged on the applicant, the mentorship team and the level of computational innovation applied to the biological question. The award runs for three years with stipends of $76,000, $78,000 and $80,000 plus a $2,000 annual expense allowance, a $1,000 dependent child allowance per child per year and possible repayment of up to $100,000 of qualifying medical school debt. No funds may be used for indirect costs.

Applicants must hold a PhD, MD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM, DO or equivalent and have two committed mentors, one in computational science and one in cancer biology. Basic and physician-scientists (Level 1) must have received their degree no more than five years before the deadline, apply before an initial assistant professorship, have spent no more than 24 months in the mentors' labs and devote 100% of their time to the research; physician-scientists (Level 2) must have completed clinical training, be board eligible in the United States and devote at least 80% effort. Holders of NIH K awards are not eligible. Non-U.S. citizens may apply only for research at a U.S.-based institution; U.S. citizens may propose research abroad under stated conditions. Applications are submitted through Altum proposalCentral by 4:00 pm Eastern Time on December 1, 2026.