NCI-supported T32 Program
Interdisciplinary Cancer Research Training Program
NCI-funded doctoral training at the intersection of discovery and impact.
BUILDING TOMORROW’S WORKFORCE
Training scientists to lead interdisciplinary cancer research
Cancer is an extraordinarily complex disease influenced by genetic, molecular, environmental, and societal factors. Addressing today’s most pressing challenges — metastasis, treatment resistance and inequities in outcomes — requires researchers who can work effectively across disciplines and translate fundamental discoveries into real-world impact. The Purdue Interdisciplinary Cancer Research Training (PICRT) program is designed to meet that need.
Housed within the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research and funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), PICRT is a T32 doctoral training program that prepares researchers to conduct rigorous, team-based cancer science across disciplinary boundaries. Trainees develop the scientific breadth and collaborative fluency required to accelerate discovery toward meaningful clinical and public health impact, and to lead at the national level.
ABOUT PICRT
Program overview
PICRT is embedded within PICR’s highly interdisciplinary research environment. The program is designed to complement doctoral training in participants’ home disciplines while expanding their capacity to engage in collaborative cancer research that spans scientific domains and translational pathways.
Through its cohort‑based structure, PICRT equips trainees with the scientific perspective, professional skills and collaborative experience required to contribute meaningfully to modern cancer research efforts and to advance discovery toward application.
*Additional information regarding program expectations, application process and participation is shared directly with PICRT trainees and faculty mentors through direct program communications.