Since its inception, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) has strongly supported the growth and development of young investigators in the field of cancer immunotherapy. As the field continues to expand, SITC has realized the even greater importance of fostering the next generation of cancer immunotherapy experts and tumor immunologists by providing them with additional funding opportunities.

SITC’s fellowship award program was established through the Forward Fund to support the development of young investigators in the field to cultivate the next generation of cancer immunotherapy experts. Since 2014, SITC has committed more than $1 million in fellowship awards to deserving young investigators.

SITC is proud to present the following fellowship recipients for 2017:

2017 SITC Fellowship Recipients

2017 SITC-Merck Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer Clinical Fellowship Recipient

Arnab Ghosh, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

AMOUNT: $100,000 for one year
PROJECT: "Enhancing antitumor immunity mediated by costimulatory agents through reprogramming myeloid infiltrating cells"

Sponsored by



Made possible by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.

2017 SITC’s Holbrook Kohrt, MD, PhD Cancer Immunotherapy Translational Memorial Fellowship Recipient

Nathan Singh, MD, MS
University of Pennsylvania

AMOUNT: $100,000 for one year
PROJECT: "Enhancing CAR T cell efficacy by disrupting immune inhibition"

Sponsored by




Made possible by an educational grant from Genentech.

2017 NCI Immunotherapy Fellowship Recipient

Ariel E. Marciscano, MD
Johns Hopkins University

Co-sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and SITC and made possible in part by an educational grant from EMD Serono.

Interested in supporting a fellowship? Contact SITC Development at development@sitcancer.org or +1 414-271-2456.

Also, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for more details about the SITC Fellowship Awards.