The award grants $ 75,000 per year to the recipients, via their respective institutions, selected by the ACMG Foundation through a competitive process and will provide a two - year sponsorship for the trainee's clinical
genetics subspecialty in translational genomics following residency.
Cancer
genetics is not yet a recognized specialty or
subspecialty of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), making this fellowship program a one - of - a-kind training opportunity.