The main goal of the Career Development Program is to prepare new investigators for independent careersin lung cancer research. It is expected that Career Development Awardees will spend between two andfour years in a productive scientific environment, after which time they will establish independent programsin research related to lung cancer, either at institutions affiliated with the University of Colorado LungCancer SPORE or another institution. The Career Development committee annually reviews the progressof each awardee by receiving reports and by discussions with the awardee and the awardee's mentor. TheCareer Development committee also solicits applications for new awardees. This is done by campus-widemailings and on some occasions by national letters and journal advertisements. Applicants complete awritten application that is reviewed by the committee and the committee also interviews the applicants. Thecommittee makes recommendations to the SPORE Executive Committee which makes final selection anddetermines the amount of the award in consultation with the applicant and mentor. Institutional funds areused to increase the award amounts above those provided by the grant. For the renewal period we arerequesting $50,000 annually. This will be matched with up to $50,000 of institutional funds to provide anaverage of $50,000 to each of two awardees per year. We believe the program has been successful.Since its inception in 1993, the SPORE has provided support to 20 awardees. Nine of these continue towork on lung cancer. In addition, three other awardees continue scientific investigation in industry and twoare academic laboratory investigators. One awardee is in private practice and one retired to care for herfamily. Three of the awardees are from underrepresented minority groups and 7 are female. No majorchanges are anticipated in the program with the exception of an increase in the award amounts.
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