The UT SPORE Career Development Program has the following objectives:1. Establish a Structure for the SPORE Career Development Research Program. Publicize theavailability of start-up funding for pilot projects in lung cancer translational research. Develop a peerreviewmechanism to select competing proposals for funding using internal and external reviewers.Develop specific criteria for selection of projects for funding for use by the reviewers. The SPOREAdministrative Core plays a major role in this.2. Project Identification. Identify projects that are innovative and have significant potential for reducinglung cancer incidence, morbidity, and deaths. The expertise of SPORE Pis, Project Leaders, Coinvestigators,and the scientific advisory board will be sought to achieve this goal.3. SPORE Collaborations. Encourage collaborations among scientists in the SPORE and with scientistsoutside the SPORE environment that will help investigators reach their objectives. Teach investigatorsabout lung cancer and the current important scientific and clinical questions. Put investigators in contactwith other lung cancer researchers at UTSW and MDACC and at other SPORE institutions.4. Help Investigators to Define Their Career Development Project. Have the SPORE PI and Co-Piwork with investigators to define and articulate translational research goals and steps required tobeneficially translate the research into application in humans. Help the investigators to 'crystallize' theproblem, show them the unique resources available to help answer the problem (e.g. SPOREPathology and Tissue Resource), help them develop an appropriate statistical design for their project atan early stage (with the assistance of SPORE Biostatistics Core C).5. Career Development Project Funding. Provide development funding (usually in the amount of-$25,000) for projects in The University of Texas SPORE and for scientists at other institutions outsidethe SPORE environment.6. Provide a Mechanism for Followup, Quality Control, Use of SPORE Resources, and Mentorshipfor Career Development Awardees. Develop a mechanism for the SPORE PI and Co-Pi to closelymonitor and work with the Career Development Awardees to help achieve their translational researchgoals. Encourage Developmental Project investigators to use the SPORE Bioinformatics andBiostatistics Cores C and D in the collection, storage, and analysis of their data. Insist on presentationof 'works in progress' reports at the regular joint SPORE UTSW7MDACC videoconferences as well asannual written reports. Provide mentors expert in lung cancer translational research for the CareerDevelopment Projects. Review and help Career Development Project Investigators prepare their resultsfor presentation and encourage presentation at inter SPORE related meetings such as at the annualSPORE meeting and lung cancer specific inter SPORE meetings.7. Provide Help With Obtaining Other Peer Reviewed Funding. Encourage preparation of other peerreviewed funding applications, identify funding sources for lung cancer work, help with grant draftreview, and provide letters of support for these applications.
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