Junior Faculty Training & Education Opportunities
CRTEC supports the training and education of the CU Cancer Center Junior Faculty, referred to as Mentored Members. In addition to assisting with the CU Cancer Center T32 Training in Cancer Biology Grants, organizing and facilitating the Cancer Symposium Seminars and Colloquiums, disseminating relevant grant and training opportunities, and funding innovation awards. CRTEC also provides quarterly meetings and workshops that focus on the greatest needs of junior faculty, on topics such as career development, grant writing, grant reviewing, mentoring students, and scientific writing and publishing. In addition, CRTEC plans an annual retreat providing important networking activities for mentors and mentees.
Grant Workshops
At the grant workshops, Mentored Members planning on submitting a grant are able to submit their initial grant application to CU Cancer Center Members experienced in grant writing for feedback and critiques. At the workshop, Mentored Members work with the CU Cancer Center Members to improve their grant applications.
Grant Workshops occur on the second Monday of each month. For more information, or to sign up to participate, contact CRTEC@cuanschutz.edu.
Innovation Grants
CRTEC funds Innovation Grants of $10,000 for high-risk, high-reward cancer research projects that have not received funding support previously. Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, Junior Faculty, and School of Nursing Graduate Students are all eligible to apply.
Innovation grants provide initial or pilot data that can be used to subsequently submit an F-, K-, or R-series grant. Grants will be provided based on scientific merit, the likelihood that the successful completion of the experiment will add to their current work, and how convincing of an argument they propose for submitting a subsequent F-, K-, or R-series grant application.
New Investigator Clinical Research Orientation Course
Through Skillsoft, a new course for emerging investigators performing clinical research is now developed and ready for CU Cancer Center members who plan to become involved in clinical research as a principal investigator or sub-investigator, either on a new clinical trial or an existing protocol.
This course does not replace other regulatory trainings or onboarding activities required by the University of Colorado or divisions but gives new investigators an overview of the research infrastructure of the CU Cancer Center and provides practical information to supplement the additional trainings in the onboarding process.
To access the course in Skillsoft:
- Log on to your campus portal.
- Select the Skillsoft tile. Skillsoft will open in a separate window.
- Select Library.
- Under CU Custom Content, select your campus folder.
- Select the specific Category folder you need (SOM).
- Locate the title of the course and click LAUNCH.
- Invite them to training opportunities, or sometimes we will sponsor a training.
Mentored-Members Retreat
The CRTEC office organizes annual thematic retreats for CU Cancer Center mentored members that enhance career development and training. The retreats showcase the research and scientific accomplishments of mentored members and provide training and support in essential career skills such as grant writing, lab management, mentoring and leadership development.
The next retreat is being planned for Fall 2022 and with a theme of “Mentoring in the 21st Century”. The retreat features Dr. Rick McGee, Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development at Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, who is renowned for his use of coaching-based models to support early PhD trainees and group-based models to support junior faculty in their development as scientists. Dr. Rick McGee’s full bibliography of contributions.
Check back soon for more information on the Fall 2022 retreat.