# Career Enhancement Program

> **NIH NIH P50** · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · 2020 · $78,273

## Abstract

Project Summary
The Career Enhancement Program (CEP) of the Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer SPORE is committed to identifying
and mentoring junior faculty with the greatest potential of developing independent programs in translational
breast cancer research. This is accomplished through a rigorous review process aimed at identifying the most
talented and promising candidates followed by an intensive, rigorous and effective mentoring program. The
mentoring program is based on the establishment and optimal functioning of a Multidisciplinary Mentoring
Committee led by a senior investigator with the scientific expertise and commitment to developing the next
generation of translational breast cancer researchers. The Multidisciplinary Mentoring Committee will be
composed of the primary mentor and the complementary clinical and/or basic investigator necessary for a
comprehensive mentoring program plus a statistician. It is viewed as crucial to the success of the awardee that
the mentoring be ongoing and robust. This will be accomplished by close oversight by the Director of the CEP
of the mentoring process and progress of the awardee. The Director of the CEP will report to the SPORE Co-
Directors who, in turn, report to the SPORE Executive Committee. This intensive oversight process was
established because of the firm conviction of the SPORE Co-Directors that the development of independent
investigators and translational breast cancer research is central to the SPORE mission. The explicit
expectation is that the awardees will utilize the resources made available to them for the development of
independent research programs and acquisition of independent funding in breast cancer research. We are
requesting $50,000 per year (direct costs) to support this program. This will be supplemented by $50,000
(direct costs) of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center support. One award of $100,000 per year will be made, which can
be used for salary, technician support, and supplies. One awardee will be supported per year and a given
awardee can be supported for up to two years providing satisfactory progress is demonstrated. To date the
CEP has been successful in that three CEP awardees have been highly productive and have successfully
competed to become Project Co-Leaders in full Projects of the SPORE.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10017905
- **Project number:** 5P50CA116201-15
- **Recipient organization:** MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** JAMES Newell INGLE
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $78,273
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2005-09-22 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10017905

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10017905, Career Enhancement Program (5P50CA116201-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10017905. Licensed CC0.

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