# Scalable multi-mode education to increase use of ITCR tools by diverse analysts

> **NIH NIH UE5** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $809,434

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
We propose to develop content for, and deliver informatics training to a broad cross-section of citizens,
scientists, and researchers in informatics. We will leverage and extend an existing training platform and
content we have developed. We will improve cancer informatics literacy and the usability of existing
ITCR tools, support future ITCR tool developers, and teach informatics to a broad cross-section of
interested parties. Our success will both deepen expertise within the field and broaden the exposure of
ITCR tools within currently-unengaged research communities. Specifically, we will: (1) develop and
release a software platform for rapidly prototyping, validating, and sharing modular training materials
that can be delivered in a range of formats from massive online open courses, to in-person short
courses, to in depth semester long courses, (2) develop informatics courses teaching not only specific
use of ITCR tools to solve concrete scientific challenges but also broadly the concepts of informatics to a
broad community ranging from citizen scientists to NCI funded PIs, (3) develop courses for ITCR tool
developers around usability, documentation, support and marketing to improve the impact of these
tools in the field, and (4) deliver in person and "train the trainer" courses that will scale the impact of
our educational program both within NIH funded cancer centers and into currently underserved
researchers at community colleges, minority serving institutions, historically black colleges and
universities, and engaged citizens outside of academia. All software, content, and data developed by
our program will be open source and made accessible to the broadest possible audience by leveraging
our existing expertise in online and scalable in-person education, along with our relationships to
MOOC providers, informatics platforms, and developers. We will thus will dramatically increase
cancer informatics knowledge and skill, and speed the adoption and use of data to tackle important
problems in cancer throughout the research enterprise.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10075552
- **Project number:** 1UE5CA254170-01
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jeremy Goecks
- **Activity code:** UE5 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $809,434
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10075552

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10075552, Scalable multi-mode education to increase use of ITCR tools by diverse analysts (1UE5CA254170-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10075552. Licensed CC0.

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