# Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activities

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · 2021 · $121,923

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activities 
With education as the fourth pillar of its overall mission to End Cancer, The University of Texas MD Anderson 
Cancer Center is an accredited, degree-granting institution with numerous efforts in education, training, and 
career development across the spectrum of cancer research and translation, the science of cancer prevention, 
and clinical practice. More than 1,700 faculty and 7,000 annually appointed trainees—from high school through 
research postdoctoral fellows and clinical residents, as well as a community of lifelong learners among our 
research and administrative staff—take part in a wide array of offerings sponsored by multiple educational 
stakeholders from across the institution. Our long-term objective is to establish MD Anderson as a model for 
education and training in cancer research for a diverse, multidisciplinary research workforce through 
dissemination of best practices and organization of innovative, evidence-based curricula designed for 21st- 
century team-based science and clinical practice. Overall, the uniquely broad and rich environment for clinical 
and research education and professional development at MD Anderson demands easy access to high-quality 
resources for its learners, as individuals and as groups; for instructors to develop useful and effective activities 
in synergy; and for support and evaluation of such programs. With this in mind, our 5-year goals include multiple 
innovative efforts across all CCSG programs in 4 emphasis areas: 1) recruitment coordinated among 
stakeholders with new approaches that emphasize inclusiveness of underrepresented research trainees and 
those with disabilities; 2) facilitating access to research education via improved alignment and increased impact; 
3) support applications centralized for access by all programs; and 4) program evaluation services tailored for 
support and improvement of current and developing efforts to improve mentorship and career development. To 
achieve our long-term objectives for the MD Anderson Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related 
Activities (CRCE), our continuous efforts and coordinating role across the institution in education and training 
are described by these overall aims: 
Aim 1: To recruit, train, and promote a demographically diverse pool of research scientists who span all stages 
of training and faculty appointment using multiple rigorous strategies to reach broad audiences; 
Aim 2: To provide innovative and evidence-based educational and professional development opportunities in a 
nurturing culture of shared learning that is attuned to the needs of trainees and faculty mentors; and 
Aim 3: To serve as a coordination and support hub for innovation in education/training, sharing best practices, 
monitoring research training needs, and program evaluation for MD Anderson researchers, including the 
community of training programs at MD Anderson.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10212263
- **Project number:** 5P30CA016672-45
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** DIANE BODURKA
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $121,923
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1996-08-28 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10212263

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10212263, Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activities (5P30CA016672-45). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10212263. Licensed CC0.

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