# Career Enhancement Program

> **NIH NIH P50** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $78,509

## Abstract

CAREER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM: SUMMARY
The Northwestern Brain Tumor SPORE (NBTS) Career Enhancement Program (CEP) is responsible for
recruitment and training of new and early stage investigators committed to neuro-oncology research to ensure
that there will be a continuous source of talented investigators committed to this field. The fact that the faculty
mentors come from a variety of departments and disciplines provides a source of diversity and scientific
expertise to program awardees. CEP recipients are selected after wide solicitation of the request for
applications and careful review of applicants' credentials and potential to develop an independent career in
brain tumor research. The CEP leadership, Drs. James and Lesniak, will make special efforts to emphasize
the recruitment of women and minorities to the SPORE CEP, both at the levels of award recipients and
mentors.
The CEP has flexibility in terms of offering awards and the length of the award. However, there is a consistent
and highly-structured process for solicitation and selection of CEP investigators and a detailed tracking system
for monitoring their progress. The specific aims of the CEP are:
1. To maintain an administrative structure for the Career Enhancement Program.
2. To solicit and select career enhancement investigators through a highly structured process.
3. To mentor and continuously evaluate career enhancement investigators through individual meetings with
 mentors, bi-annual presentations at SPORE investigator work in progress meetings and written progress
reports.
4. To cultivate new faculty to embark on careers in neuro-oncology to ensure a future source of talented
 investigators committed to brain cancer research.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10478884
- **Project number:** 5P50CA221747-05
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Charles David James
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $78,509
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-17 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10478884

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10478884, Career Enhancement Program (5P50CA221747-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10478884. Licensed CC0.

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