Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination Summary The goal of Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination (CRTEC) is to ensure that Minnesota has a continuous, robust, and diverse cancer workforce. We curate existing cancer education resources at the Masonic Cancer Center (MCC), and identify gaps and create new programs to fill them. To improve our abilities to attract, develop, and retain a diverse cancer workforce, we will create career stage–specific paradigms containing common and unique resources. Common resources include evidence-based education and professional development activities proven necessary for success at a given career stage from high school through senior faculty. Unique resources will be customized to meet participants’ special needs as identified by individual development plans. Shared and individualized resources will be combined to address 3 specific aims: 1) Recruit a diverse cadre of students to cancer-focused programs; 2) Develop the academic and clinical careers of trainees and professionals; and 3) Retain trainees and professionals in cancer-focused fields by providing the appropriate educational, research, and collaborative environments. All efforts will be coordinated with, and shaped by, MCC’s offices of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Community Outreach and Engagement (COE). With CRTEC support, MCC contributes to numerous R25 and cancer-specific T32 training programs, funds community-based participatory research, and takes advantage of training programs sponsored by the University of Minnesota CTSA-funded Clinical and Translational Science Institute. It also supports members with the development of grant applications. Christopher Pennell, PhD, (Immunology Program), the Associate Director for Cancer Education & Training, has directed the Education Office since its inception and has a long history of leading training programs, obtaining education grant supplements, and directing education programs aimed at diverse groups from community members to high school students to doctoral students. He also has an endowed professorship for innovative education. He is supported by Kiara Ellis, MSW, who has directed MCC’s COE and CRTEC Offices for the past 7 years, and Cathleen Drilling, MS, who has an Advanced Teaching Certification and direct experience with education. Future plans include the creation of an Education Advisory Board consisting of representatives from local community colleges, public school science specialists, MCC Research Programs, and CTSI-Education to help assess existing programs and to address newly identified needs. Near-peer mentoring will be implemented at each level. Existing programs will also be expanded and improved.