# Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC)

> **NIH NIH P30** · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $55,156

## Abstract

CANCER RESEARCH TRAINING AND EDUCATION COORDINATION: PROJECT SUMMARY
Through experienced leadership, continued strategic investment, and dedicated infrastructure support, the
Massey Cancer Center (MCC) has spearheaded cancer-focused education, training, and professional
development at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) for over a decade. As a new formal Cancer Center
Support Grant (CCSG) component, MCC’s Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC)
efforts 1) attract diverse individuals to the field of oncology, from middle and high school on through progressing
educational levels across an interdisciplinary spectrum of biomedical and biobehavioral professionals; 2) provide
engaging, contemporary oncology education and training opportunities; and 3) equip, through effective
mentoring, emerging and early-stage investigators with the skills needed for successful cancer-related research
careers. Devanand Sarkar, MBBS, PhD, Associate Director for Research Training and Education, oversees the
development and evaluation of MCC-driven CRTEC activities and a recently established MCC Office of CRTEC,
staffed with individuals who support the growing number of programs and events. A faculty-level Research
Training and Education Advisory Committee and starting in late Summer of 2022 the MCC Student and Trainee
Advancing Research Council will provide input into CRTEC efforts, identifying gaps and assisting in developing
innovative concepts for programming to fill them. In 2021, through customized programs and individual
mentorship, MCC members supported education and career development for 344 individuals across the learner
continuum. Given that MCC emphasizes diversity in the developing workforce, collectively over the project
period, more than 19% of the students/trainees are from underrepresented minority (URM) populations, and
60% are female. Fueled by significant MCC investments in the current CCSG project period, the MCC enhanced
and expanded cancer career enhancement activities with numerous MCC-driven initiatives, several receiving
extramural funding. Selected examples include 1) converting a longstanding NCI-funded R25 to an NCI T32
training grant in Cancer Prevention and Control and Health Equity; 2) launching an innovative curriculum for the
Cancer and Molecular Medicine doctoral concentration with support from an NCI R25 curriculum development
award focused on clinical research methodology, incorporating community engagement into research, and
cancer bioinformatics; 3) initiating an MCC Faculty Development Research Program in 2020 for junior
investigators who are paired with MCC investigators and provided guided opportunities for career development
awards and pilot research funding, notably from the American Cancer Society-Institutional Research Grant,
which has been sustained at VCU for over 50 years; and 4) participating in a four-year NCI P20 Partnership in
Addressing Cancer Health Equity award (awarded September 2021), bring...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10850911
- **Project number:** 5P30CA016059-42
- **Recipient organization:** VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Devanand Sarkar
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $55,156
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1995-12-01 → 2028-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10850911

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10850911, Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) (5P30CA016059-42). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10850911. Licensed CC0.

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