# Career Enhancement Program

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · 2020 · $169,979

## Abstract

Career Enhancement Program: Project Summary/Abstract
The goal of the Career Enhancement Program (CEP) is to use the translational research resources at the
MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) to solicit and award faculty-level investigators interested in intensive
career development in the field of melanoma research to improve melanoma early detection, prevention,
and treatment. Experienced mentors serve to assist CEP awardees to develop their careers as melanoma
experts, with the goal to reduce the morbidity and mortality from this disease. The CEP will support up to
three one-year awards of $50,000 annually, with a second-year renewal based on acceptable progress.
Funds for the CEP include an annual $50,000 from the SPORE throughout the duration of the overall award,
as well as up to $100,000 per year in institutional “matching funds” from MDACC. Candidates will include the
most promising faculty-level investigators from our institution as well as from the entire Texas Medical
Center, and other SPOREs, with which we interact. The selection of CEP awardees will be based on the
scientific uniqueness, quality, and novelty of the research proposal and the appropriateness of the mentoring
plan, which will be evaluated and scored by our Internal and External Advisory Boards (IAB; EAB). The
awardees will meet with their designated mentors regularly and with CEP leadership at least monthly, and
are expected to participate in and report their progress at monthly SPORE investigator meetings and annual
IAB/EAB meetings. The CEP is led by Dr. Elizabeth Grimm for mentees with laboratory-based projects and
Dr. Jeffrey E. Lee for mentees with clinical projects; both will be involved to mentor translational researchers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9978783
- **Project number:** 5P50CA221703-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** ELIZABETH A GRIMM
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $169,979
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9978783

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9978783, Career Enhancement Program (5P50CA221703-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9978783. Licensed CC0.

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