# Career Enhancement Program

> **NIH NIH P50** · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · 2020 · $73,073

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Career Enhancement Program (CEP) of the SPORE in Bladder Cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center (MSK) will prepare the most promising and motivated young clinician-scientists for independent
careers as investigators in translational research in urothelial cancer. Eligible candidates will include junior
faculty with a demonstrated interest in urothelial cancer research, advanced postdoctoral clinical fellows who
exhibit outstanding research potential in urothelial cancer and are ready to transition to a faculty position within
1 year, and established investigators who wish to enhance or refocus their careers on translational research in
urothelial cancer. We have designed the CEP to form both an interdepartmental and an inter-institutional
training ground in which to nurture 2 talented new investigators each year—from either basic research or
clinical backgrounds—committed to translating new scientific developments in urothelial cancer research into
clinically relevant therapeutic strategies. By combining the research and academic resources available
throughout MSK and at our affiliated institutions, CEP recipients will benefit from the intersection of a
comprehensive educational program, career enrichment activities, and a rich research environment cultivated
by the senior investigators in the SPORE in Bladder Cancer. The diverse research areas in our proposed
SPORE in Bladder Cancer pursue research questions at every stage of the disease. Opportunities with
SPORE investigators as mentors include disciplines such as oncology, surgery, pathology, immunology,
molecular biology, cancer biology, tumor and germline genetics, experimental therapeutics, medical
informatics, and outcomes research. The CEP and MSK are committed to recruiting women and individuals
from racial/ethnic groups that are underrepresented in oncology.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9979828
- **Project number:** 5P50CA221745-03
- **Recipient organization:** SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH
- **Principal Investigator:** Dean F. Bajorin
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $73,073
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-24 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9979828

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9979828, Career Enhancement Program (5P50CA221745-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9979828. Licensed CC0.

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