# Research Education Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2020 · $159,569

## Abstract

7. PROGRAM SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Partnership between the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC), Tuskegee University (TU), and
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) presents a unique opportunity to build on our successful
accomplishments in training and education of the pipeline of future cancer research scientists, with emphasis
on underrepresented racial/ethnic minorities. For this U54 application, we propose a seamless integration of
our cancer education programs by focusing on “hard” (structured courses/training developed through previous
U54 funding) and “soft” skills (e.g., career development roadmap, interviewing skills) needed to facilitate
movement through our pipeline into the cancer research continuum, with the goal of having a diverse
workforce well-prepared to address cancer health disparities and “meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral,
and clinical research needs,” as outlined in the RFA. This will be accomplished through the following specific
aims: (1) To develop and implement an integrated cancer research education program that links
underrepresented undergraduate and graduate/medical students with post-doctoral fellows, medical residents,
junior faculty investigators, and senior level researchers through four integrated programs: (a) the Cancer
Research Immersion Student Program (CRISP) for undergraduate students; (b) the Summer Cancer Research
Education Program (SCREP) and Cancer Research Certificate Program (CRCP) for graduate and medical
students; (c) the Health Disparities Research Education Program (HDREP) for postdoctoral fellows and
medical residents as well as integration of undergraduate/graduate/medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and
junior faculty into multidisciplinary research teams; and (d) the Transitional Pathway Program (TPP) that will
facilitate the movement of undergraduate to graduate students, graduate/medical students to residents,
postdoctoral fellows and/or junior faculty, and junior faculty to established researchers in cancer disparities. (2)
To link cancer research scholars (undergraduate and graduate/medical students, medical residents, post-
doctoral fellows, and junior faculty) with the Outreach Core to share their research findings with community
members and obtain community feedback (e.g., Cancer Info Cafés) and to develop publications and
communications for lay audiences (e.g., blogs or posts on social media, YouTube videos, policy briefs); and (3)
To implement a mixed-method, triangulated evaluation of CRISP, SCREP, CRCP, HDREP, and TPP.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9982812
- **Project number:** 5U54CA118948-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** ISABEL C SCARINCI
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $159,569
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2005-09-23 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9982812

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9982812, Research Education Core (5U54CA118948-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9982812. Licensed CC0.

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