Career Development Program

项目概要; MSCP SPORE职业发展计划（CDP）的使命是通过招募和支持黑色素瘤和其他皮肤癌领域的新研究人员来促进基础、转化和临床研究。CDP为这一使命提供财政资源，而SPORE本身则提供支持和激励研究的环境。在上一个MSCP SPORE资助期间，我们支持了7名CDP获奖者，其中除一人外，其余都是早期研究人员（一名研究助理，一名研究讲师和四名助理或研究助理教授）;我们的7名CDP获奖者中有5名是女性。所有CDP获奖者都在推进他们的职业生涯，出版他们的工作，并获得校外资助方面取得了成功。我们将继续每年两次征求提案，并使用同行评审的评分系统来确定资助提案的优先顺序。CDP联合董事、执行委员会、内部和外部咨询委员会成员以及患者倡导者和其他专家（如果需要特殊的评审专家）参与评审过程。CDP将跟踪成功申请的进展，并为受资助的研究者提供顾问，以确保他们从MSCP SPORE核心（管理核心A;生物标本核心B;生物统计核心C;和信息学核心D）获得任何所需的服务，并将其整合到SPORE计划中。获奖者在一年的支持后向SPORE调查人员展示他们的研究成果，以便有资格获得第二年的支持。翻译的进展以及影响力和创新将决定CDP项目是否值得提升为完整的SPORE项目。获奖者还将在准备SPORE机制之外的资助申请时酌情得到建议，并获得核心资源以帮助这一奋进。

PROJECT SUMMARY ; The mission of the MSCP SPORE Career Development Program (CDP) is to stimulate basic, translational, and clinical research by recruiting and supporting new investigators in the area of melanoma and other skin cancers. The CDP provides financial resources for this mission, while the SPORE itself provides a supportive and stimulating research environment. In the previous MSCP SPORE grant period, we supported 7 CDP awardees, all but one of whom were eariy-stage investigators (one Research Associate, one Research Instructor, and four Assistant or Research Assistant Professors); 5 of our 7 CDP awardees were women. All CDP Awardees have experienced success in advancing their careers, publishing their work, and obtaining extramural funding. We will continue to solicit proposals twice per year and to use a peer-reviewed scoring system to prioritize proposals for funding. The CDP Co-Directors, Executive Committee, and Internal and External Advisory Board members participate in the review process, together with the Patient Advocates and additional experts who may be called upon if special reviewer expertise is necessary. The CDP will track progress of the successful applications and provide advisors to funded investigators to ensure that they obtain any needed services from the MSCP SPORE Cores (Administrative Core A; Biospecimen Core B; Biostatistics Core C; and Informatics Core D) and that they are integrated into the SPORE program. Awardees present their research results to the SPORE investigators after one year of support to be eligible for a second year of support. Progress toward translation as well as impact and innovation will determine whether CDP projects are found to merit promotion to full SPORE projects. Awardees will also be advised as appropriate in the preparation of grant applications for funding outside the SPORE mechanism and given access to Core resources to aid in this endeavor.