Education For High School Students For Graduate Students For Faculty For Faculty Education and training opportunities and resources to help investigators succeed in obtaining and maintaining extramural funding. Home Education For Faculty UCI School of Medicine (SOM) Training Programs SOM National Institutes of Health Bootcamp UC Irvine's National Institutes of Health (NIH) Boot Camp is a comprehensive, multifaceted mentoring program designed to help university faculty researchers successfully apply for their first research grants from NIH. Learn More SOM National Institutes of Health Resubmission Program Designed in part in response to a recent report from NIH on funded resubmission applications, and loosely patterned after the highly successful UCI NIH Boot Camp, this opportunity provides in-depth and organized support for proposal writing and revisions, pre-review and other resources within a small team structure to facilitate the preparation of competitive –A1 or restructured –A0 applications. Learn More SOM Physician Scientist Training Program The UCI-SOM Physician Scientist Training Program is a 2-year structured pilot program providing physician scientists with intensive mentorship and opportunities to apply for their first independent, federally funded awards (K08, K23) or other equivalent external career development awards. Learn More Mentorship, Education and Training (MET) Program The CFCCC Mentorship, Education and Training (MET) Program is a short-term mentoring program designed to build upon the expertise of CFCCC leaders with the goal of supporting junior and mid-career CFCCC faculty (both basic and clinical) and to catalyze strategies to overcoming career and scientific challenges. Each MET participant kicks off their experience by presenting a brief overview of their research program including identifying any challenges they have encountered to an advisory panel of 3-5 senior CFCCC investigators. These experts provide structured guidance on next steps, available resources, and help facilitate collaborations for the junior/mid-career faculty member. The MET participant is then paired with a primary mentor who continues to meet with them for 9 months and serves as a thought-partner for challenges along the way. The MET experience culminates at the CFCCC Annual Scientific Retreat (held at the end of September), in which the MET junior/mid-career faculty presents the outcomes of their experience as part of the retreat agenda. Learn More American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant The purpose of these research grants is to provide seed money for eligible faculty in the area of cancer research. Research in both basic and clinical cancer –related problems will be supported. It is expected that this seed money will allow for the development of nationally competitive proposals for peer-reviewed funding. Investigators within the first SIX years of their first independent faculty position and in the following series are eligible: In Line, In Residence, Adjunct, Clinical-X, Clinical and Researcher. Learn More UCI School of Medicine’s Intramural Bridge Funding To sustain research projects that have lost extramural funding, the Intramural Bridge Funding program provides one-time support to eligible principal investigators (PI) to assist with re-establishing external funding. Bridge support is intended only for those PIs who have experienced a significant reduction from extramural sources. A funding reduction or shortfall is insufficient by itself to establish eligibility. A primary objective of the Bridge Funding program is to keep experienced research teams together while funding is re-established. Applications are considered four times per year. They must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the first of November, February, April, or August. If the first day of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, applications will be accepted on the next business day. Bridge Funding Continued Medical Education The mission of the School of Medicine's Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) is to provide educational activities to physicians and other healthcare professionals that improve the quality of healthcare by participants in our programs. Current List of CME