Faculty Resources

CARE Grant Review Program

Overview:

The Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) Office of Education and Training’s (OET) Cancer Application REview (CARE) Program provides HDFCCC faculty with grant review for any multi-year, independent grant or mentored career development awards (such as NIH K awards). CARE is intended to be a resource for HDFCCC faculty who are not in the Department of Medicine, as DOM members have access to the PREPARE Program. CARE participants have 2 options from which to choose when accepted into the program:

  1. Submit Specific Aims for review. Depending on the feedback received, participants can either stop here or go on to submit the full proposal a couple of weeks later
  2. Submit a complete draft grant proposal (including Specific aims) at one time

Applicant Eligibility:

  • HDFCCC full or associate member
  • NOT in Department of Medicine (DOM members eligible for PREPARE Program)
  • Submitting a multi-year, independent, cancer research grant
  • Applicants must agree to have their own mentor review their grant (including Specific Aims) prior to submitting it to the CARE Program.
    • If applicants do not have a mentor, there is the option to secure a career mentor through the HDFCCC Office of Education and Training (OET)  LEAP Early Career Faculty Mentor Program. The LEAP mentor can then review their draft for CARE.
  • Applicants must suggest 2-3 potential reviewers as part of the CARE application

Process/Timeline:

Specific Aims First Reviews:

  • Apply at least 8 weeks before the due date
  • Send specific aims at least 6 weeks before the due date
  • Send full draft at least 1 week before review meeting
  • Reviewers will provide written comments via email on specific aims
  • Participant will have 1 week after receiving their specific aims comments to decide if they want to go forward with a CARE review of their full draft.
  • If they decide to go forward, their full draft is due 1 week before their scheduled review meeting (OET will schedule this meeting when they are accepted into the Program and their reviewers are confirmed. If you opt to not do the full draft review, the meeting will be cancelled)
  • The review meeting will be 3-4 weeks before their due date

Full Draft Review:

  • Apply at least 6 weeks before due date
  • Full draft due at least 4 weeks before and no later than 1 week before scheduled review meeting (OET will schedule the meeting when they are accepted into the Program and reviewers are confirmed).
  • The review meeting will be 3-4 weeks before their due date

Example: Oct. 5 due date

  • No later than Aug 10 (8 weeks before due date) – application due for specific aims 1st review
  • Aug 24 (6 weeks before due date) - specific aims due
  • Between Aug 24 - 31 – receive written review of specific aims via email
  • By Sept 7 (4 weeks before due date) – decide if going forward with full draft review
  • Sept 14 (3 weeks before due date) – full draft due
  • Between Sept. 14-21 (2-3 weeks before due date)– review meeting
  • Oct 5 – application due

 

Reviewers:

  • Reviewers receive a $200 stipend for reviewing specific aims only. If they go on to review a full draft for the same participant, they will receive an additional $300.
  • Reviewers who review a full draft (specific aims & rest of grant at same time) receive $500
  • Must agree to provide written comments via email for specific aims reviews
  • Must agree to attend 1, one-hour meeting with CARE participant
Apply
Questions? Email Jennifer Seuferer
LEAP Early Career Faculty Mentoring Program

The goal of LEAP (Leveraging Expertise to Advance our Professionals/Professors) is to provide career mentoring to early career faculty who do not receive it elsewhere (departments, divisions, etc.).

Program Overview:

  • Mentees/Mentors meet 2 - 4 times per year for at least 2 - 3 years
  • Mentees will complete an Individual Development Plan to review with mentors
  • Mentors will only be assigned one mentee at a time

Mentee Eligibility

  • Assistant or Associate Professor Level
  • Associate or Full HDFCCC Members 

Mentor Eligibility

  • Associate or Full Professor Level
  • Full or Associate HDFCCC Members

Mentee Roles and Responsibilities

  • Arrange meetings at least 2x/year
  • Send updated CV to mentor 1 week before meeting
  • Send mentor completed Individual Development Plan (IDP)
  • Know where you are in promotion/merit cycle
  • Write 3 short and 3 long term professional goals to discuss at mentor meeting
  • Participate in faculty development opportunities

Mentor Roles and Responsibilities

  • Clarify mentee & mentor expectations
  • Provide guidance if conflicts/issues arise
  • Provide overall career guidance
  • Review relevant material for meetings (CV, IDPs, promotion packet, etc.)
  • Be familiar with advancement and promotion policies for your mentee’s series/rank
  • Help mentees set appropriate goals
  • Ensure scholarly activities, service, education/mentoring, meeting attendance appropriate for career goals and academic track

To Apply:

Click here to apply.

Questions? Email Jennifer Seuferer

Emerging Scholars Speaker Exchange Program

Overview: Emerging Cancer Scholars Exchange Program is designed to provide career development opportunities for Assistant Professors (approximately within 5 years of their appointment) and are Full or Associate HDFCCC Members via invited presentations at peer Cancer Centers. Through the Exchange Program, early career faculty will have the opportunity to develop relationships with potential research collaborators, mentors, and sponsors; hone their oral presentation skills; and bolster their CVs as they prepare for promotion. HDFCCC has been asked to be one of the partner institutions for this program. Other partnering institutions are University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Case Western Cancer Center, Emory, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Chicago. 

Program Components Four to five HDFCCC faculty members will be chosen to be part of the program. HDFCCC members who are accepted earn the opportunity to be part of the Emerging Cancer Scholars Speaker Pool. From this pool of speakers, partnering institutions will invite 2 HDFCCC faculty members to speak. If you are selected to be part of the speaker pool, you are not guaranteed a speaking engagement, only to be part of the pool from which the partner institutions choose speakers. Speaking engagements (i.e., Grand Rounds or other Program Seminar, this will be determined by the hosting institution) will occur during the 2025/2026 academic year. All travel expenses will be paid.

Budget: HDFCCC Office of Education and Training will coordinate your travel arrangement and pay travel expenses (ex: airfare, hotel, ground transportation). The institution at which you speak will schedule the talk, coordinate faculty meetings, and cover any associate expenses (ex: faculty dinner). Faculty selected to speak will not receive an honorarium for their presentations.

Eligible Faculty:

  • Assistant Professors within approximately 5-years of their appointment
  • HDFCCC Full or Associate Members
  • Individuals who are building a robust research portfolio to discuss but are still pre-promotion
  • In the final years of building their CV for promotion, in year 2 or 3 of their K and/or those who have not yet submitted a promotion packet
  • All types of cancer research are eligible

 

How to apply: To apply, attach the following materials as a single PDF document (11pt Arial font, 1.5 line spacing).

  • One to two paragraph statement describing why you want to be an Emerging Cancer Scholar and why this opportunity is important for your professional development
  • 2 – 3 talk ideas (include presentation title with a few bullet points on the content)
  • Current NIH Biosketch
  • Commitment to Diversity Statement  

 

Timeline:

  • Jan. 5, 2025: Submit all materials by 11:59PM (PST)
  • Feb. 3: Faculty chosen for speaker pool
  • By March 14: Speaker assignments made
  • July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026: Speaker exchanges
Campus Council on Faculty Life - Faculty Resource Fair and Development Day

All faculty are invited to two days of networking and development in the Fall.

Faculty Resource Fair – is an in-person networking and resource event. This is your opportunity to meet colleagues and gather resources from over 40 campus units. Please join us for refreshments and raffle prizes!

Faculty Development Day – offers virtual workshops for professional development and resources to enhance faculty life at UCSF. This event is relevant to faculty at all career stages, and all faculty members are encouraged to participate. 

Check the website for specific dates/time each year

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