Research Development at the Cancer Center promotes basic, clinical, and population research excellence by supporting transdisciplinary research through two primary activities:
Facilitating Collaboration and Team Science
- Coordinate and support cancer-focused Translational Research Teams (lung, GI, breast, melanoma)
- Catalyze new cross-disciplinary research initiatives
- Lead large, interdisciplinary proposal teams
- Maintain database of faculty expertise
- Network with other research development professionals at UVA to identify resources and facilitate cross-Grounds collaborations
Proposal Development
- Identify and disseminate grant opportunities
- Work with investigators to improve grant writing skills and grantsmanship
- Maintain templates for proposal components
- Provide strategic advice to create competitive proposals
- Edit proposal drafts
- Manage internal peer review
The Research Development team also manages the Translational Pipeline and works with Cancer Center leadership to advance projects to investigator-initiated clinical trials.