Table 2.
Distribution of survey responses from career development award junior faculty
| Question | SA | A | D | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. I am planning a career that will include | ||||
| Cancer research | 177 (85.1%) | 24 (11.6%) | 0 | 6 (2.9%) |
| Cancer research in US minority groups and populations | 49 (32.9%) | 57 (38.2%) | 31 (20.8%) | 12 (8.0%) |
| Cancer research in international populations | 37 (26.0%) | 50 (35.2%) | 35 (24.6%) | 21 (14.7%) |
| 2. Please indicate your interest in participating in a brief (1-4 week) extramural focused training program that includes | ||||
| Grant writing and budgeting | 73 (35.1%) | 101 (45.6%) | 24 (11.5%) | 10 (4.8%) |
| Presentation skills in various formats, such as podium presentations and PowerPoint presentations | 39 (18.9%) | 87 (42.2%) | 62 (30.1%) | 18 (8.8%) |
| Manuscript writing | 65 (31.4%) | 76 (36.7%) | 52 (25.1%) | 14 (6.8%) |
| Conducting collaborative research | 71 (34.1%) | 94 (55.2%) | 35 (16.8%) | 8 (3.9%) |
| Modular courses on specific cancer prevention and control topics | 46 (22.3%) | 104 (50.5%) | 48 (23.3%) | 11 (5.3%) |
| Mentoring and being mentored | 56 (26.8%) | 101 (48.3%) | 41 (23.3%) | 8 (3.9%) |
| Career planning | 78 (37.3%) | 94 (45.0%) | 32 (15.3%) | 5 (2.4%) |
| 3. Thinking back to the time when you were preparing your (K01) application, a brief training program like the one we are planning would have complemented and augmented the required career development of your application if it included | ||||
| Structured education and experiential training in US minority group and populations research | 41 (23.7%) | 57 (32.9%) | 58 (33.5%) | 17 (9.8%) |
| Structured education and experiential training in international cancer research | 28 (16.0%) | 62 (35.4%) | 65 (37.1%) | 20 (11.4%) |
| Financial support for participants | 80 (42.8%) | 76 (40.6%) | 25 (13.4%) | 6 (3.3%) |
| 4. Considering your training plan, it would have been feasible for you to be away from your home institution to participate in our brief proposed program for | ||||
| 1 week | 96 (47.8%) | 90 (44.8%) | 9 (4.5%) | 6 (3.0%) |
| 2 weeks | 26 (13.7%) | 74 (38.9%) | 57 (30.0%) | 33 (17.4%) |
| 3 weeks | 7 (3.7%) | 28 (14.8%) | 87 (46.0%) | 67 (35.4%) |
| 4 weeks | 10 (5.2%) | 14 (7.3%) | 75 (39.3%) | 92 (48.2%) |
Aggregated over all (K01, K07, K08, and DoD) NIH-Training Programs (response options ranged from Strongly Agree “SA” to Strongly Disagree “SD”)