OCTRI Scholars Program: Facilitating Research Independence
Our goal
The OCTRI Scholars Program is designed to support early-career faculty in their transition to research independence. The mission of this program is to identify and support promising faculty who may benefit from OCTRI support and resources in their efforts to obtain independent research funding.
As an OCTRI Scholar, you receive mentorship and guidance to develop your research or clinician science career. Review benefits and eligibility below.
Education
Education to support development of your competencies in clinical and translational research with specific skills, including:
- Human Investigations Program (HIP)
- OCTRI's Responsible Conduct of Research training
- Meets NIH's 8-hour in-person requirements for training and career development grants
- Held annually in Feb/March across 4 2-hour seminars
- Additional RCR resources are available from OHSU's Integrity Office.
- OCTRI's Research Forum
- Monthly seminars addressing all things clinical and translational research.
Research support
Research support to advance your research efforts, including:
- Clinical Translational Research Center services
- See all of OCTRI's research services
Proposal support
Proposal support to provide you feedback at critical times in the development of your research, including:
- OCTRI Design Studio
- Clinical Research Development Team consults
- Regulatory consults
- Recruitment support
- CDA Grant Library (by request only - email Melissa Mudd muddm@ohsu.edu to get examples of funded grants)
OCTRI Scholars are all researchers at OHSU of the Portland VA who have a current career development award (including non-federal/foundation CDAs). Investigators are automatically added based on CDA status.
Download the OCTRI Scholars Fact Sheet for detailed information on eligibility, program benefits and resources.
Meet the OCTRI Scholars
Learn who the OCTRI scholars are and about the diverse research they are conducting. You might even recognize some 'famous' investigators from their early career days!
View the list of past and present scholars.
Contact us
For more information about the OCTRI Scholars Program, please contact:
Cynthia Morris, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, OCTRI
morrisc@ohsu.edu
Melissa Mudd, M.P.H.
Alliance Manager, Education Program, OCTRI
muddm@ohsu.edu
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OCTRI Research Forum
Monthly series on current topics in clinical and translational research