2011 Focused Investigator Training (FIT) Program
The FIT Program is an intensive 1-week hands-on program for up to 25 experienced pharmacist investigators who have not yet been awarded significant peer-reviewed extramural funding as a principal investigator. Ideal candidates are mid-career, fellowship-trained, tenure track or research-focused faculty members who have yet to successfully secure major federal funding. Investigators are encouraged to bring unfunded proposals to the FIT Program if they intend to resubmit in the future. The FIT Program is offered on an every-other-year cycle. Please check back for details on the next FIT Program to be held in summer 2013.
Grants Awarded to 2008 FIT Program Class Top $2 Million
The success of the FIT Program continues to grow. To date, more than $2 million in new grants have been awarded to FIT attendees. “The FIT Program’s outcomes have exceeded our expectations,” stated Jacque Marinac, FIT Program Director. She continues:
I believe the unique learning environment of the FIT Program is fundamental to its success. The FIT Program requires attendees to engage in intense and iterative critical self-evaluation and reflection, while the mentoring experiences challenge the mentees’ thought processes and knowledge base in a way that most have never experienced before. Attendees and mentors find it both exhausting and exhilarating.
Fifty-five individuals have graduated from the FIT Program during the 3 years of its existence. The FIT Program is an intensive, 1-week, hands-on program for up to 25 experienced pharmacist-investigators who have not yet been awarded significant peer-reviewed extramural funding as principal investigators. Through this mentored program, the pharmacist-investigator will take necessary steps toward preparing a K, R01, or similar investigator-initiated application for submission to the NIH or other major funding source.
The FIT Program is supported through gifts to the Frontiers Fund. To learn more about the FIT Program, go to http://www.accpri.org/fit/.
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Focused Investigator Training (FIT) will provide up to 26.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. The Universal Activity Number for this activity is 0217-0000-011-051-L04-P. This is an application-based activity. Participants in the FIT will obtain their CE credit by completing an online evaluation form via this link.
2011 FIT Program