Clinical Investigator Resources

Resources for Young Investigators

• How Young Investigators Can Join SWOG's Work

National Cancer Institute Research Infrastructure and Programmatic Overview

• NCI Clinical Trials Programs and Infrastructure
• NCI National Clinical Trials Network Overview
• NCI Community Oncology Research Program
• NCI Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network
• NCI Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
• NCI Scientific Steering Committees
• NCI Central Institutional Review Boards
• NCI Cancer Trials Support Unit
• NCI Clinical Trials Innovation Unit
• National Clinical Trials Network Tissue Banks

National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN)

• NCTN Trials by Disease Portfolio
• NCTN Core Correlative Sciences Committee (CCSC)

NCI Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP)

• CTEP Mission 
• CTEP Organizational Chart and Directory
• CTEP Disease Portfolios
• CTEP Steering Committees​
• NCI Protocol Development Resources
• NCI CTEP Clinical Investigator Handbook

NCI Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP)​​

• About DCP
• DCP Mission
• DCP Leadership and Directory​ 

NCI Community Oncology Research Program

• NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP)
• Cancer Control Steering Committees
• NCORP Resources
• NCI Protocol Development Resources

​​NCI Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU) Training Resources

• Site Staff Orientation Slides  
  ** Login with your CTEP IAM ID at www.ctsu.org and then click on the above link.
  This 10-part CTSU training module is a high-level overview of each area of the CTSU website and is intended as an introductory training for site staff that may be new to your institution or to the CTSU.

Investigator Decision Tools

• Am I Doing Human Subjects Research?
• Does your human subjects research meet the NIH definition of a clinical trial?
• When can Informed Consent be Waived or Altered?
• Can Documentation of Informed Consent be Waived?

FDA Workshop on eligibility criteria

• FDA Administration Public Workshop: Evaluating Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria in Clinical Trials

FDA Online Webinars

• FDA Clinical Investigator Training Course (CTIC) 
  • FDA Clinical Investigator Training Course (CITC) 2022 - 12/07/2022 | FDA
• 2021 CDER Small Business and Industry Assistance Webinars & Conferences - YouTube
• FDA Webinars on Biologics, Biosimilars, and Interchangeable Products 
  • FDA offers online courses, webinars, and presentations to help you learn more about biologics, biosimilars, and interchangeable products.

NIH Authorship Guidelines

• NIH General Guidelines for Authorship Contributions

Research Funding Opportunities

• Informational Resources
  • Types of NIH funding opportunities
  • NIH - Get Ready for Grants Management
  • NIH - Grants Process Overview (How to Get Started, Apply, Tutorials, and More)
  • NCI - The Grants Process Book
  • NCI Biomarker, Imaging and Quality of Life Studies Funding Program (BIQSFP) Information
     
• Timing
  • NIH - Standard Due Dates, Review Dates, and Award Dates for NIH series grant applications
     
• Where to Find Funding Opportunities
  • Grants.gov - in depth search of current and forecasted Funding Opportunities
  • NCI Research Funding Opportunities
  • NCI Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences Funding Opportunities
  • NCI Division of Cancer Prevention Funding Opportunities
  • NIH Grants and Funding Opportunities Search
  • U.S. Department of Defense Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal
  • The Hope Foundation Research Funding Opportunities