Cancer Center Faculty Recruitment | Retention Support Request

The University of Colorado Cancer Center provides research funding for the recruitment of faculty whose presence enhances the strategic priorities and mission of the Cancer Center.


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Procedures for Requesting Funds:

  1. Requester must submit this form along with all required attached documents.
  2. All requests will be initially reviewed by the Cancer Center Leadership for completeness.
  3. If competitive, the request will be forwarded to the Cancer Center Governance Committee initial review.
  4. Requestor will be asked to join the Governance Committee meeting to present their justification for Cancer Center Support (5 - 8min).
  5. If approved by the Governance Committee, a final review will be conducted by the Cancer Center Executive Committee.
  6. The requester will receive an email notification from the Cancer Center regarding the final decision.


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Please submit any questions pertaining to this form to Jason Quinn - Jason.Quinn@CUAnschutz.edu or Jessica Dry - Jessica.Dry@CUAnschutz.edu.


Please note that Cancer Center administration will need at least 6-8 weeks lead time to review and approve the request.


Please refer to the Cancer Center Faculty Recruitment/Retention Funding Request Process here prior to submitting this form.


Requests for support will be evaluated based upon the following policies:

  1. Requests should not exceed $50,000 per year for three years (total $150,000), though strongly justified exceptions may be considered.
  2. Funds will be provided to support the candidate’s cancer research activities only (which must be clearly defined in the request), and may not be used for salary support.
  3. The Cancer Center will only support candidates that meet the criteria of Member, or Mentored Member for junior faculty recruits.
  4. For junior faculty recruits, the request must include a mentoring plan for the candidate. The plan should describe how the mentor(s) will help the candidate attain the objectives of successful cancer research and peer-reviewed funding. At least one of the candidate’s mentors should be a Cancer Center member.
  5. The host department must provide a level of research support to the candidate that is at least equal to the amount requested from the Cancer Center.

Review of request will take ~1-2 months.

Please refer to the Cancer Center Faculty Recruitment Funding Requests Process here.


If different from the requester.

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Please identify what school you are requesting from.

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Please identify what department you are requesting from.

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Candidate Information

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If Cancer Center leadership has not been involved in the final interview process, the funding request will be prioritized and will need a thorough justification to be considered for funding.

Candidates should meet with cancer center leadership in their respective research areas, including leadership outside the recruits home department/division, proportional to the funding request - the higher the request, the more cancer center leaders the recruit should meet with.

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Please input the candidate's expected effort

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Funding Information

Please input the total $ amount you are requesting from the Cancer Center


Example: 75000

Please include the amount per year and justification specifically for the Cancer Center.


Example: $25,000 per year X 3 years for research support

The total amount of the package being offered to candidate including what you are asking from the Cancer Center.


Example: 1625000

Breakdown of Candidate's Total Recruitment Package

Example: SOM, Cancer Center, Division = 3 parties

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Please list each additional funding party below and the amount they are contributing.


In the event you are unable to attend the Governance Committee meeting, please explain why the Cancer Center should support this recruit IE grants, publications, clinical trials, etc.


  • Current CV (required)
  • Mentorship Plan (at least 1/2 page, required)
  • Cancer Specific Research Activity (no more than 1 page, required)
  • Draft Letter of Offer (if available)
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