Application for 2025 CIRM UCI GMP Professional Training Program

Application for 2025

CIRM UCI GMP Professional Training Program

The GMP Facility also recognizes that scientific leadership is critical for cell and gene therapy (CGT) development, and understanding of GMP processes can help to move promising innovations out of the lab and forward into clinical development. The GMP Professional Training Program (GPTP) is a certificate program geared towards graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, research scientists, clinicians, faculty, and other professionals working in or advancing cell and gene therapies from discovery through translation to clinical application with the goal of providing a deeper understanding of techniques, regulatory requirements, and GMP support for CGTs for science professionals, for use in academic or industry settings.

To apply for this program, you will need to submit the following documents: Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Biosketch, and Resume (optional), and Letter of Interest.

Application deadline is Thursday, March 20th at 11:59 PM.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact: Dr. Monique Williams (monique.williams@uci.edu) or Ephie Bakou (ebakou@hs.uci.edu).

General Applicant Information

Date*

Full Name*

Preferred Name

Primary Email Address*

Alternate Email*

Contact Phone Number*

Phone

Are you a current or past CIRM Trainee?*

Current

Past

None

Please provide the CIRM Training grant that you are funded by.*

What is your CIRM training grant institution?*

Have you completed a terminal degree?*

Yes

Please list your Terminal Degree*

A Terminal degree is the highest level of education you've completed.

If you are in progress of completing your terminal degree, please indicate which degree you will complete.

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Other

List Degree or Certification if not listed above.*

Years after completion of terminal degree?*

Years left until completion of your degree?*

Do you have any additional degrees or certificates that you would like to list?

Yes

List Additional Degrees or Certifications*

If you would like to report any additional degrees or certificates that you have earned.

Current Institution or Company?*

Role or Title at Current Institution or Company*

How did you hear about our program?*

Demographics

Although the following section has no influence on acceptance into the program. CIRM is dedicated to providing training to diverse California and meet the educational needs of community-based researchers, academic and community physicians, advanced practice providers, and pharmacists and requires reporting on the demographics of the applicant and accepted cohort pool.

Will you be at least 18 years of age by the start of the program?*

Yes

What is your citizenship status?*

US Citizen

US Permanent Resident

Other

What is your country of citizenship?*

What is your ethnicity?*

Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

Hispanic/Latino

Not Hispanic/Latino

Ethnic Category Unknown/Not Reported

Racial Category*

American Indian or Alaska Native:

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment.

Asian or Asian American:

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Black or African American:

A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander:

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

Caucasian or White American:

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.

Race/ethnicity unknown:

The category used to report students or employees whose race and ethnicity are not known.

Select or enter value

Please indicate your Asian Ancestry.*

Select or enter value

Please indicate your Asian ancestry, not listed.*

Please indicate your Pacific Islander Ancestry.*

Select or enter value

Please indicate your Pacific Islander Ancestry, if not listed.*

Please indicate your ancestry, if not listed above*

Identifying Applicants GMP Facility and Cell Manufacturing Knowledge

The next series of questions will allow the GPTP Committee to assess your familiarity in good manufacturing practice, Clinical Trials, and cell and gene therapy.

Have you worked in a GMP Facility before or currently?*

Yes

What was your role in the GMP Facility?*

How many years of GMP experience do you have?*

Have you ever participated in a stem cell or gene therapy research trial?*

Yes

Do you have knowledge about or experience with stem cell manufacturing?*

Yes

Do you have knowledge about or experience with the storage and transport of stem cells?*

Yes

What do you hope to gain from the GMP Professional Training Program?*

4,000 characters max

Attestation and Uploading of Required Application Files

All applications will undergo a review process.

Final candidates will be selected end of March prior to the April 2025 start date.

Do you agree to attend the 6-week spring session and participate in the GPTP?*

By checking the box below, you agree if accepted into the GMP Professional Training Program, including:

Attending all GPTP lectures over the six (6) week program
Completing all assessments, assignments, and exams
Participating in the in-person GMP Facility tour

Yes

Do you agree to attend the mandatory in-person GPTP training session??*

By checking the box below, you agree that if accepted into the GMP Professional Training Program you will attend the mandatory in-person training session.

The mandatory GPTP in-person training session will be April 29, 2025.

Yes

Please upload your application files*

In the space below please upload the required documents for the application. Word or PDF formats are acceptable, but PDF is preferred.

Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Biosketch
Resume (optional)
Letter of Interest

Drag and drop files here or

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When your application is complete, please hit the "submit" button below.

Thank you for applying to the CIRM UCI GMP Facility Professional Training Program!

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