The Research Institute is proud to announce the 2010 FIT Program faculty mentor team, which includes Barry Carter, Gene Morse, Susan Fagan, Reggie Frye, John Cleary, Lynda Welage, Mary Gerkovich, Julie Wright Banderas, Gary Yee, Vicki Ellingrod, Duane Sherrill, and Greg Stoddard. “This group of outstanding, highly funded faculty brings extensive and diverse research and grantsmanship experience,” states Jacque Marinac, Director of the Research Institute. “Our mentors are our strength.”

The FIT Program is an annual, 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 2010 FIT Program will take place June 12–17, 2010, at the University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy in Tucson. The 2010 FIT application and brochure may be downloaded from http://www.accpri.org/fit/. Applications will close April 1, 2010.