2025 Course

2025 Course General Information

The 2025 course will include 2 participant tracks:

Please note that exact dates are currently being finalized and the timeline provided below is subject to minor changes.

Application period:

• The deadline to submit applications for the 2025 course is January 21, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.

• Please refer to the track webpages and FAQs for more information about what types of projects will be accepted.

• View a recording of our 2025 Informational Webinar session here.

Spring 2025 - Virtual Sessions:

• Small group meetings will run from March - June 2025. Small groups of course faculty and trainees will meet 2-4 times monthly for 60-90 minute meetings via Zoom to discuss updates, challenges, and questions related to the trainees’ proposal development. Attendance at small group meetings is required and the schedule will be designed to accommodate the group’s availability.

• Webinars will be conducted biweekly from March - June 2025 by course faculty and guest faculty with expertise in clinical trials. Course trainees will join the live webinars as their schedule allows or review webinar recordings.

  • The first webinar will be held Friday, March 21st.

• Trainees will be expected to spend 2-3 hours per week working on developments to their proposed clinical trial including working on assignments, reviewing course material, and attending mentorship meetings.

Summer 2025 - Residential Meeting:

• All trainees and course faculty are required to attend the in-person, residential portion of the course. The 2025 residential course will be held June 23 - 26 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The residential meeting includes 3 days of intensive training via presentations, small group meetings, and one-on-one sessions with course faculty, as well as networking and social opportunities. Trainees are expected to be free from clinical, teaching, and other professional responsibilities during this time to allow for focused refinement of their clinical trial protocols.

• Travel costs within the U.S. to attend the residential meeting are covered by the course.

Summer & Fall 2025 - Virtual Sessions:

• Small group meetings and the final steps of protocol development will continue following the residential meeting. The resulting protocol synopsis will be due in July.

• Course faculty will perform mock study sections for trainee proposals that are preparing to submit to external funding organizations and clinical trial networks.

Course Archives

The webinars & resources page provides links to previous CTMC webinars and course materials as well as links to helpful toolkits, advice, and information related to clinical trial design.

A complete video archive of all CTMC presentations and webinars is publicly available and can be located here.