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The CCTST is now accepting applications from junior faculty for the next round of KL2 Research Scholars mentored career development awards. Funded by the Academic Health Center’s NIH Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), the KL2 program provides 75% salary support (up to $75,000/year) plus $25,000 in expenses for 2-3 years to highly qualified MD, PhD, or PharmD junior faculty pursuing careers in clinical and translational research.
During the award period, Scholars are expected to pursue their own K23 or similar individual career development awards. To be eligible, the applicant must have a faculty appointment at UC, CCHMC, or the Cincinnati VAMC at the time of the application; the position cannot be contingent on obtaining the KL2 award. The applicant must also be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident status. Faculty who have been a principal investigator on an R01 or another K award, or project leader on a P01 or P50, are not eligible. Those who have been a PI on an R03 or R21 award are still eligible. As with other K awards, KL2 applicants may not have pending any career development award that duplicates any of the provisions of their KL2 application.
An internal competition will be held and 1-2 applications will be selected for funding beginning April 1, 2010. Applications will consist of a 1-page letter of intent outlining the applicant’s career development and research objectives, followed by a 12-page PHS 398-format application detailing the career development plan (in approximately 4 pages) and the research plan (in approximately 8 pages), along with letters of support from the candidate’s primary mentor and division director or department chair, the applicant’s other support page and the checklist. The letter of intent is due by October 26, 2009 at 5:00 PM and the full KL2 application is due by December 1, 2009 at 5:00 PM.
Current KL2 Scholars are Xiaonan Han, PhD, CCHMC division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition; Melinda Butsch Kovacic, MPH, PhD, CCHMC divisions of asthma research and biostatistics and epidemiology; and Yui-Hsi Wang, PhD, CCHMC division of allergy and immunology.
For more information, please contact KL2 program directors Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD (513-636-7177) or Ken Clark, PhD (513-558-6552). Additional details are available here:
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