The CTSA KL2 (PI Emma Meagher, MD)  seeks to support early career faculty who are focused on advancing basic and translational discoveries towards improving the human condition.

Applications Due: November 18, 2022 | Appointments: July 1, 2023

KL2 scholars are awarded a minimum of two years of salary support commensurate with 75% effort (capped at $90,000) plus benefits in addition to $25,000 for training related expenses.

The KL2 program ensures each scholar engages in an individualized, comprehensive, flexible research training and career development experience through:
(i) Selected curricular elements with the option of pursuing a master’s degree or certificate program in translational science
(ii) Team mentoring
(iii) A Professional Skills Development Program
(iv) Infrastructural support in the acquisition of pilot grants and individual K and R awards
(v) A wide array of learning environments - seminar series, workshops, symposia, and intern-/externships at the academic-industrial interface
(vi) Access to many core resources to address infrastructural barriers to clinical and translational science

Eligibility Requirements
• Faculty appointment as of July 1, 2023 in the Medical, Dental, Veterinary, or Nursing Schools; inclusive of Assistant Professors within the first 3 years of their faculty appointment, Instructors, and Research Associates
• US citizen or permanent resident status
• A translational research proposal testing basic research findings for clinical effect (i.e. preclinical, first in human, proof of concept, phase 1) and /or focused on the elucidation of mechanistic and therapeutic aspects of disease processes
• Applicants are encouraged to orient their research question through a health equity lens
• Applicants underrepresented in clinical and translational science are encouraged to apply

Application
• Full application requirements and instructions are available here
• Prospective applicants are welcome to schedule a one-on-one meeting to discuss eligibility prior to applying; Contact Megan Maxwell, MSW to schedule