ACTSI KL2 Clinical Research Career Development Program for Junior Faculty Members

Request for Applications

Deadline: March 1, 2011

Contact: Cheryl Sroka (csroka@emory.edu)

Dear School of Medicine Faculty:

Junior faculty members at the MD or PhD level from a wide variety of disciplines at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, or Georgia Institute of Technology who are committed to an academic career in clinical and/or translational research and who have excellent potential to become an independent clinical investigator are encouraged to apply to the KL2 – Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars (MCTRS) Program. The KL2 award provides support for didactic and mentored research training for junior faculty members committed to a career in clinical investigation. KL2 award recipients must devote 75% professional effort to the program (surgeons may devote 50% effort). Applicants who are successfully funded will receive salary support (75%), a KL2 technical budget ($25,000 per year) for research costs and tuition, and some salary support for the KL2 scholar’s Lead Mentor. Partial or matching salary support from the applicant’s Division, Department or other non-federal sources is highly encouraged but not required.

The KL2 - Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars (MCTRS) Program is supported by the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI/NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).

Please see the program’s website, http://www.actsi.org/RETCD for more details about the KL2 program. KL2 applications are due on March 1, 2011. Those interested in applying are urged to contact Cheryl Sroka at the ACTSI Research Education, Training and Career Development (RETCD) program office at 404-727-5096 or csroka@emory.edu.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Thanks,

Cheryl Sroka
Program Administrator
Research Education, Training and Career Development
Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI)
Master of Science in Clinical Research Degree Program
404-727-5096