Eligibility

Clinical Research Scholars Must:

1. Possess a doctoral-level degree, including but not limited to MD, PhD, Pharm D, DrPH, DO, DDS, PsyD, DOT, DPT, DC, DSN, or DNSc as well as biostatisticians, epidemiologists, behavioral scientists, and nurses with doctoral degrees.
2. Be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or permanent resident.
3. Be able to devote 75% professinal effort to the program for a minimum of two years (surgeons may request a lower level of effort, but not less than 50%).
4. Have the support of two mentors approved by the program
5. Not have served as Principal Investigator on an NIH R01, K series, or subproject of a P or M series grant prior to candidacy

Exclusions or Ineligibility Criteria:

1. Individuals who are or have been a Principal Investigator on mentored career development grants (e.g., K-series) or with substantial independent funding (e.g,. R01, P01, P50) or other equivalent research grant awards are ineligible.
2. Non citizens or those with temporary or student visas are not eligible.
3. KL2 Scholars may not simultaneously participate in clinical fellowships leading to clinical certification.
4. The award is not intended for individuals making mid-career changes into clinical research.

Additional Eligibility Information:

• This program strongly encourages applications from outside the School of Medicine. In addition, the program strongly encourages applications from individuals outside WU, SLU, STLCOP, UMSL and SIUE.
• If a potential scholar is already studying under an existing K12, he/she is still eligible for this program. However, the cumulative length of time under NIH-sponsored K programs should be no more than 5 years. Since the minimum amount of time any one Scholar may spend in this Trans-NIH KL2 program is two years, he/she may not have had more than three years of support under the previous K12 program. Furthermore, the applicant would need to justify the need for additional mentored research training or training in a team context
• KL2 funds cannot be used to support clinical fellowship training. However, fellows who have completed the part of their fellowship needed for sub specialty certification are eligible to apply. For example, although a Medical Oncology fellowship may last 3-4 years, fellows who have completed 2 years may be eligible to sit for the boards, and are therefore eligible.
• Individuals should be at an early stage of their career, even while they are in subspecialty training. We expect that CR scholar applicants will be postdoctoral level trainees or at the early junior faculty level who plan to conduct, or are conducting, clinical research.