Early Career Investigator Awards (K12)

K12 awards are available to clinician-scientists and basic scientists with either an MD or a PhD, who hold a full-time faculty position but have not yet been a principal investigator on an R01 or equivalent grant. These awards are designed to provide promising early career faculty the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive, multi-disciplinary settings toward the goal of developing independent careers in clinical-translational research.

Application Process

• Application period: September – January

• Award start date: July of each year

• Award duration: 2 years

The second year of funding is contingent upon review and demonstration of satisfactory progress.

Eligibility

• Candidates must fall into one of the following categories:
  • Clinician-scientists with a doctoral degree (physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, clinical psychologists, optometrists, veterinarians, allied health care professionals, etc.)
  • Basic scientists with a PhD who are doing translational research which involves some component of human subjects research and has high potential for early translation into impacting patient care.
• Must be a United States citizen or permanent resident.
• Hold a full-time faculty appointment with an Indiana CTSI affiliated institution by start of award.
• Be a full-time early career faculty member who would be eligible to apply as Principal Investigator on an NIH grant or career development award, but who have not yet been a PI on an R01 or equivalent grant.
• Must identify two mentors who are faculty investigators from two different disciplines (preferably a clinician-scientist and a PhD-scientist). The primary mentor must have an appointment at an Indiana CTSI affiliated institution. 
• Be planning to submit a grant for external funding (either a career development award or independent research grant) within the award period.

Benefits for Awardees

• Partial salary support
• Pilot research monies
• Travel funds to attend the National Association for Clinical and Translational Science Conference in the spring.