ELIGIBILITY

Awardees will be selected based on the following criteria: 

1. United States citizen and permanent residents

2. Conduct human-relevant clinical and/or translational research

3. Have a clinical doctorate, MD, DVM, DDS or PhD, or equivalent

4. Be Assistant Professor in rank ≤ 7 years or early Associate Professors in rank ≤ 4 years and have the potential to establish their own funded research programs in clinical/translational science.  Applicants must have a paid or official affiliate faculty appointment  (rank of Assistant Professor 9403, Clinical Assistant Professor 9403C, or Research Assistant Professor 9403R, Associate Professor 9402, Clinical Associate Professor 9402C, or Research Associate Professor 9402R) OR have signed and accepted offer letter at the University of Minnesota at the time of application with a start date before the start of the grant (must provide copy in application). Eligibility includes affiliated faculty at the VA, Hennepin Healthcare, Regions Hospital, and the Children’s Hospitals of Minnesota. Faculty members holding adjunct appointments are ineligible.

5. Have held an active K or equivalent career development award for at least one year at the time of application (KL2, BIRCWH, MCC, K12, CHRCDA K12, Independent K award (K23, K07, etc.)) or have successfully concluded a K or equivalent career development award on or after July 31, 2025.

6. Application must identify a primary mentor (ideally at Professor rank, but Associate Professors allowed in certain cases with adequate justification) and a data scientist as a secondary mentor.  A tertiary mentor may be added if needed to complement the research expertise of the primary mentor.   The primary mentor will co-sign the application indicating they have read the application and agree to mentoring requirements. Questions may be directed to the program director, Kim Mansky, PhD.

7. Not be, or have been, a principal investigator on an R01, R29 or subproject of a Program Project (P01), Center Grant (P30, P60, U54), or other equivalent research grant awards or career development awards such as those from ACS, ADA, AHA, etc., at the time of the application.  If Notice of Grant Award (NOGA) for R funding is received before program start date, K-R01 funding will not be awarded. Those serving as PI of an NIH R03 and/or R21 grant are eligible to apply for this K-R01 grant. 

8. Commitment to 2 years of research with a minimum of 50% protected time if K-R01 funding extends beyond K award funding.

9. Participants are expected to submit an R01 or R01 equivalent (e.g., American Heart Association, VA Merit Award, DOD, National American Cancer Society, or National American Diabetes Association) application by the first half of their second year of support and required to submit before the end of the 24 months of support.

For questions, contact Shelly Hubbling (Senior Program Associate, CTSI-Ed) at ctsieduc@umn.edu.

This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristic.