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CTSI K12 Eligibility

Eligible applicants are US citizens or permanent residents who are early career faculty members and/or advanced postdoctoral fellows who have demonstrated the aptitude and commitment to clinical and translational science and have a high probability of obtaining extramural funding after the training program.

Applicants Must:

  • Possess a research or health-professional doctoral degree or its equivalent.
  • Have a faculty appointment at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level at one of the participating Tufts CTSI partner institutions, including all Tufts schools and centers, affiliated hospitals, and academic partner institutions (Brandeis University, Maine Medical Center, MIT, Northeastern University, and RAND Corporation). For post-doctoral applicants or fellows, an institutional letter is needed indicating a faculty appointment will be conferred within one year from when CTSI K12 grant begins.
  • Be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or permanent resident.
  • Be able to devote a minimum of 75% of their full-time faculty appointment or professional effort to the mentored career development award. Surgical specialties can have less than 9 person-months (75% of full-time professional effort), but no less than 6 person-months (50%), protected time for this program, if sufficiently justified and programmatically approved. The remaining three calendar months can be divided among other research, clinical and teaching activities if these activities are consistent with the proposed goals of the K12 program. The K12 program provides support for a minimum of two years of consecutive funding for each scholar, with the option of applying for a third year.
  • Have a mentoring team to foster training in team science and promote interdisciplinary research. The team will include a primary mentor to oversee overall career development and research activities and secondary mentors and/or consultants to enhance interdisciplinary research and support research activities.
    1. For a list of possible mentors, click here. Mentors not listed here can apply for approval by providing their biosketch with the application. Mentors are expected to have their own research activities and research funding. If the primary and secondary research mentors are not from the candidate’s home department, an additional departmental mentor should be included in the mentoring team to ensure the goals of the scholar are coordinated with the home department.
    2. Note that the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Center will provide a statistical mentor to support research activities for approximately four hours a month.
  • Not simultaneously submit or have pending an application for any other Public Health Service (PHS) mentored career development award (e.g., K07, K08, K22, K23) that duplicates any of the provisions of the K12 program. Note that once appointed, K12 Scholars may apply for individual mentored K awards (e.g., K07, K08, K22, K23); if successful, the K12 appointment would be terminated, and funding will be received from the new individual K award.

Note:

Former or current PDs/PIs on any NIH research project grant [this does not include NIH small grants (R03), Exploratory/Developmental (R21) or SBIR, STTR (R43, R44 grants)] or equivalent non-PHS peer reviewed grants that are over $100,000 direct costs per year, or project leaders on sub-projects of Program project (P01) or center grants (P50) are NOT eligible to apply

BIRCWH Eligibility Requirements

Eligible applicants are US citizens or permanent residents who are junior faculty members early in their career who have demonstrated the aptitude and commitment to women’s health or sex and gender differences and have a high probability of obtaining extramural funding after the training program.

Applicants Must:

  • Possess a research or health-professional doctoral degree or its equivalent.
  • At time of appointment, have no more than six years of research or research training experience beyond their last doctoral degree. (Please contact Tufts.MC.Research.Career.Awards@tuftsmedicine.org if you have any questions regarding this eligibility.)
  • At the time of the award, have a faculty appointment at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level at one of the Tufts schools, centers, and affiliated hospitals. BIRCWH funds cannot be used during fellowship training. For post-doctoral applicants or fellows, an institutional letter is needed indicating a faculty appointment will be conferred before BIRCWH funding begins.
  • Be a US citizen, non-citizen national, or permanent resident.
  • Be able to devote a minimum of 75% of their full-time faculty appointment or professional effort to the mentored career development award. Surgical specialties can have less than 9 person-months (75% of full-time professional effort), but no less than 6 person-months (50%), protected time for this program, if sufficiently justified and programmatically approved. The remaining three calendar months can be divided among other research, clinical, and teaching activities if these activities are consistent with the proposed goals of the BIRCWH Program. The BIRCWH Program provides support for a minimum of two years of consecutive funding for each scholar, with the potential option of applying for a third year.
  • Have a mentoring team to foster training in women’s health or sex and gender differences. The team will include a primary mentor to oversee overall career development and research activities and a secondary mentor(s) to enhance interdisciplinary research and support research activities.
  • Not simultaneously submit or have pending an application for any other Public Health Service (PHS) mentored career development award (e.g., K07, K08, K22, K23) that duplicates any of the provisions of the BIRCWH Program. Appointed BIRCWH Scholars may apply for individual mentored K awards (e.g., K07, K08, K22, K23); if successful, the BIRCWH K12 appointment would be terminated, and funding will be received from the new individual K award.

Note:

Former or current PDs/PIs on any NIH research project grant [this does not include NIH small grants (R03), Exploratory/Developmental (R21) or SBIR, STTR (R43, R44 grants)] or equivalent non-PHS peer reviewed grants that are over $100,000 direct costs per year, or project leaders on sub-projects of Program project (P01) or centergrants (P50) are NOT eligible to apply