JUNIOR FACULTY CLINICAL RESEARCH SCHOLAR AWARDS
Eligibility
To be eligible applicants must have:
- An M.D., D.O. or D.D.S. degree, or other clinical doctoral degree including but not limited to D.P.H, Pharm D, PhD, Psy.D, as well as epidemiologists, behavioral scientists and nurses with doctoral degrees;
- An appointment at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level within an academic unit of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions or Howard University for no more than 5 years;
- >80% protected time available for research and/or research training for the next three years [lower requirements for some surgical fields];
- A commitment to a career focused on clinical investigation;
- Acceptance into an advanced didactic training program in clinical research (GTPCI, Clinical Epidemiology or Biostatistics masters or doctoral programs or equivalent program at JHMI) OR prior completion of equivalent training with proposed additional coursework [current degree candidates within GTPCI or clinical epidemiology are eligible];
- Identification of and support from a faculty mentor active and successful in clinical investigation;
- US citizen, non-citizen national* or permanent resident;
- Have not served as PI on NIH R01, R29, or subprojects of program project, center or collaborative research grants, or been a recipient of any NIH K-series award. Awardees remain eligible for K08 and K23 submissions unless supported on this or other K-awards for three or more years.
Applications from underrepresented minorities are encouraged.
* Non-citizen nationals are persons born in outlying possessions of the United States (i.e., American Samoa and Swains Island).
