Yes, you need to be a resident, fellow, or instructor with a primary appointment in one of the participating Departments. In select cases, the program will consider applicants who are applying for residency or clinical fellowship and demonstrate exceptional promise, prior to committing to a specific laboratory. These candidates should discuss their candidacy with program leaders prior to applying.

No! Your mentor can be any faculty member across the University.

No! We’re looking for any physician-scientist in training in the department who has exceptional promise. Some come to science later in their training, and we’re all about that.

Yes!

No, we’re looking for candidates that are 1-2 years away from starting their independent program.

Yes, definitely apply as having a K08 or similar career development award does not make you illegible. However, we cannot support fellows with a K99/R00.

Yes, you must have some amount of clinical responsibility. The clinical responsibility during the award cannot exceed 20% per year (not in aggregate over the three years). Your division chief must commit to this requirement.

No, we are funding a person, not a project.

Please have them write a joint letter and provide the training record for both mentors.

No. The award is geared towards trainees pursuing basic biomedical or disease-oriented research.

Yes! We are looking to support innovation if a strong case can be made.

Yes, but references are not.

No, please abide by the page limits.

No.

The initial budget will be requested after Scholars are selected.

No, the award isn’t portable.

The award is intended for support Scholars in their transition to independence. The award does not carry over if and when a Scholar is hired onto faculty and awarded a startup package.

No. While we hope the program helps Scholars accelerate their science and take bold directions, the hiring of faculty is a separate process.

Yes, we encourage all awardees to continue to apply for funding- both through the NIH and foundation-based.

The selection committee will be composed of a variety of scientists across many disciplines.

No, they are different programs.

Moonlighting is strongly discouraged and more than 1 shift per month must be discussed in advance with program leadership.