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Eligibility

To be eligible to apply to the KL2 Mentored Career Development Program, you must define and participate in a clinical research project. For the purpose of this initiative, clinical research is defined as all aspects and kinds of clinical research including, epidemiologic and natural history studies, translational research, patient-oriented research, clinical trials and outcomes research.

Clinical research embraces a spectrum of scientific disciplines (e.g. epidemiology, biostatistics, pharmacology, biology and psychology), methodologies (e.g. observational, experimental), health professions (e.g. radiology, nursing, dentistry, clinical psychology), and specialties and subspecialties (e.g. internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, cardiology, nephrology and others).The CRSP program directors determine whether or not a research experience proposed for your program meets this definition.

Valuing Diversity

With the nation's rapidly changing demographics, the importance of serving the health-care needs of an increasingly diverse patient population has become clear to the medical and scientific communities. To address this need, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health welcome and encourage underrepresented minority candidates, who meet the eligibility requirements, to apply to the KL2 Mentored Career Development Program.

Qualifications

Other qualifications for the program include:

  • A doctoral-level degree in a discipline that can be applied to clinical research. These degrees include, but are not limited to, the M.D., D.P.H., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., O.D., D.C., Pharm.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., as well as biostatisticians, epidemiologists, behavioral scientists, and nurses with doctoral degrees. Preference will be given to applicants documenting a doctoral GPA of greater than 3.0.
  • U.S. citizenship, or lawful admittance for permanent residence with possession of an Alien Registration Receipt Card (I-151 or I-155) or some other verification of legal admission as a permanent resident. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
  • Commitment to a program length of a minimum of two years and a maximum of five years. During this time, at least 75 percent of the clinical research scholar's full-time professional effort (1.0 FTE) must be devoted to the program. The remainder of time may be devoted to developing other clinical or academic pursuits that are consistent with the objectives of developing a career as an independent clinical researcher. Certain clinical specialties may have less than 75 percent effort -- but no less than 50 percent effort -- if sufficiently justified (e.g. surgical specialties requiring 50 percent direct patient care time to keep up surgical skills).
  • Identification of an investigator at Mayo Clinic with extensive clinical research experience who is willing to serve as your mentor.
  • Not been a principal investigator on an R01 award or on a sub-project of a Program Project (P01), Center (P50, P60, U54), mentored career development (K-series) grants, or other equivalent research grant awards. Scholars may have had support on a NRSA grant (F or T) or NIH small grant (R03).
  • Applicants may not simultaneously submit or have pending an application for any other PHS mentored career development award (eg. K07, K08, K22, K23) that duplicates any provisions of the KL2 program.
  • Candidates internal to Mayo Clinic may have a current appointment as a clinical fellow, research fellow, Mayo Foundation Scholar, research associate, associate consultant, senior associate consultant or consultant. Candidates applying from outside of Mayo Clinic will be appointed to one of the appointment categories indicated above commensurate with their experience as determined by a sponsoring department.