K12 Mentored Career Development Grant

Supporting the career development of investigators committed to patient-oriented and translational research

K12 Mentored Career Development Grant Information

Training to a wide spectrum of faculty researchers and scientists to engage fully, succeed, and lead in translational research and science. 

The K12 program is designed to develop a diverse cadre of well-trained early-career faculty investigators through individualized training to engage fully, succeed, and lead in translational research and science. Building upon the successes of the Ohio State CTSI KL2 program, the training programs and educational infrastructure will foster a pipeline of early career clinical or translational researchers and scientists with training that promotes scientific curiosity and discovery. We will sustain and enhance a culture in which translational scientists can collaborate to accomplish trans-disciplinary research that results in improved clinical outcomes.

A Request for Applications is now open. See below for more information.

The K12 program is open to any assistant professor engaged in clinical or translational research or science, who has less than five years of service in that role at the time of appointment. Faculty from both Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State are eligible to apply.

The K12 Award is available for a period of three years (contingent on satisfactory progress), with two years of CCTS funding and a third from the scholar’s home college/department. The grant provides salary support to ensure protected time for mentored research and didactic training in clinical/translational research across a wide variety of project topics and academic areas. The overall goal of the program is to equip early-career investigators to advance from mentored to independent researchers funded by NIH RO1 grants or their equivalents.

Posted: June 17, 2024

Letter of Intent Due: June 28, 2024 

Submit your LOI

Full Application Due: July 31, 2024

Access the K12 Application

View the K12 Information Session (please note that this video is not properly captioned. If you need an accessible version, please email Stuart.Hobbs@osumc.edu)

Access the K12 RFA

Previously Known as the KL2

The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) KL2 Program supports the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to conduct either patient-oriented or translational research. The KL2 Award is available for a period of three years (contingent on satisfactory progress), with two years of CCTS funding and a third from the scholar’s home college.

Junior faculty on the tenure-track or clinical track with fewer than five years since their initial appointment are eligible to apply. Candidates must be full-time, tenure track faculty at The Ohio State University or Nationwide Children's Hospital and appointed in the past five years at the time of entry into the program.

The award is designed to benefit a wide spectrum of clinical or translational researchers across Ohio State. The award provides salary support to ensure protected time for mentored research and didactic training in clinical/translational research across a wide variety of project topics and academic areas. The overall goal of the program is to equip early-career investigators to advance from mentored to independent researchers funded by NIH RO1 grants or their equivalents.

KL2 Information Presentation

KL2 Information Presentation Slides