K12 Application Process

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K12 Application Process

• Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career
  Development (Roadmap) K12 Program
  
• Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
  Womens Health (BIRWCH) K12 Program
  
• Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee (MAC) and
  Program Directors will assign successful
  applicants to the K12 program felt to be most
  appropriate

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Application Process

• For information about application process
• www.med.unc.edu/orfd/career-development-1
• Click on roadmap K12
• Click on applying in left-hand banner
• Will post materials to web site
• Letters of recommendation should be submitted
  directly to us
  
• All other components should be submitted as a
  single pdf file

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Eligibility

• Earned doctoral degree
• Commitment to career in clinical research
• Able to commit 75 effort (with limited
  exceptions) to didactic, research and career
  development activities
  
• Be at an early stage of an academic career
  senior fellow or full-time junior faculty member
  (typically no more than 2-3 years after
  completion of training)
• May not have been Principal Investigator of an
  R01, R29, sub-project of a Program Project or
  Center grant, or career development grant.
  Having been PI of an R03 or R21 is permitted
• US citizen, non-citizen national, or lawfully
  admitted for permanent residence
  
• In accordance with NIH policies, preference given
  to applicants who are planning to conduct their
  research at domestic sites

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Application Deadlines
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Application Materials

• Cover page
• Abstract and mentor list page
• Table of contents
• Draft of first-year budget
• Draft of first-year budget justification
• NIH biosketch
• Curriculum vitae
• Resources

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Application Materials (Continued)

• Applicants background, training and career goals
  (2-page maximum)
  
• Applicants career development plan (1-3 pages)
• Research internship (1/2 page)
• Participation in first-year mentored research,
  including human subjects and vertebrate (4-page
  maximum, not including human subjects,
  verterbrate, and references)
• Description of applicants independent research
  project (4-page maximum)

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Application Materials (Continued)

• Team mentoring packet, including mentoring
  agreement
  
• Letters of support
• Personal data form
• Copy of permanent residency card (non-US citizens
  only)
  
• Checklist
• Note Appendices are not allowed. Applications
  exceeding page limits will be returned without
  being reviewed.

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Evaluation Criteria

• Quality of the application
• Potential to conduct innovative,
  multidisciplinary clinical research
  
• Background, qualifications and experience
• Commitment to a multidisciplinary research
  career
  
• Enthusiasm of the reference letters with respect
  to candidates qualifications and potential
  
• Mentor team (can include non-UNC investigators)
• Experienced
• Different disciplines, specialties or
  subspecialties
  
• Appropriate for the applicants career
  development and research
  
• Demonstrated commitment to the applicants career
  and research goals
  
• Developed a feasible and appropriate team
  mentoring plan

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Evaluation Criteria(continued)

• Research plan
• Feasible, significant, and leads to a career as
  an independent investigator
  
• Includes submission of a grant by the end of Year
  2
  
• Institutional commitment
• The research unit with which the applicant will
  be affiliated is able to provide an excellent
  multidisciplinary research environment
  
• Commitment by the Department, Division, and/or
  School to the applicants career

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Considerations

• Final selection will enhance diversity
  regarding
  
• Discipline and school
• Internal and external candidates
• Race, ethnicity, gender
• Fellow vs. faculty