Eligibility:
For Both Predoctoral students and Postdoctoral fellows:
- Candidates must be a US citizen, non-citizen national, or a US permanent resident* (see FAQs);
- Applicants must be able to commit to 1 full year in the TBS Program, regardless of funding changes;
- Applicants must have a primary mentor from a GHUCCTS institution who has sufficient research funding and resources to support the applicant’s research for the duration of the training period at the time of award activation; and,
- All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to translational biomedical research
Specific for Predoctoral Students:
- Pre-doctoral students must have passed their qualifying exam/been admitted to candidacy and be in good standing within their PhD program;
- No Pre-doctoral student may have more than 4 years of National Research Service Award (NRSA) support are ineligible to apply for funding through the TL1 mechanism
Specific for Postdoctoral Fellows:
- No Postdoc applicant may have a US government training award including a National Research Service Award for more than 2 years at the time of award activation
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Scholar/Mentor Expectations
Mentor Qualifications: All mentors must be committed to the applicant’s individualized career development plan throughout the total period of this award. At least one member of the mentorship team must have a track record of successful trainees who have gone on to productive independent careers in biomedical research.
Primary mentors must be from a GHUCCTS institution and have sufficient research resources (including funding, facilities, space, collaborations, access to key populations, technologies, and reagents) that will enable the trainee to conduct their research for the duration of this award and they must be able to fund the applicant for the entire duration of their project.
Co-mentors need to enrich the applicant’s training across the clinical translational research continuum (T1T4) by providing complementary experiences, guidance, support, and perspectives that differ from the primary mentor’s discipline, specialty, or translational stage.