Eligibility
- Candidates must be a US citizen, non-citizen national, or a US permanent resident *(see FAQ's);
- Applicants must be able to commit to 1 full year in the TBS Program, regardless of funding changes;
- Pre-doctoral students must have passed their qualifying exam/been admitted to candidacy and be in good standing within their PhD program;
- Postdoctoral fellows must have full-time employment at a GHUCCTS institution for at least TWO month at the time of award activation;
- 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; 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;
- 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.
Scholar/Mentor Expectations
- Click here to download the Scholar/Mentor Expectation
- Click here to download the Core Competencies for Clinical and Translational Investigator Training from NCATS
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.