2025 K12 Mentored Career Development Award-LOI

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The purpose of this form is to solicit a Letter of Intent to apply for the Wright Center K12 Mentored Career Development Award.

The Wright Center K12 Mentored Career Development Award is a two-year award funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) and VCU's Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. The K12 award is designed to provide talented junior faculty investigators with mentored, research-intensive experience in a multidisciplinary setting, enabling the development of future leaders in clinical and translational research. The Wright Center engages with a diverse pool of faculty mentors and mentees across a range of disciplines to approach science through a "disease-agnostic" translational lens.

One (1) Wright Center K12 award will be funded in this cycle. The applicant's administrative units (Departments, Divisions, and/or Programs) must commit to ensuring that successful applicants have at least 75% of the time available for research and career development.

Applicants are required to submit a letter of intent, which will be used to select candidates who will be invited to complete a full application. Letters of Intent can be submitted up to March 3, 2025, at Noon EST.

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Degree

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Name of primary mentor

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Have you applied for an NIH K award and/or equivalent, and/or smaller R-level grants, utilizing the proposed research?

**Any previous applications in which you were listed as a Principal Investigator (PI) or Multi-Principal Investigator (MPI) must be reviewed to confirm your eligibility for this opportunity. You will be required to submit a complete Other Support statement (NIH format) reviewed, verified, and signed by your fiscal administrator.**

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If yes, please upload Other Support statement (NIH format) reviewed, verified, and signed by your fiscal administrator.

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Provide a short description of the research you will conduct as a K12 scholar or paste your Specific Aims in the box below (if easier, you may also upload a draft of your Specific Aims and type See Attachment in the box below).

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