We are now accepting applications for entrance to the ITHS KL2 Program through October 15, 2010 for entrance into the Program beginning July 2011

Application instructions -

Please read these instructions carefully before completing your application. We currently support online applications and applications delivered via mail. Please click to begin the enrollment process online. Please provide us with all required items on the application. We require a C.V., but do NOT submit a C.V. in lieu of any portion of this application. If you have any additional questions regarding the application process, please call us at (206) 616-5163 or e-mail us at: ithsedu@u.washington.edu.

Please provide all application materials via our online application form. If you're not able to provide applications materials via the internet, please print out these materials and send to:

It is possible to complete a graduate degree while completing the ITHS KL2 program. If you wish to pursue a graduate degree (M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.), you must make two additional applications (besides this one): the first to the Graduate School, and a second to the specific department of interest. Contact information for the Graduate School is:

Graduate Admissions, University of Washington
301 Loew Hall, Box 84808
Seattle, WA 98124-6108
Tel: 206-543-5929
http://www.grad.washington.edu/area/area_admiss.htm

Checklist for application

Confirm eligibility for the program. You must:

• Have a clinical doctorate or Ph.D. degree or its equivalent. Clinical doctorate degrees include, but are not limited to, the M.D., Dr.P.H., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., O.D., D.C., Pharm.D., N.D., and Psy.D.
• Be a US citizen or non-citizen national, or lawfully admitted for permanent residence
• Be able to commit 75 percent of full-time professional effort (with limited exceptions) in this Career Development Program and its related research activities.
• Be at an early stage of your career. You should not have been in a tenure-track Assistant Professor position for more than two years at the time of application.

You are ineligible if you:

• Are or have been a Principal Investigator on mentored career development grants (e.g., K-series), or have substantial independent funding (e.g,. R01, P01, P50) or other equivalent research grant awards.
• Are a non citizen or on a temporary or student visa.
• Are simultaneously participating in clinical fellowships leading to clinical certification (with exceptions).
• Have a simultaneously submitted or pending application for any other PHS mentored career development award (e.g. K07, K08, K22, K23) that duplicates the provisions of the KL2 program.
• Are an individual making a mid-career change into clinical research.

Please note: KL2 funds cannot be used to support clinical fellowship training. However, fellows who have completed the part of their fellowship needed for sub specialty certification are eligible to apply. It is expected that KL2 Scholars will have be board eligible for their specialty or subspecialty at the time of their entrance to the Program.

Application items to complete

• Application Form. Please complete all sections. We understand that some of the material is duplicated on your C.V., but the completed application form will assist the Evaluation Committee in reviewing applicants from different backgrounds. Attach additional pages to list additional employment, training, etc., only after you have included the most important information on the application form.
• Curriculum Vitae or Resume
• 1-page personal statement about your interest, background, and long-term career plans
• 2-page description of your specific plans for using the ITHS KL2 award
• Letters of Reference. Please have your referees complete an evaluation form and include it with a letter of support. Request reference letters be sent to you in sealed envelopes, or directly to the KL2 Program (address to Dr. John Amory, Chair of the Selection Committee). If letters are sent to you, include them with the departmental application without opening them. All letters must be received by October 15, 2010.
• Graduate School Application. If you have interest in pursuing a graduate degree, you are responsible for making a separate application to the Graduate School and the department in the Graduate School in which you have interest.

Timing of application process

Your application must be received by October 15, 2010. It is your responsibility to ensure that your application is completed and on time.

If your application is forwarded to the second round of review, a very important component of this application will be your personal interviews with the evaluation committee. If you are selected for an interview, we will be arranging these visits during October and November. You are encouraged to use your visit as an opportunity to meet with potential mentors and collaborators. Applicants will be financially responsible for their own travel and lodging; applicants with true need requirements may petition the Program to find out if travel support is available. However, we expect that these funds will be very limited.

The committee intends to notify applicants of funding decisions by January 2011.