Qualifications of a Child Health Research Career Scholar
The scholar position is a junior faculty position to a pediatrician who has successfully completed a pediatric residency, who is no more than three years beyond attaining subspecialty board eligibility, and who has not previously been the Principal Investigator of an NIH research grant or contract (including R, P, and K awards). The obligations of a CHRC Scholar are:
- The candidates must be willing to spend a minimum of 75 percent of full-time professional effort in research and research career development activities.
- Once awarded the grant the scholars are encouraged and expected to seek independent grant support.
- CHRC projects may be clinical or non-clinical, as long as they relate to the goals of the CHRCDA center.
- Scholars must be U.S. citizens or non-citizen nationals, or must be able to provide legal proof of lawful admission for permanent residence. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
- Scholars can be eligible for up to three years following the last clinical training and attaining board eligibility that led to a nationally recognized sub-specialty board certification.
- Scholars must have an M.D. degree.
- The scholar position is not a fellowship or an extension of a fellowship position. Similarly, these positions are not to be offered to more senior faculty members who are in need of funding.
- For an established scholar, current NIH policy allows for salary as PI on an NIH Research Project Grant (R01, R03, or R21) or as a sub-project director on a multi-project grant if the scholar is in the last two years of appointment on a K award. (See NOT-OD-04-007, "Mentored Career Development Awards: Change in NIH Policy Concerning Concurrent Support for Career Development Awards and Research Grants".) If the K12 allows for a two-year appointment, then the K12 Scholar may derive salary on the other grant beginning on the first day of the K12 appointment period. The level of effort for the career grant may be reduced to no less than 50 percent to allow for a level of effort on the research project. The total combined effort for the career and research grant must be at least 75 percent and not greater than 100 percent effort. CHRCDA scholars are eligible to receive K support if all such support totals no more than six years. Therefore, a scholar receiving two years of funding on the CHRCDA can only receive up to four years of support from any individual mentored career development award program, i.e., K08, K01, K23, K99/R00.
Apply for the Child Health Research Career Development Award
Qualified investigators who are interested in applying for the Child Health Research Career Development Award should contact:
Dr. Marc Rothenberg
CHRC Program Director
Division of Allergy and Immunology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, ML7028
Cincinnati OH 45229
E-mail rothenberg@cchmc.org
