Internal Funding Opportunities

CTSI Early Faculty Career Development Scholars

Utah CTSI's Early Faculty Career Development Scholars program has 2 different tracks for investigators: the K12 Mentored Career Development Program and the CTSI Partner Scholars Program.

Co-directed by Drs. Maureen Murtaugh, Ingrid Nygaard, and Michael Varner, the CTSI Early Faculty Career Development Scholars program is supported by the Utah CTSI, Primary Children’s Hospital Foundation, Intermountain Healthcare, and Utah Department of Health. The overall goal is to foster translational research on clinically relevant questions enabling basic science findings to be more rapidly applied to clinical problems. The competitive training program offers mentored research and career development support for clinical junior investigators conducting innovative research for one or two years, based on available funding.

Scholars commit to a minimum of 75 percent protected time for research and training and are encouraged and provided resources to seek independent grant research support during the award period. Each scholar participates in the University of Utah Vice President’s Clinical & Translational (VPCAT) Research Scholars program which includes didactic education, mentored research, interdisciplinary works-in-progress seminars, and team-building experiences. A structured curriculum has been designed to provide leadership competencies and develop the essential research knowledge and practical skills to be an effective clinical or translational researcher. They are provided a mentoring team consisting of a scientific mentor, a VPCAT senior mentor, peer mentors, and staff mentors support.

The K12 Mentored Career Development Scholar program co-directors meet with scholars quarterly to oversee the mentorship of the scholar to assure progress. Each scholar creates and completes an individual development program tailored to their research and career development needs. Scholars have access to biostatisticians in the CTSI Population Health Research group, and the K12 Program Manager provides grant submission support. These resources facilitate appropriate study design, collection of pilot data, and the preparation and submission of competitive grant applications. Learn more.

Please note that the next round for K12 Mentored Career Development Scholar will be announced after the application renewal approval in 2023.

All spots for the Primary Children's Hospital Foundation (PCHF) Partner Scholar Award have been filled.

For additional information, please contact Lyalya Sultanova.

CTSI Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) Tuition Scholarship Program

The MSCI Program is a vital component of the University of Utah CTSI and provides classroom and mentored research experience in clinical research, preparing its trainees for careers in clinical investigation, both in academic medicine and the allied health sciences. Students in good standing in the MS in Clinical Investigation may apply for partial tuition scholarships for fall and spring semesters. The amount of the scholarship to each student receiving an award will be between $250 and $1,000 per semester. The amount of the scholarship and number of scholarships each semester will vary depending on the availability of funds. Students must reapply for each semester. Learn more.

For additional information, please contact the program.