We are inviting junior faculty to apply for the 2026-2027 Cohort of the Vice President’s Clinical and Translational (VPCAT) Research Scholars Program. The VPCAT Program is a competitive, two-year mentoring program designed to offer intensive mentorship and support to junior faculty committed to clinical or translational research careers in transitioning to accomplished, funded principal investigators.
VPCAT leverages our institution’s resources to augment departmental resources in support of junior faculty investigators using a holistic framework, the Matrix Mentoring Model, that includes five levels of mentorship: self, scientific, peer, senior, and staff. During the two-year program, scholars receive training in scientific career development, grant writing and management, and leadership designed to create empowered investigators.
Application Date: September 26, 2025 by 5pm MST via Competition Space