# Institutional Career Development Core, KL2 Scholars Program

> **NIH NIH KL2** · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · 2020 · $394,876

## Abstract

Contact PD/PI: LARSON, RICHARD S Inst-Career-Dev-001 (300)
The goal of the Institutional Career Development program (KL2) is to continue building a cohort of
independent, innovative CTR scientists at UNM HSC. In CTSC 1.0 & 2.0, we provided focused, effective
mentoring for scholars, who in turn were successful in conducting research, publishing, and obtaining
independent extramural funding. Their accomplishments propelled their careers and helped them attain
personal goals in CTR and academic leadership. All 14 KL2 scholars continue to conduct research and have
collectively garnered over $14M in NIH funding. By cultivating scholar careers, UNM HSC benefits enormously
through an expanded CTR faculty base. Our KL2—uniquely structured to recruit nationally for new scholars to
expand our research capacity—has mentored faculty scholars in eight UNM HSC departments, providing
broad institutional support. The long-term goal of KL2 is to build a legacy of highly skilled, successful
translational scientists with a team-science mindset to address the significant health problems of New Mexico,
the region, and nation. Our objective is to foster research abilities, writing skills, and funding success of junior
faculty scholars through dedicated mentorship and career development. By supporting and retaining
successful CTR scientists, KL2 demonstrates UNM CTSC’s importance in catalyzing CTR career development,
thereby strategically increasing CTR capacity for all UNM HSC departments. Our rationale is that, by building
on our already successful KL2, we will continue to develop the next generation of accomplished translational
scientists. CTSC 3.0 will meet our overarching goal through these specific aims: 1) Through the KL2
mechanism, expand the base of active and impactful CTR at UNM HSC; 2) Expand and evolve the CTR
mentoring environment at UNM HSC; 3) Employ personalized pathways to flexibly implement scholar career
development strategies; and 4) Implement a comprehensive evaluation process with formative and summative
components for assessment of KL2 scholars, mentors, and the KL2 program. Our expected outcome is
enhanced capacity to conduct CTR on the most important problems facing our state, region, and nation. Such
outcomes are expected to have an important, long-term positive impact on the UNM HSC CTR workforce,
creating a generation of highly trained CTR scientists who significantly accelerate the translation of discovery
into beneficial health impacts.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10165927
- **Project number:** 2KL2TR001448-06A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Matthew J Campen
- **Activity code:** KL2 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $394,876
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2015-08-14 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10165927

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10165927, Institutional Career Development Core, KL2 Scholars Program (2KL2TR001448-06A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10165927. Licensed CC0.

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