# Pediatric Scientist Development Program

> **NIH NIH K12** · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · 2022 · $1,535,726

## Abstract

Project Summary
This application seeks bridge support for the Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP), a career
development pathway for pediatric fellows from which 222 physician-scientists have graduated since 1987.
The program remains committed to building the next generation of pediatrician scientists leaders, including: (a)
to recruit diverse pediatric fellows whose outstanding potential for a successful investigative career can be
developed in an intensively mentored setting and (b) to expand and diversify the pipeline of superbly trained
pediatric physician-scientists, who will catalyze cutting-edge discoveries in child health and lead the pediatric
departments of the future. Unique aspects of the PSDP include its North American scope for recruitment of
fellows and mentors, its intensive focus on career development during fellowship, its supra-institutional
governance under the aegis of the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC), its
emphasis on research environments outside pediatrics, and its approach to mentoring that encompasses
multiple and diverse research mentors, diverse PSDP advisory committees, and networking with pediatric
department chairs. Advisory Committees include a strong Steering Committee, which sets programmatic
policy; a subset of whom fill the Selection Committee to interview PSDP candidates; and an independent
Program Evaluation Committee measures the program’s effectiveness in ensuring fellows’ success. A
centerpiece of the PSDP is the annual career development curriculum that convenes PSDP fellows virtually
and in-person with mentors and advisory committees, and all US and Canadian pediatric department chairs at
the AMSPDC meeting.
Goals for the Bridge Funding Period include: 1) Continue the current fellow stipend and research funding
strategy ; 2) Recruit a diverse applicant and fellow pool with at least 30% Underrepresented in Medicine
(URiMs) for the next application cycle and beyond; 3) Network with other NIH-funded training programs
focused on diversifying the pediatric pipeline; 4) Network with organizations focused on diversity of the
physician workforce; 5) Apply the update of our personal statement section in the PSDP application to capture
life experiences; 6) Partner with organizations focused on funding research that addresses health inequities;
and 7) Continue to enhance the research breadth and diversity of the PSDP Steering Committee.
We project to train 24 PSDP Scholars in subspecialty fellowships. Out of the 24 Scholars, 17 Scholars will be
funded by the NIH (this includes one slot for HIV related work co-funded by the Office of AIDS Research). We
will have one intramural slot funded separately by the NICHD Division of Intramural Research. The PSDP will
build on lessons of more than 38 years to strengthen our national network, evolve career development
emphases and novel educational approaches, diversify the pediatrics research workforce pipeline, and nurture
the n...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10619351
- **Project number:** 3K12HD000850-38S1
- **Recipient organization:** WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV
- **Principal Investigator:** Sallie R. Permar
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $1,535,726
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2022-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10619351

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10619351, Pediatric Scientist Development Program (3K12HD000850-38S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10619351. Licensed CC0.

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