# Institutional Career Development Core > **NIH NIH KL2** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $1,525,261 ## Abstract The KL2 Core is an essential component of the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) and designed to respond to the critical needs of training a new and diverse generation of clinical and translational research (CTR) investigators who will carry out high impact research and translate new discoveries to improve health for diverse communities. The Georgia CTSA KL2 Core is closely linked with our TL1 Core, and both programs are governed by a joint KL2-TL1 Research Education Executive Committee. The KL2 Core is focused on enhancing career development of junior faculty (Instructor or Assistant Professor level with either MD, PharmD, and/or PhD degrees) with substantial potential to become successful and transformative biomedical researchers at the Georgia CTSA partner institutions (Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology [Georgia Tech], and the University of Georgia). A solid foundation has been established for the KL2 Core over the past 14 years. Our KL2 program has supported 60 scholars (including 26 during the current cycle of funding); 70% have been women (Georgia CTSA is in the top 3 hubs nationally in the proportion of women KL2 scholars) and 27% are underrepresented minorities. Among the 46 scholars who have completed training, 43 (93%) remain in careers engaged in CTR; 70% of our former KL2 scholars have gone on to obtain federal funding as PI; and 6 former KL2 scholars have assumed leadership positions in Georgia CTSA. The KL2 Core also provides critical didactic and mentored CTR training infrastructure for KL2 scholars and other trainees at the 4 partner institutions through support of the Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) program and the Certificate Program in Translational Research (CPTR). The recent development of online/virtual training for the MSCR and CPTR programs (necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic) enables us to expand the reach of these successful CTR training programs across the partner institutions. In the next funding cycle, we will expand personalized training pathways and provide scholars with the skills to address health equity and health disparities through the conduct of CTR. We aspire to continue to enhance diversity so that our scholars fully reflect the demography of their communities. We will also fully implement an expanded K-ADVANCE (K to R mentoring) program for former scholars and other trainees. A comprehensive evaluation plan will continue to measure the impact of our KL2 Core activities and provide evidence-based data to make midcourse corrections, as needed. Specific aims include: 1) To promote and enhance personalized career development of a diverse cadre of junior faculty at the 4 partner institutions; 2) To continue to support and innovate the successful Georgia CTSA MSCR and CPTR programs which provide didactic and mentored CTR training to KL2 scholars and other trainees; and 3) To enhance mentorship train... ## Key facts - **NIH application ID:** 10693994 - **Project number:** 5KL2TR002381-07 - **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY - **Principal Investigator:** HENRY M BLUMBERG - **Activity code:** KL2 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.) - **Funding institute:** NIH - **Fiscal year:** 2023 - **Award amount:** $1,525,261 - **Award type:** 5 - **Project period:** 2017-09-22 → 2027-07-31 ## Primary source NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10693994 ## Citation > US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10693994, Institutional Career Development Core (5KL2TR002381-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10693994. Licensed CC0. --- *[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*