# Institutional Career Development Core (KL2)

> **NIH NIH KL2** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2024 · $1,234,288

## Abstract

The fundamental objective of the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) Institutional
Career Development Core (KL2) is to transform scholars into independent investigators with the strategic skills,
broad perspectives, and knowledge necessary to be successful leaders in academic, community, and industry
settings. By building on the robust CTSC foundation we have furthered the translational research education
and career development mission across UC Davis, created diversified training tools for individualized training
and career development beyond incremental advances, and provided a mentoring team resource that fosters
the careers of a continuously growing community of scholars and mentors. There remains a critical need for
exceptional clinical and translational investigators adept at team science that are able to advance human
health research and healthcare and that are keenly aware of the diversity and special needs of the
communities we serve. During the prior and current funding periods, we have trained 32 exceptional early
career faculty who have shown subsequent success in our program affirming that scholars obtain the
necessary skills and training to pursue an independent career as a translational scientist. To continue our
strong trajectory the specific goals of the program in the next funding period include the following: (1) Foster a
broadly trained, multidisciplinary, team-oriented, diverse workforce with capabilities to address complex clinical
and translational challenges; (2) Promote opportunities that enhance leadership skills and a successful
transition to independence; and (3) Synergize interactions with regional career development programs to reach
a broad community of translational scholars and to support a network for knowledge sharing and collaboration.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10851972
- **Project number:** 5KL2TR001859-09
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
- **Principal Investigator:** James F. Holmes
- **Activity code:** KL2 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,234,288
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-07-01 → 2026-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10851972

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10851972, Institutional Career Development Core (KL2) (5KL2TR001859-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10851972. Licensed CC0.

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