# Institutional Career Development Core

> **NIH NIH KL2** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2020 · $716,219

## Abstract

Since its inception in 2008, the Utah CCTS KL2 Program rationale has been to distinguish itself by providing
promising junior faculty researchers with multidimensional mentored research experiences that enable them to
develop, demonstrate, and disseminate translational science to advance health. The program draws scholars
from the large pool of candidates in the seven Utah CCTS partnering institutions and provides a path to
research success. The end result is the creation of a diverse team of scientists who impact local and national
healthcare priorities from birth to end of life. Program impact is demonstrated by research productivity where
67% of past scholars have received additional career development awards and collectively have published 317
manuscripts with 7,094 citations (average H-index = 9.8).
The objective of the Utah KL2 program for the next five years is to have promising junior faculty members
achieve research success. While the typical determinant of research success is attainment of R01
level NIH support, we broaden the definition of K to Research success to include leading a scientific
research enterprise of >$200,000 in annual support and conducting research with substantial impact
on health and healthcare. We will realize this objective with the following three aims:
 Aim 1: Improve the proportion of KL2 scholars who achieve “K to R equivalent Success”, including
increasing the proportion (from 17% to 50%) who are the PI on an R01 equivalent award within 5 years of
completing their mentored training award.
 Aim 2 Increase the number of Utah CCTS KL2 Scholars who are underrepresented in medicine (URM).
 Aim 3: Proactively strengthen and expand use of existing clinical and translational science career
 development opportunities within the Utah CCTS ecosystem and the national CTSA network.
Key program design features include the University’s Vice President’s Clinical and Translational science
(VPCAT) program. This two year intensive experience provides the curricular and mentoring foundation for
KL2 scholars by using the holistic Matrix Mentoring Model, development of an Individual Development Plans
(IDP), and training in Management Essentials for Principal Investigators©. We will build on these features to
accomplish our stated aims by 1) creating an institutional infrastructure specifically designed to support new
investigators in pursuit of R01s, 2) implementing targeted recruitment of those underrepresented in medicine
beginning at the pre-doctoral level, and 3) expand use of Utah CCTS community outreach resources and
augment links with other CTSA programs. The Utah KL2 directors, Steering Committee, and established
External Advisory Board will provide guidance for the program as it expands from two to four NCATS
supported scholars, with a focus on increasing the diversity of the group. In addition, we will also add the
option for a third year of support for scholars for whom the additional funding would be transformative.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9889195
- **Project number:** 5KL2TR002539-03
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** MAUREEN A MURTAUGH
- **Activity code:** KL2 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $716,219
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-03-30 → 2023-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9889195

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9889195, Institutional Career Development Core (5KL2TR002539-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9889195. Licensed CC0.

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