# Mayo Clinic Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health

> **NIH NIH K12** · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · 2020 · $627,917

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The Mayo Clinic BIRCWH program has been funded for two cycles since 2010. Over the 9 years of the
BIRCWH program, we have demonstrated progress toward our long term goal of increasing the science
workforce of interdisciplinary teams translating scientific discoveries into clinical practice to improve women’s
health. Evidence of this success is provided by the fifteen scholars trained in the BIRCWH program who
enhanced the interdisciplinary research in women’s health at Mayo Clinic. BIRCWH scholars received 61
grants as Principle Investigators with a return of investment of $2.91 per NIH dollar as Principle Investigators
and $30.2 per NIH dollar as Principle Investigators or Co-Investigators. Our short-term goal in this cycle is to
provide training to investigators who can assume leadership roles in interdisciplinary research teams in
women’s health. In order to achieve these goals, our program plan is structured around three aims that align
with the three pillars of the BIRCWH program: interdisciplinary research, mentoring, and career development.
First, we aim to recruit a diverse group of early-stage investigators with an outstanding potential to lead
interdisciplinary research teams in women’s health. Our second aim is to provide both structured and tailored
educational experiences based on career development needs that include didactic programs and a mentored
research experience in an interdisciplinary environment. And finally, we aim to partner with other BIRCWH
programs, career development programs within Mayo Clinic, and nationally, to enhance training in women’s
health research and foster a community of scholars. A strong community of fellow scholars and established
investigators in women’s health research provides the networking opportunities and supports collaborations
essential for sustaining and developing new interdisciplinary research programs. The rich environment of other
career development programs at Mayo Clinic such as the Mayo Clinic Center for Translational and Clinical
Science (CCaTS) and the Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex Differences
programs, training in incorporating sex as a biological variable in research, and our collaborations with the
BIRCWH programs at other institutions provide outstanding networking opportunities for our scholars.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9934722
- **Project number:** 2K12HD065987-11
- **Recipient organization:** MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** KEJAL KANTARCI
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $627,917
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2010-09-23 → 2025-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9934722

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9934722, Mayo Clinic Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (2K12HD065987-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9934722. Licensed CC0.

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