# Institutional Career Development Core

> **NIH NIH KL2** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2020 · $785,764

## Abstract

SUMMARY / ABSTRACT
The UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) KL2 Mentored Career Development Program
was initiated in 2006 to train and empower the next generation of junior faculty in clinical and translational
research. The program is a critical component of the UC Davis translational research infrastructure, providing
the necessary research training to develop team science investigators capable of becoming leaders in their
respective fields. We have trained exceptional junior faculty, expanded the team science and collaborative
elements of the program, ensured a rigorous team mentoring experience, and continued our integration of
institutional K career development programs as partners. Our fundamental objective is to produce a
qualitatively different investigator, drawn from diverse disciplines and committed to excellence, with strategic
skills, broad perspectives, and knowledge necessary to be successful leaders in academic, industry, and
community settings. By building on our robust foundation we will extend the translational research education
and career development mission throughout our institution, create diversified training tools to individualize
training and career development that will go beyond incremental advances, and develop a strong mentoring
resource to nurture and foster the career development of a continuously growing community of scholars. The
CTSC KL2 training program is unique among the programs offered, and capitalizes on a wealth of CTSC and
UC Davis opportunities. Our goals for the proposed funding period include to: (1) Develop a highly skilled
multidisciplinary, team-oriented diverse workforce through an individually tailored program that ensures future
leaders that can bring solutions to complex clinical and translational challenges, (2) Enhance competencies of
faculty mentors and facilitate the transition of scholars into a community of mentors that will drive
transformative research advances, and (3) Capitalize on the catalytic, facilitating, and organizational power of
the CTSC to aggregate and align UC Davis faculty and scholar-focused resources to accelerate career
trajectories. With strong institutional support the CTSC will serve as an honest broker to engage departmental,
center, institutional leaders, and CTSA national partners to catalyze comprehensive and efficient research
teams of the future.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9949453
- **Project number:** 5KL2TR001859-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
- **Principal Investigator:** James F. Holmes
- **Activity code:** KL2 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $785,764
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-07-01 → 2021-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9949453

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9949453, Institutional Career Development Core (5KL2TR001859-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9949453. Licensed CC0.

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