Career Development Funding Programs

TL1 Training Program

The TL1 Training Program offered through NYU Langone’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute helps to cultivate predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars’ careers in translational research through scholarly seminars, training courses, and mentorship opportunities. 

Scholar-to-Scholar Seminars

As a researcher in the TL1 Program, you attend Scholar-to-Scholar Seminars where you network with your peers and present your research for critique. You also have opportunities to exchange career advice, participate in writing workshops, and receive media training to effectively interact with reporters and journalists. Seminars occur every two weeks.  

Out-of-Specialty Training 

TL1 Program scholars develop a proposal for out-of-specialty training with a research mentor to gain experience that is relevant to their research goals but is outside their primary area of expertise. For example, a laboratory investigator interested in expanding a research project to the clinical setting takes courses focused on human research design and statistics. 

Out-of-specialty training proposals are presented to the TL1 executive committee for review and approval and should consist of a minimum of two academic courses or participation in a training program. 

Mentoring

All TL1 Program scholars receive mentorship from a highly accomplished senior investigator. Your mentor is assigned on the basis of how his or her areas of expertise intersect with your own research interests. You meet with your mentor at least twice a year and on an ad hoc basis to review how your research is progressing and discuss areas where you need assistance. 

Program Leadership and Executive Committee

Keith J. Micoli, PhD
Director
Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs

Michael H. Pillinger, MD
Executive Committee
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute Education and Careers Unit

How to Apply 

Applicants should complete the TL1 Training Program application. The following application materials are required:

• a current CV
• an NIH biosketch
• an unofficial doctoral studies transcript
• the NIH biosketch of your proposed mentor
• a personal statement that describes your reasons for applying and your career plans beyond training
• a research plan
• three letters of recommendation

We encourage applications from women, people who are underrepresented in medicine, people of different physical abilities, and people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

KL2 Scholars Program

The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Scholars Program helps early career faculty who conduct research with training and mentorship and prepares them to apply for research funding. 

The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Scholars Program trains early career faculty with National Institutes of Health (NIH) KL2 funding or institutional awards. We teach the skills necessary to effectively accelerate scientific discoveries that improve health, with specific coursework, research projects, and mentoring. We also prepare scholars to apply for career development awards from the NIH (K funding) or equivalent resources to support their work.

The CTSA Scholars Program provides partial salary support to trainees for two years, while they take courses in grant writing, complete Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) program certification, complete a research project, attend monthly cohort meetings, and participate in mentorship experiences.