We are pleased to announce a request for applications for the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) Scholar Awards and Yale Physician-Scientist Development (YPSD) Awards, which provide salary and/or research funds to a select number of junior faculty members who are strongly committed to research careers focused on improving human health. The YCCI Scholar program and YPSD Award are open to all applicants training and conducting research across the full span (T0-T4) of basic, clinical, translational, and community-based research focused on human health. Individuals must be nominated by a department chair, division head/section chief, or center/program director. The primary aim of these awards is to prepare the applicant for a successful independent research career, so career development and mentoring plans are very important. Awards will be for a total of two years. Funds may be requested to cover up to 75% of an individual’s salary (with a maximum of $120,000 per year, including fringe benefits) and up to $25,000 of research support per year. Applicants who have an active career development award are not eligible for salary support but may apply for up to $25,000 in research support per year (the specific aims of this additional research support must be different from the specific aims of the career development award, though they can be related). Applicants who have substantial start-up funds may not be eligible for salary support; this will be determined at the time of the award. Applications will be reviewed based on the following criteria: the candidate, the career development and mentoring plan, the mentors, the research plan (innovation, significance, and approach), the environment and departmental commitment, and whether the application targets one of the areas of special emphasis noted below.

Promotion of Health Equity Research

• We encourage applications from individuals who are conducting research related to promoting health equity.

Promotion of Community-Engaged Research and Implementation Science

• We encourage applications from individuals who are conducting community-engaged research or implementation science research (see https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/is/about).

Promotion of New Technologies (e.g., Artificial Intelligence) in Clinical Research

• We encourage applications from individuals who are conducting research on incorporation of new technologies to improve health of patients.

• Applicant webinar (see below for details): Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 2:00 PM
• Due date for letters of intent (LOI): Friday, January 3, 2025, at 5:00 PM (required)
• Due date for full applications: Friday, February 7, 2025, at 5:00 PM
• Earliest anticipated start date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

• Applicants must have a full-time Yale faculty appointment at the level of Assistant Professor, Instructor, Associate Research Scientist, or Research Scientist at the time of the award.
• The applicant must have been a faculty member for fewer than five years by the earliest anticipated start date, Monday, July 1, 2025.
• Applicants cannot have previously received a YCCI Scholar KL2 or YPSD Award.
• Applicants cannot have been a principal investigator on any research grant that provides $200,000 or more in direct costs per year except for non-NIH career development awards.

Please see the Request for Applications below for the complete list of requirements and additional terms of the award.