The Janeway Society was recently developed to create infrastructure and oversight for career development and to shorten the time to independence at Yale. Scholars supported by individual career development awards from the NIH, institutional K programs, and VA career awards as well as junior faculty from a basic science department are invited to become members. Scholars participate in a mentorship and advising program, a grant writing program with emphasis on K-to-R transition, and a professional development seminar series. Physician-Scientist members meet yearly with Dr. Keith Choate to review candidate career and mentorship plans. Chairs must agree for members will have 75% protected time for research in non-procedural departments, and 50% in procedural ones as specified by the terms of members’ awards. Failure to meet protected time requirements will lead to withdrawal of their membership. Members of the Janeway society will work with their mentors to outline responsibilities of each and a pathway to independence including submission of an R01 or equivalent. These efforts create a structure to ensure junior faculty have the necessary protected time. The Society creates a robust intellectual environment which supports leadership development and collaboration. Members participate in a monthly Career Development, Management, and Leadership Series which covers topics including workshops on identifying funding opportunities, mentorship relationships, time management, appointments and promotions, work-life balance and burnout, communicating across differences, and speaking about bias and inequality. The Janeway Society provides grant- and manuscript-writing workshops, a repository of successful grants, and an internal grant review process. An Annual Research Retreat is planned and will be modeled after a Gordon Conference format, bringing together trainees and mentors to discuss their clinical and translational research.