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CTSA K12 Program at University of California San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute

Award Number: K12TR005441
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2025
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2030

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CTSA K12 Program at University of California San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute - The overall goal of the University of California San Diego (UCSD) K12 program is to provide a supportive, and professional training environment that fosters new leaders in clinical and translational science (CTS). Graduates have been highly successful in sustaining academic research careers and many now serve as mentors for the next generation of scientists, including in our program. The K12 is tightly integrated with the UCSD Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI) CTSA hub, as our K12 MPIs also directing UM1 Workforce Development and Population Sciences and Community Engagement Units. The next phase of the K12 will pursue the following goals based on identified unmet needs: Goal 1: To increase public input in our program. Leveraging ACTRI’s engagement resources, we will include public representative members in our K12 External Advisory Committee, pair each K12 scholar with a mentor outside of academia, and deliver longitudinal training in public communication and collaboration with the ACTRI’s Population Sciences Unit. Goal 2: To expand breadth of K12 program by building CTS training opportunities at the ACTRI’s partners. Over 2500 scholars are eligible for the K12 program across UCSD and the ACTRI partners. Over the past five years, our K12 recruitment has increased, as a result of several new workforce development programs to support scholars from various disciplines that are coordinated with our K program. We will next apply an implementation science approach to build sustainable grant writing and mentor training programs at ACTRI partner institutions to expand the pool of K12 applicants and to enhance opportunities for training in our region. Goal 3: To enhance our curriculum to build translational scientist as a discipline. Our CTS training portfolio was founded on NCATS Core Competencies and includes new curricula that train scholars in the characteristics of a translational scientist. We will next introduce new courses that address later phases of translation including emerging clinical trial methods and dissemination and implementation science. These didactics will be integrated with new workshops and experiential learning programs in leadership, commercialization, research ethics, and team science. Goal 4: To rigorously evaluate the impact of K12 mentors, scholars, and program processes. With the ACTRI Evaluation Unit, we have built a robust assessment platform, and we have disseminated program tools and approaches to the CTSA network. In our next phase, we will broaden our evaluation scope beyond standard metrics (e.g., publications, funding, career advancement) to measure translational impact of didactics, mentoring, and scholar outcomes by applying the Translational Science Benefit Model. By achieving our goals and disseminating results, we will catalyze our K12 program’s impact at local, regional, and national levels.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $1,612,278 )
2026	2026	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	2	4/24/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,612,278
														Subtotal = $1,612,278

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,612,278 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	1	7/23/2025	NEW	$1,612,278
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	1	9/23/2025	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $1,612,278

Grand Total All Awards = $3,224,556

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CTSA K12 Program at University of California San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute

Award Number: K12TR005441

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2025

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2030

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