# PEDIATRIC PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST PROGRAM AWARD

> **NIH NIH K12** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 1994 · $884,060

## Abstract

PO career development training program sponsored by the Association of
Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen, Inc. in conjunction with the
NICHD under a cooperative agreement.  The program was designed to bring
basic science into specialty areas of pediatrics and provide a cadre of
entry-level young faculty well prepared for competitive academic research.
In addition to NICHD funding, training is supported by six private
foundations.  The program establishes a total of five years of support for
pediatricians committed to a career in academic pediatrics.  A minimum of 2
years of basic research training in highly selected research laboratory
settings with senior scientists serving as mentors is funded by the
program; and a sponsoring department of pediatrics provides one year of
clinical fellowship training and two years in a junior faculty position
with 75 % research time.

A unique aspect of this program is the continuum of career guidance
provided trainees from the time of application and identification of an
appropriate training site and mentor to the time of recruitment into a
junior faculty position.  The candidates' continued academic development is
reviewed and monitored throughout the five year period by the program
office and the program Steering and Evaluation Committees with assistance
from members of the Selection Committee.

This program assures adequate basic research training, clinical experience
to establish subspecialty competence, and subsequent academic position and
thus insures that some of the brightest investigators of the future will
remain in academic pediatrics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2194363
- **Project number:** 5K12HD000850-08
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **SAM.gov UEI:** KMH5K9V7S518
- **Principal Investigator:** LARRY J. SHAPIRO
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1994
- **Award amount:** $884,060
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1986-12-01 → 1996-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2194363

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2194363, PEDIATRIC PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST PROGRAM AWARD (5K12HD000850-08). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2194363. Licensed CC0.

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