Applicants will be asked to describe their research experience, career interests
and plans in writing.  Each applicant will be sponsored by a departmental chair
or authorized representative who will address the applicant’s research potential
and describe a plan to offer adequate protected time for training. Novice trainees
must be guaranteed  blocks of two months each summer and a minimum of three
months total in their first year and nine months in their second year for research
apprenticeships and weekly time for class and seminar.  No applicant without
adequate departmental commitment will be accepted.   Each applicant will
describe plans for salary sources for two years via GME, partial clinical revenue
as an instructor and/or training grant stipends.  Transitional trainees with career
development funding will describe their plans for further research training, their
need for more formal coursework and a commitment to participate in the seminar
series.   Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the executive
committee.   

Applicants will be asked to describe their research experience, career interests
and plans in writing.  Each applicant will be sponsored by a departmental chair
or authorized representative who will address the applicant’s research potential
and describe a plan to offer adequate protected time for training. Novice trainees
must be guaranteed  blocks of two months each summer and a minimum of
three months total in their first year and nine months in their second year for
research apprenticeships and weekly time for class and seminar.  No applicant
without adequate departmental commitment will be accepted.   Each applicant
will describe plans for salary sources for two years via GME, partial clinical
revenue as an instructor and/or training grant stipends.  Transitional trainees
with career development funding will describe their plans for further research
training, their need for more formal coursework and a commitment to participate
in the seminar series.   Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the
executive committee.

Candidate selection will be a function of the Internal Advisory Committee.  
The Committee will prioritize applications based on potential for a career in
patient oriented research, departmental commitment and mentor qualifications.
They will recommend the top five novice applicants for awards.  Transitional
candidates who meet all criteria for participation will be accepted.

Our goal is accept a minimum of 5 novice and 5 transitional trainees annually.
We will be able to accommodate a large number of additional trainees who
would like to participate in the coursework and seminars.  Our only restriction
on the number of awardees is in the novice program where we are limited to
five enrollees annually due to limited funds for tuition support and small grants
for research costs during apprenticeships. 

Application Form  

Download one of the following Application forms to apply.  The MS Word form
can be downloaded and then e-mailed to Le-Thu at lerazmus@kumc.edu.  
The PDF form can be filled out and mailed to: 

     University of Kansas Medical Center
     Preventive Medicine
     ATTN:  Ms. Le-Thu Erazmus, MSE, Senior Coordinator
     3901 Rainbow Blvd, Mail-Stop 1008
     4004 Robinson
     Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7313.