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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Med. 2017 Apr;92(4):556–562. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001473

Table 2.

Type of External, Peer-Reviewed Research Funding Awarded to 601 Mentored Career Development Scholars After Completing the KL2 Program at 48 Clinical and Translational Science Award Institutions, 2007–2013a

All scholars Scholars who completed
KL2 training
2+ years earlier
Type of award no. % no. %
Total 601 412
Individual career development award (CDA)b
  No 354 61.1 216 54.3
  Yes 225 38.9 182 45.7
National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01
or equivalent independent awardc
  No 486 82.8 319 79.2
  Yes 101 17.2 84 20.8
Non-NIH independent awardd
  No 413 77.5 266 74.1
  Yes 120 22.5 93 25.9
Type of award by CDA, independent award,
or both
  None 217 38.7 122 31.5
  Individual CDA 154 27.5 116 30.0
  Individual CDA and NIH or non-NIH
  independent award		 71 12.7 66 17.1
  NIH or non-NIH independent award 119 21.2 83 21.4
a

Cells may not add up to the total due to information not provided, including n = 22 missing CDA status, n = 14 missing R01 award status, and n = 68 missing non-NIH independent award status.

b

Defined as an individual peer-reviewed training award such as an NIH K23, NIH K08, or Veterans Health Administration CDA.

c

Defined as the principal investigator of an NIH R01 award or the principal investigator of a project within an NIH program project or center award (e.g., P01).

d

Defined as the principal investigator of an independent, externally-funded, non-NIH, peer-reviewed research project of 3 or more years duration (e.g., a Veterans Health Administration merit award or a foundation-funded research project award). Does not include mentored research or industry-funded trials.