Becoming a CHIC Scholar

CHIC Scholars receive (per year, for one year, up to a maximum of three years*):

$100,000 salary plus accompanying fringe benefits
Up to $30,000 for research and career development support that can be used for research personnel, equipment, supplies, tuition and fees for career development courses and activities, and/or travel related to research or career development
Up to $2,000 for travel to mandatory NHLBI K12 meeting (per meeting)

* Funding after the first year is contingent upon the successful completion of milestones agreed-upon by the K12 Scholar, his/her Mentor/Mentors, and the K12 Program Directors

Interested in applying?

THE APPLICATION FOR OUR SECOND CYCLE IS NOW OPEN.

In addition to Mentor Table in the application linked below, every candidate must include the following:

1. Candidate’s Statement of Career Goals (1 page)

2. Candidate’s Career Development Plan (2 pages)

3. Candidate’s Research Project Specific Aims (1 page)

4. Candidate’s Research Plan (3 pages) plus Bibliography

5. Candidate’s NIH Biosketch (5 pages)

6. Mentor/Mentors Letter of Support (2 pages)

a. If more than one Mentor is proposed, one individual must be listed as the Primary Mentor.

7. Mentor’s Biosketch (5 pages per Mentor, maximum of 3 for application)

8. Table of Mentor’s Prior Mentees (where Mentor served as Primary or Co-Primary Research Mentor) using Template

9. Division Chief/Department Chair – Letter of Institutional Commitment (1 page)

After that, simply:

1. Download the application by clicking on this link: CHIC-K12 APP

2. Keep the following deadlines in mind: the submission deadline is Monday, July 1, 2019 (11:59 PM, Pacific), and the target start date is January 1, 2020.

3. Complete the application as specified. Submit all application components as one PDF to Laurence Huang at [email protected] or Priscilla Hsue at Priscilla.Hsue.ucsf.edu

Still have questions? Check our FAQs

Important Dates

SECOND CYCLE NOW CLOSED

CHIC-CFAR Symposium: Wednesday, Sept 25, 2019

Featured Profiles

Laurence Huang, MD

Clinical Professor

Medicine

I am a pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist with a research focus on pulmonary diseases affecting persons with HIV with a global perspective. I am a clinical-translational researcher with clinical cohorts in San Francisco, CA and in Kampala, Uganda.

Currently, I am PI/Co-PI on these main studies:

Priscilla Hsue, MD

Professor and Chief

Medicine

Professional Experience: Dr. Hsue trained in Internal Medicine in the Molecular Medicine Training Program at UC San Francisco and in Cardiovascular Medicine at UC San Francisco. She served as Chief Cardiology Fellow during this time. She has been on the faculty in the Department of Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital since 2002. She started the HIV Cardiology Clinic since March 2004 at the Positive Health Program at Ward 86, which is one of the first subspeciality clinics of its kind in the nation.

CHIC K12

Becoming a CHIC Scholar

CHIC Scholars receive (per year, for one year, up to a maximum of three years*):

Interested in applying?

After that, simply:

Still have questions? Check our FAQs

Important Dates

Scholar Perks

Featured Profiles

Laurence Huang, MD

Priscilla Hsue, MD

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Becoming a CHIC Scholar

CHIC Scholars receive (per year, for one year, up to a maximum of three years*):

Interested in applying?

After that, simply:

Still have questions? Check our FAQs

Important Dates

Scholar Perks

Featured Profiles

Laurence Huang, MD

Priscilla Hsue, MD