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UW-Madison TL1 program members and administrators attended the Midwest TL1 Research Summit in Milwaukee in Sept. 2023
TL1 Postdoctoral Trainee Program
Application Deadline: April 1, 2026
This NIH-funded TL1 Postdoctoral Program provides a foundational pathway to bridge previous doctoral training (MD, PharmD, DVM, PhD, etc.) and future independent and sustained careers in translational and clinical sciences. The program supports Trainees conducting research along the entire translational research spectrum. We expect trainees to gain competency in both the fundamentals of research design & data science and in regulatory & research ethics through various courses, workshops, and seminars. Additionally, the candidate will identify other domain-specific training appropriate for their career development program.
Eligibility is limited to applicants who are or will be in a non-tenure track faculty title series or academic staff with a UW faculty mentor. Successful applicants have identified a UW mentor, have funding to complete the proposed research, and have a letter of support from a department chair indicating their potential to enter a faculty position when the fellowship is complete. We select trainees who, upon successful completion of the TL1 Postdoctoral award, are highly competitive for faculty appointments at UW–Madison, or other major translational research institutions (tenure track or non-tenure track title series).
They participate in biennial mentor meetings attended by ICTR leadership, monthly writing workshops (fall and spring) and monthly Launching Series seminars (fall, spring, and summer).
TL1 Predoctoral Training Program
Application Deadline: March 13, 2026
The goal of the TL1 Predoctoral Program is to train future clinical and translational leaders and to introduce UW health care professional and engineering students to the scientific foundation of translational science. It builds on existing, strong clinical and translational training programs in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, and the College of Engineering. Clinical and translational scientists will possess both deep scientific domain expertise and systems understanding, and their research is expected to be designed to produce discoveries that are simultaneously important for their discipline(s) and contribute to other disciplines, thus intentionally advancing the translational process as a whole. These characteristics will be required to successfully prepare trainees to transition into the many and varied productive career paths available to clinical and translational scientists within the translational science spectrum.
Trainees will achieve sufficient breadth in clinical and translational science research areas that include: 1) pre-clinical research, 2) clinical research, 3) clinical implementation, and/or 4) public health. Trainees are expected to acquire knowledge in broad areas of research including, but not limited to: clinical research, regulatory science, biostatistics, epidemiology, health differences, telehealth and telemedicine, dissemination and implementation science research, bioinformatics, community engagement, training in translational team science, responsible conduct of research and rigorous research design, entrepreneurship, scientific communication, and leadership. Curricula will be personalized for trainees to achieve domain-specific KSAs depending on the trainee’s desired career role or focused area of research.
They participate in biennial mentor meetings attended by ICTR leadership, monthly writing workshops (fall and spring) and monthly Launching Series seminars (fall, spring, and summer).
