Call for Applications – K12 Fellowship
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MGH Career Development Program in Substance Use and Addiction Medicine Call for Applications
(Pictured right, NIDA K12 Program Directors)
We are delighted to announce the renewal of this NIDA-sponsored K12 Mentored Clinician Scientist Career Development Program in Substance Use and Addiction Medicine, based at MGH, and overseen by Drs. Eden Evins and Nancy Rigotti, multiple PIs.
The program, a collaboration of the MGH Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, offers individualized mentored clinical research, research training and career development support designed to lead to successful K23 (or R01) funding. This training grant has supported clinically trained scholars from Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Psychology to date, and will continue to support scholars involved in substance use and addiction medicine topics, broadly defined, that include but are not limited to laboratory, clinical, or epidemiologic research into such topics as prevention, early intervention, risk factors, neurobiologic mechanisms of addiction and recovery, treatment development, implementation, factors associated with recovery and policy as well as study of populations at high risk for addiction or who have high rates of substance use disorder comorbidity.
APPLICATION OVERVIEW
- Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year will be accepted through 11:59 pm on October 24th, 2025 for scholars to start the program on November 3rd, 2025 or after.
- Applications for the 2026-2027 academic year will be accepted through 11:59 pm on November 28th, 2025 for scholars to start the program on July 1st, 2026.
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
- Successful applicants will have completed doctoral-level training in a clinical discipline (MD, PhD, PharmD or equivalent)
- Have prior relevant training or experience in research involving clinical or translational research focused on substance use and substance use disorder
- Have identified a research mentor approved by the program at the time of application.
- Per NIH guidelines, applicants must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of appointment
PROGRAM BENEFITS
- Scholars starting on 7/1/26 will be sponsored for up to two years, in the amount of $80000 per year to devote 75% effort for mentored research training and career development
- Scholar starting on 11/3/2025 will be sponsored through salary from 11/3/2025 to 6/30/2026 in the amount of $6670/month salary, with the possibility of continued sponsorship from 7/1/2026 to 6/30/2027 in the amount of $80000 per year to devote 75% effort.
- Up to $2900/month in research project support will be provided to each scholar.
- Individualized research training and career development support with Harvard faculty in translational or clinical aspects of research.
- Support for NIH Loan Repayment Grant applications for eligible Scholars during the period of the K12 award.
- The K-12 program will support (1) advanced education and training in research methods relevant to a scholar’s area of interest, and (2) a mentored research experience in a project that has relevance to substance use or addiction medicine. It is anticipated that most projects will take place at MGH or affiliated hospitals and institutions, but remote work will be considered on a case by case basis.
For further information and details on eligibility or applications please contact Gladys Pachas MD at gpachas1@mgh.harvard.edu.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
| Cohort | Start Date | Application Due | Award Notification |
|---|---|---|---|
| AY 2025 Start | 11/2/2025 or after | 10/24/2025 | 10/31/2025 |
| AY 2026 Start | 7/1/2026 | 11/28/2025 | 1/5/2026 |
APPLICATION MATERIAL
1. Application Form (attached)
2. Research Plan
A. Specific aims (1 page recommended)
B. Background (1/2 page recommended)
C. Research design, methods, and feasibility (2 pages recommended)
D. Preliminary Data, optional but preferred (1/2 page recommended)
Sections A-D may be a maximum of 4 pages, excluding references
E. Budget, Year 1 and Year 2 (please use attached template)
F. Career goals, including how the MGH K12 research scholar program will advance these goals, and a rationale for requested duration of support (usually 2, up to 3 years) (1 page max)
G. References (no page limit)
3. Biosketch NIH format https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm
4. Letters of recommendation from:
(1) Director, clinical training program
(2) Current or recent research mentor
(3) Proposed K12 research mentor if different from or in addition to current research mentor
5. Single example of scholarly work, preferably a first-author publication.
Please follow NIH guidelines for page formatting for the research plan. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/format-and-write/formatattachments.htm
For questions about the program or to E-mail all application materials please contact Gladys Pachas, MD, Program Director, MGH Center for Addiction Medicine gpachas1@mgh.harvard.edu 617-643-1991.
All application materials should be emailed in a single PDF file.
*Please note: Scholars without extensive prior research training may elect to participate in the 2026 HSPH Program in Clinical Effectiveness. Program tuition can be paid using K12 scholar costs. This should be discussed with Dr. Pachas and research mentors and requires a separate application. For more information: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/clineff/
Per NIH guidelines, applicants must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of appointment (must have a currently valid Permanent Resident Card (USCIS Form I-551) or other legal verification of such status. Non-citizen with temporary or student visas are not eligible to apply unless they have begun the process for becoming a permanent resident and expect to be admitted as a permanent resident by the earliest possible award date. Persons from underrepresented groups including, but not limited to, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, Pacific Islanders, women, persons with disabilities, and persons from disadvantaged backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. We look forward to reviewing your application.
| Mentor | Department | Site | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Evins, MD, MPH | Psychiatry | MGH | aeevins@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Nancy Rigotti, MD | Medicine | MGH | nrigotti@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Margarita Alegria, PhD | Medicine/Psychiatry | MGH | malegria@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Travis Baggett, MD, MPH | Medicine | MGH | tbaggett@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Ingrid V. Bassett, MD, MPH | Medicine | MGH | ibassett@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Abigail Batchelder, Ph.D., M.P.H. | Psychiatry | MGH | abatchelder@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Joan Camprodon-Gimenez, MD | Psychiatry | MGH | jcamprodon@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Kenneth Freedberg, MD, MSc | Medicine | MGH | kfreedberg@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Jodi Gilman, PhD | Psychiatry | MGH | jgilman1@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Ellen Grant, MD | Peds, Radiology | Boston Children’s | Ellen.Grant@childrens.harvard.edu |
| John F. Kelly, PhD | Psychiatry | MGH | jkelly11@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Douglas Levy, PhD | Medicine | MGH | dlevy3@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Bertha Madras, PhD | Psychiatry | McLean | bertha_madras@hms.harvard.edu |
| David Mischoulon, MD | Psychiatry | MGH | dmischoulon@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Conall O’Cleirigh, PhD | Psychiatry | MGH | cocleirigh@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Elyse Park, PhD, MPH | Psychiatry | MGH | epark@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Krishna Reddy, MD | Medicine | MGH | kpreddy@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Randi Schuster, PhD | Psychiatry | MGH | rschuster@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Jordan Smoller, MD, MS, ScD | Psychiatry | MGH | jsmoller@partners.org |
| Roger Weiss, MD | Psychiatry | McLean | rweiss@mclean.harvard.edu |
| Timothy Wilens, MD | Psychiatry | MGH | twilens@mgh.harvard.edu |
| Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH | Pediatrics | MGH | jwinickoff@mgh.harvard.edu |