RAPID-LHS Center
Scholar Eligibility & Application Process
The RAPID-LHS Center is accepting applications for faculty scholars who will impact our health system and accelerate progress towards an integrated learning health system (LHS). Faculty may receive up to 2 years of support as a RAPID-LHS Operational Scholar or a RAPID-LHS Academic Research Scholar. The eligibility criteria, scholar pathways, and application process are outlined below.
Eligibility Criteria
- Faculty appointment at VUMC, VU, or Meharry
- Doctoral degree in disciplines relevant to LHS (e.g. MD, DDS, PharmD, DNP, PhD in nursing, psychology, health behavior, health economics, social work, epidemiology, audiology, physical therapy, or biomedical informatics)
- Ability to devote 35% (Operational Scholar) or 75% (Academic Research Scholar) of full-time effort to career development and research for 1-2 years
- Certification of protected time from the applicant's chair, chief, or supervisor with description of duties outside of the program
RAPID-LHS Center scholar pathways, requirements, and support
| Scholar type: | Operational Scholar | Academic Research Scholar |
| Effort level and salary support*: | 35% | 75% |
| Effort allocation during appointment: | 15% career development 20% research | 15% career development 60% research |
| Research project: | One project that aligns with operational priorities that may be defined by leadership or collaboratively developed by the applicant. | Two projects: an operational project that is defined by leadership and an academic research project that is developed by the applicant in collaboration with leadership. |
| Research project support: | $10,000/year for project costs. Additional funds to support use of RAPID-LHS Cores and career development activities. | $10,000/year for project costs. Additional funds to support use of RAPID-LHS Cores and career development activities. |
| *base salary support ($115,435) plus fringe (22.8%) allocated by grant funds | ||
Application Process
Special Call for Applications - Operational Scholars Only
Application Deadline: March 5, 2025
Earliest Program Start Date: April 1, 2025
You may complete a short Operational Scholar application here: https://redcap.link/RAPID-LHS_application
The application consists of the following components:
- Applicant Information entered into the application form
- Applicant Demographics entered into the application form
- RAPID-LHS Application
- selection of scholar type
- upload chair/chief letter certifying protected time and responsibilities
- selection of operational projects of interest from provided list in the REDCap application form
- upload CV
- upload 1-page career plan on provided template in the REDCap application form
For questions please contact the program manager, Robyn Tamboli, PhD at robyn.tamboli@vumc.org.
updated 1/30/2025