Certificate Application

Postdoctoral Applicants

• Entrants must have an MD, PhD, MSN, VMD, or DMD level degree.

Predoctoral Applicants

• Entrants must be students who are enrolled in a graduate degree program at Penn.

The Online Certificate Application requires the following items which are uploaded in the Supporting Documents section:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Personal statement: a one page description of career goals that includes a description of how the certificate meets your educational objectives.  Please note in your statement if you are applying for an ITMAT Funding. award.
• Transcripts

If you are applying for ITMAT Funding, the following are also required:

• Research plan: 1-page description of proposed research project
  • Entrepreneurial Certificate: project should emphasize innovation with the potential to commercialize
• Three letters of support from the applicant's:
  • Primary research mentor (send them the guidelines below)
  • Secondary/co-mentor if applicable, or faculty member who can speak to your suitability for the Certificate program and/or experience in research
  • Third faculty member who can speak to your suitability for the Certificate program and/or experience in research

• Letters of Support requests are sent in the the References Section of the application. Applicants should:

  • communicate with their letter writers to let them know they will receive requests with instructions to upload letters via the application system.

  • input recommender information and send the letter requests via the application system as soon as possible upon starting the application. These requests can be sent while your application is in progress.

  • contact the program office if you have questions or issues adding your recommenders (mmaxwell@upenn.edu). 
• NOTE: Certificate applicants may only apply for T32 awards and are not eligible for the ITMAT Scholarship

1. The commitment to mentor the candidate
2. The suitability of the trainee's education objectives for stated career goals
3. The feasibility and relevance of stated area of research to be undertaken during the program to include:
   • The resources available to complete the research
   • The availability of collaborative relationships that may be required to undertake the research question
4. Mentor's prior experience mentoring translational research trainees
5. Add an appendix: Mentor's biosketch and other support

The federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, as amended, requires colleges and universities to provide information related to security policies and procedures and specific statistics for criminal incidents, arrests, and disciplinary referrals to students and employees, and to make the information and statistics available to prospective students and employees upon request.  The Campus SaVE Act of 2013 expanded these requirements to include information on and resources related to crimes of interpersonal violence, including dating violence, domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault. Federal law also requires institutions with on-campus housing to share an annual fire report with the campus community. 

In addition, the Uniform Crime Reporting Act requires Pennsylvania colleges and universities to provide information related to security policies and procedures to students, employees and applicants; to provide certain crime statistics to students and employees; and to make those statistics available to applicants and prospective employees upon request. 

To review the University’s most recent annual report containing this information, please visit: https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/clery/annual-security-fire-safety-report/ or http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/crimes-index.html.

You may request a paper copy of the report by calling the Office of the Vice President for Public Safety and Superintendent of Penn Police at 215-898-7515 or by emailing vp@publicsafety.upenn.edu.