CCLCM Application Requirements
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Appointments
  • APPROXIMATE Time Frame
    (months from submission to approval)
  • Reputation



  • ELIGIBILITY



  • Nomination letter
  • CANDIDATE REQUEST letter
  • CV
  • Personal
    Statement
  • Colleague
    RefereES 
    (amount to submit)
  • External
    Referees 
    (amount to submit)
  • Trainee
    Referees
    (amount to submit)
  • Terminal Degree (MD, PhD, DO, MBBS, PharmD, JD, etc.)
  • Journal publications
  • Educator portfolio
  • Teaching Evaluations
    & Evaluation Summary

  • Instructor*

    • 6 to 9
    • No reputation required;
      pursuing academic medicine
      as a Research Associate in Lerner Research Institute
    • Employment FTE is equal to or
      greater than 0.5 and a terminal degree (greater than master’s)

    • Required
    • Candidate Request Letter Template
    • CCLCM CV Template
    • None
    • 6 Colleague Names
    • None
    • None
    • Required
    • None
    • None
    • None

  • Assistant Professor

    • 6 to 9
    • No reputation required; pursuing
      academic medicine (professional
      service, research, and
      education/teaching)
    • Employment FTE is equal to or
      greater than 0.5 and a terminal degree (greater than master’s)

    • Required
    • Candidate Request Letter Template
    • CCLCM CV Template 
    • None
    • 6 Colleague Names
    • None
    • None
    • Required
    • None
    • None
    • None

  • Associate Professor

    • 12 to 18+
    • U.S. Regional or emerging U.S. National reputation; actively involved in academic medicine (professional service, research, and education/teaching)  
    • Employment FTE is equal to or
      greater than 0.5 and a terminal degree (greater than master’s)

    • Required
    • Candidate Request Letter Template
    • CCLCM CV Template 
    • CCLCM Regular Track
      PS Template
    • 5 Colleague Names
    • 14 External Names
      -must be Professor
      or NIH Senior Investigator

    • 8 Trainee Names
    • Required
    • Required - 3 to 5
    • Optional - only required if Education/Teaching is primary
    • Optional - only required if Education/Teaching is primary

  • Professor

    • 12 to 18+
    • U.S. National, sustained or enhanced reputation; thoroughly involved in
      academic medicine (professional service, research, and education/teaching
    • Employment FTE is equal to or
      greater than 0.5 and a terminal degree (greater than master’s)

    • Required
    • Candidate Request Letter Template
    • CCLCM CV Template 
    • CCLCM Regular Track
      PS Template
    • 5 Colleague Names
    • 14 External Names
      -must be Professor
      or NIH Senior Investigator

    • 8 Trainee Names
    • Required
    • Required - 3 to 5
    • Optional - only required if Education/Teaching is primary
    • Optional - only required if Education/Teaching is primary

  • Promotion to Associate Professor or Professor 

    • 12 to 18+
    • Refer to required reputation under Associate Professor or Professor


    • Employment FTE is equal to or
      greater than 0.5 and a terminal degree (greater than master’s)

    • Required
    • None
    • CCLCM CV Template
    • CCLCM Regular Track
      PS Template
    • 5 Colleague Names
    • 14 External Names
      (8 candidate picks & 6 chair
      picks) -must be Professor
      or NIH Senior Investigator
    • 8 Trainee Names
    • None
    • Required - 3 to 5
    • Optional - only required if Education/Teaching is primary
    • Required
      -from past 3 years
*The following ranks are not eligible for emeritus: All ranks with the prefix Adjunct, Clinical Instructor, Instructor.