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Independent Scientist Award (ISA) [K02]Complete Description of Guidelines The Independent Scientist Award (ISA) provides salary support to enhance the research capability of individuals who have demonstrated outstanding research potential. These five-year awards are for individuals whose research potential is apparent but who seek additional research experience in a productive scientific environment in order to launch a successful research career. Individuals who receive an ISA are expected to devote at least 75 percent of their time to their research and research-related activities. Most often the award relieves the individual from other duties such as teaching and administrative or other service duties that do not contribute to the candidate's research career development. The award is not intended for the new investigator or for those already established as independent investigators. Awards are made to individuals at research and academic institutions in the United States and provide up to $50,000 of salary support, based on the established salary structure at the applicantís institution. Eligibility and Requirements. Candidates must have demonstrated independent research accomplishments, have had or currently have funded research support, and should normally have five years of postdoctoral research experience. Applicants must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residency at the time of appointment. Persons on temporary or student visas are ineligible. Scope of Support. The award reimburses grantee institutions for salary support up to $50,000 per year plus fringe benefits, when requested. Stipend supplementation is allowed from nonfederal funds. The award is nonrenewable. Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (MCSDA) [K08]The purpose of Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (MCSDA) is to foster the development of clinically trained individuals into independent investigators in the biomedical and behavioral mission areas of the NIDCD. This award provides three to five years of support for mentored research and special study experience tailored to individual needs. By supporting individuals with an interest in academic research careers, this award may bridge the gap between the initial period of postdoctoral study and an independent research career. Eligibility and Requirements. Individuals with M.D. or clinical Ph.D. degrees are eligible. Candidates holding positions of senior academic rank are not eligible. Candidates must have had at least one full year, and preferably two full years, of postdoctoral level research experience before submitting a K08 application. Scope of Support. Salary support of up to $75,000, based on the institutional base salary, and research development support are provided. Support is for three, four or five years, is nonrenewable, and requires a minimum of 75 percent effort. Supplementation is allowed from nonfederal funds. Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award [K23]The purpose of the Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award [K23] is to support the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research. This mechanism provides support for a period of supervised study and research for clinically trained professionals who have the potential to develop into productive, clinical investigators focusing on patient-oriented research. For the purposes of this award, patient-oriented research is defined as research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens, and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects. This area of research includes: 1) mechanisms of human disease; 2) therapeutic interventions; 3) clinical trials, and; 4) the development of new technologies. Eligibility and Requirements. Individuals with M.D. or clinical Ph.D. degrees are eligible. Candidates holding positions of senior academic rank are not eligible. Candidates must have had at least one full year, and preferably two full years, of postdoctoral level research experience before submitting a K23 application. Scope of Support. Salary support of up to $75,000, based on the institutional base salary, and research development support are provided. Support is for three, four or five years, is nonrenewable, and requires a minimum of 75 percent effort. Supplementation is allowed from nonfederal funds. Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24)Complete Description of GuidelinesThe purpose of the Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) is to provide support for clinicians to allow them protected time to commit 25 to 50% effort to patient-oriented research and to act as mentors for beginning clinical investigators. The target candidates are outstanding clinical scientists at the Associate Professor or Professor levels, or at the equivalent levels in nonacademic settings, who have a record of independent research grant funding in patient-oriented research. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their clinical research careers and must be committed to mentoring the next generation of patient-oriented researchers. The award is intended to further both the research and mentoring endeavors of outstanding patient-oriented investigators, to enable them to expand their potential for significant contributions to their field, and to act as mentors for beginning clinician researchers. Eligibility and Requirements. Candidates for this award must have a health-professional doctoral degree or its equivalent. Such degrees include but are not limited to the M.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., O.D., D.C., Pharm.D., N.D. (Doctor of Naturopathy), as well as doctorally prepared nurses. In addition, individuals holding the Ph.D. degree may apply for the award if they normally perform clinical duties. This would include clinical psychologists, clinical geneticists, speech and language pathologists, and other doctoral level clinicians. Candidates must have a record of patient-oriented research and research mentoring. Finally, candidates for this award must be able to demonstrate the need for protected time for a period of intensive research focus to advance their careers and mentoring activities. Candidates are advised to discuss their eligibility with the contacts listed in the INQUIRIES section of this program announcement. Scope of Support. Awards in response to this program announcement will use the K24 mechanism. Planning, direction, and execution of the program will be the responsibility of the candidate on behalf of the applicant institution. The project period may be for up to five years (at least three years are required). Awards are renewable for one additional five-year period if the candidate still meets the stated requirements. Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)Complete Description of GuidelinesA particular area of research is often invigorated by novel perspectives. In an effort to advance research relevant to the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH; which includes basic biomedical, clinical biomedical, bioengineering, bioimaging, and behavioral research), the participating Institutes and Centers solicit applications for the Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25). The K25 mechanism is meant to attract to NIH-relevant research those investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research has thus far not been focused primarily on questions of health and disease. Examples of quantitative scientific and technical backgrounds considered appropriate for this award include, but are not limited to: mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, imaging science, informatics, physics, chemistry, and engineering. The K25 Award will support the career development of such investigators who make a commitment to basic or clinical biomedicine, bioengineering, bioimaging or behavioral research. This award provides support for a period of supervised study and research for productive professionals with quantitative backgrounds who have the potential to integrate their expertise with NIH-relevant research and develop into productive investigators. It is intended for research-oriented investigators from the postdoctoral level to the level of senior faculty. Eligibility and Requirements. The prospective candidate for the Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award will require enhanced skills in the experimental, theoretical and conceptual approaches used in biomedicine, behavioral science, bioimaging or bioengineering. To satisfy this requirement, the candidate should propose a period of study and career development that is complementary to her or his previous research and experience. Scope of Support. Awards in response to this program announcement will use the K25 mechanism. As an applicant, you and your mentor will be solely responsible for planning, directing, and executing the proposed project. The applicant institution must demonstrate its commitment to you and your goals for career development. The project period may be for up to five years with a minimum of three years. Awards are not renewable. K25 application instructions include "JUST IN TIME" streamlining efforts that postpone the collection of certain information until shortly before funding recommendations are made. Mentored Career Development Awards: Change in NIH Policy Concerning Concurrent Support From Career Development Award and a Research Grant (11/14/03)Complete Description of GuidelinesWith this notice, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) modifies its policy on mentored career development awards (K Awards) to allow award recipients to hold concurrent support from their career award and a competing research grant when recognized as a Principal Investigator or subproject Director. Thus mentored career award recipients in the last two years of their support period will be permitted to reduce the level of effort required for the career award and replace that effort with an NIH research grant or subproject provided they remain in a mentored situation. This policy will permit those candidates who are ready to apply for and receive NIH research support to continue to benefit from the period of protected time offered by the career development award. |
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