Physician Scientist Award (Program) (PSA) (K12)
For support to a newly trained clinician appointed by an institution for development of independent research skills and experience in a fundamental science within the framework of an interdisciplinary research and development program.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to support institutional career development awards designed to prepare newly-trained clinicians who have made a commitment to independent research careers, and to facilitate their transition to more advanced support mechanisms, e.g., K08 and K23.
Organization Eligibility
- Eligibility: U.S. domestic institutions
Project Director/ Principal Investigator (PD/PI) Eligibility
- PD/PI U.S. Citizenship Requirement: No
- Career Stage: Established Investigator
Established investigator capable of providing administrative and scientific leadership.
Appointee Eligibility
- Career Stage: Postdoctorate/Residency
U.S. citizen or permanent resident with research or clinical doctoral degree.
Award Information
- Funding Instrument: Grant
- Funding Category: Research Training and Career Development
- Budget Mechanism Code: OR - Other Research Related
Due Dates
The Key Dates section of funding opportunities lists specific due dates. Many opportunities indicate Standard Due Dates apply.
Standard Application Due Dates (when applicable) | Review and Award Cycles | ||||
New | Renewal, Resubmission, Revision as Allowed |
AIDS and AIDS Related Grant Applications |
Scientific Merit Review | Advisory Council Review |
Earliest Start Date |
Participating Funding Organizations
Each funding opportunity specifies the participating organizations. Applications must fit within the mission of at least one participating funding organization and meet all opportunity-specific requirements.
The following funding organizations participate on at least one active funding opportunity.
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
- Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
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