Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 – Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) (PA-24-186)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

Scientific Program Contact: 
Ed Clayton, Ph.D. 
ed.clayton@nih.gov

Neeraj Agarwal, Ph.D.             
agarwalnee@mail.nih.gov

Peer Review Contact:
Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D. 
brian.hoshaw@mail.nih.gov

Grants Management Contact:
Karen Robinson Smith 
karen.robinson.smith@nei.nih.gov

NEI Specific Information:

NEI will accept applications for funding that are responsive to programmatic priority areas for research within vision and ophthalmology as detailed in the (NEI Strategic Plan: Vision for the Future (PDF 22.5 MB). 

NEI utilizes the K25 program to attract and support research-oriented investigators with quantitative science and engineering backgrounds but without experience in biomedical research who wish to focus on and apply their skills to areas supported by NEI.

NEI will only accept Minimal Risk Clinical Trials” under this FOA. "Minimal risk" means that the probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort anticipated in the research are not greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine physical or psychological examinations or tests.

Clinician scientists seeking experience in the conduct of clinical trials or clinical studies should instead propose an ancillary study within an on-going research program. NEI policy regarding support of clinical trials and large multi-centered clinical studies is described at the link below: /grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-EY-09-001.html.

NEI has a 6-year limit of cumulative support on institutional (K12, KL2) and individual mentored K awards (K01, K08, K23).

 
Salary Support: Up to the legislative cap plus fringe benefits per year. 
Research Support: Up to $25,000 per year but with sufficient justification can request up to $50,000 per year. 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 
 
Scientific Program Contact: 
NIAAA Staff Contact 
  
Grants Management Contact: 
Judy Fox 
Phone: (301) 443-4704 
Email: jfox@mail.nih.gov

Lauren Early 
Phone: (301) 443-2434 
Email: lauren.early@nih.gov

NIAAA Specific Information: 

NIAAA supports faculty level early-stage investigator and new investigator development under this announcement. Applicants are encouraged to refer to the NIAAA Strategic Plan for NIAAA research priorities. Applicants are to comply with the NIH and NIAAA Data Management and Sharing policies, NOT-OD-21-013 and NOT-AA-23-001. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the appropriate NIAAA staff contact prior to preparing an application.

• All applications must include a strong and credible plan for the applicant’s transition to research independence, outlining milestones and providing evidence of significant institutional commitment to the development of the K applicant as an independent researcher at the sponsoring institution.
• Candidates with less than 4 years of post-doctoral research experience, who are enrolled in the T32 training programs are strongly encouraged to apply for a K99/R00 award.
• At the time of award, the candidate must have a secured full-time faculty or faculty equivalent appointment in an appropriate research-intensive environment. 

Salary Support: Up to $100,000 plus fringe benefits per year, commensurate with the applicant institution’s salary structure for persons of equivalent qualifications, experience, and rank. Institutional Base Salary will be verified at the time of award. 
Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.

NICHD Specific Information:

NICHD offers fellowships, training grants, and career development awards in areas relevant NICHD’s mission, including normal and abnormal human development; male and female fertility and infertility; developing and evaluating contraceptive methods; pregnancy and childbirth; prenatal and postnatal development; childhood development and behavior through adolescence;  improving the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals for use in pregnant women, infants, and children;  HIV infection and transmission, AIDS, and associated infections; pediatric growth and endocrine research; developmental biology and typical and atypical development; intellectual and developmental disabilities; reproductive biology and medicine; gynecologic health conditions, including pelvic floor disorders; childhood injury and critical illness; population dynamics; and medical rehabilitation.  More detailed information and Program Staff contacts may be found at:  https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/der/branches, and for the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research at: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/ncmrr/Pages/overview.aspx.

NICHD has a 6-year limit of cumulative support on institutional K awards (e.g., K12, KL2) and individual mentored K awards (e.g., K01, K08, K23, K25).
 
Salary Support: Up to $75,000 plus fringe benefits per year.
Research Support: Up to $25,000 per year.
 

NIDCD Specific Information:   
 
NIDCD uses the K25 program to support individuals with quantitative scientific and engineering backgrounds without sustained involvement in biomedical or behavioral research who wish to focus their research in areas supported by NIDCD.  

• Application must demonstrate its contribution to NIDCD and its fit to NIDCD's Mission, Research Priorities, and Strategic Plan.
• Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide clear evidence that adequate resources are available at the institution for the successful completion of the proposed research project.
• Applications should include explicit statements from the institution and the mentor(s) addressing the following:
  • Detailed information about who will provide the necessary resources;
  • Funding source and amount of additional funding (as needed);
  • Support staff available and committed to the project;
  • Availability of biostatistical support for the duration of the study - including the planning period; and
  • A contingency plan (for the institution and mentor) for completion of the study in the event the awardee leaves the institution earlier than the end date of the award.

 
Salary Support: Up to $80,000 plus fringe benefits per year.
Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.

NIDCR Specific Information:
 
NIDCR supports mentored research training and career development of clinician (DDS/DMD/MD, etc.) scientists proposing dental, oral and craniofacial research that align with the NIDCR Strategic Plan. Dentists may use the award to pursue graduate research training that results in a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree. Clinical activities, including part-time specialty training, may be accommodated in any remaining effort (up to 25% full time professional effort) not devoted to the research career development activities.  

For the Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed), please refer to  NIDCR Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Applications of Data Science in Translational Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research NOT-DE-23-002 calling for a variety of data science-oriented projects focused on developing and using data and data science resources, methods, and tools for dental, oral, and craniofacial (DOC) research.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact NIDCR to discuss eligibility, the relevance of the proposed research to NIDCR’s current clinical research priorities, and for guidance on the proposed research and career development plans.

Salary Support: Up to $100,000 plus fringe benefits per year.
Research Support: Up to $25,000 per year.
 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Scientific Program Contact: 
Carol Shreffler, Ph.D. 
Phone: (984) 287-3322 
Email: Shreffl1@niehs.nih.gov 

Grants Management Contact 
Lisa A. Edwards 
Phone: (984) 287-3258 
Email: archer@niehs.nih.gov

NIEHS Specific Information:

Eligibility: This program is intended to support applicants engaged in patient- oriented research with a clinical doctoral degree, who are licensed to practice in the United States, and who are currently devoting time and effort to clinical duties.    A copy of active U.S. licensure must be included in the application. The candidate must maintain an active clinical license during the K23 award.   Candidates are required to devote a minimum of 9 person months (75%) full-time professional effort to the K23 award.  Exceptions for certain specialties or other special circumstances must be requested in writing to the program contact at least 12 weeks prior to the submission of the application. 
NIEHS limits the cumulative support on institutional and mentored Ks (e.g., K12 or KL2 plus the K23) to six years.

The Career Development and Research Plan must be consistent with the research interests of NIEHS. For further information on the research interests of the Institute, please see:  https://www.niehs.nih.gov/.

Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the program official identified in the contact table before preparing an application to discuss eligibility requirements and the relevance of the proposed research to the Institute’s research priorities.

Salary Support: Up to legislated cap, plus fringe benefits per year. 
Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year.

NIMH Specific Information:

The NIMH supports a broad spectrum of basic and translational research, including basic neuroscience, human genetics, adult and developmental translational research, services and intervention research, and AIDS-related research (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/organization/nimh-extramural-research-programs.shtml). 

• Eligibility for the K23 is limited to individuals with no more than 6 years of postdoctoral research experience at the time of application (either the initial or resubmission application). NIMH encourages applicants to limit the requested support to no more than four years. The requested duration of support should be appropriately justified, taking into consideration prior research experience and the proposed mentored career development goals that are essential for developing an independent, NIMH-funded research program.
  See NOT-MH-22-310 and http://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/training/career-development-programs-k-series.shtml for further details about NIMH's support for K programs.
• An application must include a strong and credible plan for the candidate's transition to research independence, including milestones, and evidence of significant institutional commitment to the continued development of the K23 candidate as an independent researcher at the applicant institution. Applicants are expected to plan to apply for independent research support during the later years of their mentored career award.
• It is recommended that NIMH mentored K applicants proposing research experience with clinical trials review the following guidance: (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/training/career-development-programs-k-series.shtml#12).
• Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Institute career development staff (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/training/contacts-for-research-training-and-career-development-programs.shtml) before preparing an application to discuss the relevance of the proposed research to the Institute's current research priorities and for guidance on the proposed research and career development plans.
• Candidates (other than neurosurgeons) must devote a minimum of 75% full time professional effort to research and career development activities associated with the K award. Neurosurgeons must devote a minimum of 50% full time professional effort to research and career development activities associated with the K award.

Salary Support: Up to $100,000 plus fringe benefits per year.
Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.

National Eye Institute (NEI)

Scientific Program Contact: 
Ed Clayton, Ph.D.
Email: ed.clayton@nih.gov

Neeraj Agarwal, Ph.D.
Email: agarwalnee@mail.nih.gov 
 
Peer Review Contact:
Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D. 
Email: brian.hoshaw@mail.nih.gov

Grants Management Contact:
Karen Robinson Smith 
Email: karen.robinson.smith@nei.nih.gov 

NEI Specific Information:

NEI will accept applications for funding that are responsive to programmatic priority areas for research within vision and ophthalmology as detailed in the NEI Strategic Plan: Vision for the Future (PDF 22.5 MB). 
 
Eligibility: Eligible candidates must have a health professional doctoral degree, such as the M.D., M.D./PhD; D.O., D.O./PhD; O.D.; O.D./PhD; D.V.M., D.V.M/PhD; or equivalent degree, and a professional clinical license to practice medicine in the United States. Candidates are required to devote a minimum of 75% full-time professional effort to the K- award.  A copy of active U.S. licensure must be included in the application. Scholars who are ophthalmic surgeons may request between 6 and 9 person-months (50% to 75%) of full-time professional effort conducting research and career development activities.

NEI has a 6-year limit of cumulative support on institutional and mentored Ks (e.g., K12 or KL2 plus the individual K23).

NEI will only accept Minimal Risk Clinical Trials” under this FOA. "Minimal risk" means that the probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort anticipated in the research are not greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine physical or psychological examinations or tests. 
Clinician scientists seeking experience in the conduct of clinical trials or clinical studies should instead propose an ancillary study within an on-going research program. NEI policy regarding support of clinical trials and large multi-centered clinical studies is described at the link below: /grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-EY-09-001.html.

Salary Support: Up to the legislative cap plus fringe benefits per year. 
Research Support: Up to $25,000 per year, but with sufficient justification can be up to $50,000 per year.

NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS)

ODSS program contact: 
Bryan Kim Ph.D.
Email: bryan.kim@nih.gov

Office of Data Science Strategy Specific Information:

The NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) is committed to growing a strong and diverse data science community and ensuring that data science advances in biomedical and health research can benefit all populations. ODSS is interested in supporting Career Development Award projects in data science areas including but not limited to: artificial intelligence, clinical informatics, cloud computing, statistics, computational science, software design and programming, bioinformatics, visualization, machine learning, predictive analytics, supercomputing, modeling and simulation, digital health, data sharing and access, data management, data security and data privacy in human subject’s research, and research ethics and integrity. Applications are strongly encouraged from individuals from diverse backgrounds, including from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences, in alignment with the Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity (NOT-OD-20-031).

Office of Research on Women’s Health

Scientific Program Contact: 
Carolyn Bondar, Ph.D. 
Phone: (301) 824-7194 
Email: carolyn.bondar@nih.gov

ORWH Specific Information:

ORWH focuses on advancing research that is relevant to the health of women and supporting women in biomedical careers. Applicants should ensure their proposed work intersects with the goals, objectives, and guiding principles of the trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research (https://orwh.od.nih.gov/about/trans-nih-strategic-plan-womens-health-research). ORWH does not award grants but co-funds applications and research projects that have received an award from one of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers listed in the announcement. Visit the ORWH website (https://orwh.od.nih.gov/) or contact the appropriate ORWH staff to learn more.