Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-24-188)

NIH Institute or Center Contacts		Institute/Center Specific Information
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Scientific Program Contact: Lanay Mudd, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 594-9346 Email: lanay.mudd@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Shelley Carow Phone: (301) 594-3788 Email: CarowS@mail.nih.gov		NCCIH Specific Information: NCCIH uses the K24 program to support midcareer investigators interested in mentoring new/early-stage investigators in clinical patient-oriented research. Before the application receipt date, investigators are strongly encouraged to discuss their proposed research interest with an NCCIH Program Officer in the specific scientific area and/or intervention that is closely-related to the proposed project to confirm its relevance to NCCIH's mission and research priorities. A list of NCCIH program officials can be found at http://NCCIH.nih.gov/grants/contact#area. NCCIH requires applicants to demonstrate a partnership with a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutional Consortium, which will provide resources to facilitate the development of beginning clinical investigators. The K24 applicant is required to have at least one active, independent, peer-reviewed R01 or R01-like grant funding, which includes peer-reviewed research grants from other federal sources, private foundations, or industry at the time of application. The PI is expected to maintain such research grant support during the project period. Applications should describe a research plan that focuses on mentoring opportunities for junior clinical researchers, utilizing currently funded research and previously collected datasets. New research may also be proposed but should be clearly related to mentoring activities. Additional information about NCCIH’s use of the K24 is available at: http://NCCIH.nih.gov/grants/K24supplement.htm Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Scientific Program Contact: Stephanie Webb, Ph.D. (301) 827-7992 Email: stephanie.webb@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Taryn Cobb Phone: (301) 827-8025 Email: cobbt@mail.nih.gov		NHLBI Specific Information: NHLBI will provide PI salary support of 25% or 3.0 calendar months’ effort up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year. Applications requesting more than 3.0 calendar months of PI salary support will not be reviewed. A K24 award may be renewed one time by NHLBI. An individual may not receive more than a total of 10 years of K24 funding (new and renewal). See NOT-HL-16-442. Individual Eligibility: At the time of application, individuals who are associate professors or full professors within 10 years of their appointment as an Associate Professor are eligible to submit a new NHLBI K24 application. The NHLBI will consider requests to extend the eligibility period for reasons that can include medical concerns, disability, family care responsibilities, natural disasters, and active-duty military service. In general, the NHLBI will extend eligibility for a period equivalent to the time away from faculty service. Extensions related to periods of part-time status normally will be prorated to reflect the actual time away from faculty service and normally will be considered only when the appointment is reduced by 50% or more for a sustained period of time. At the time of application submission, K24 applicants are required to have active, independent (as PI or MPI), peer-reviewed R01 or R01-like grant funding (including peer-reviewed research grants from other federal sources, private foundations, or industry) that supports research within the programmatic purview of NHLBI. It is highly recommended that prospective applicants contact the program representative to confirm their work is appropriate for NHLBI. Grants under a no-cost extension do not qualify. The PI is expected to maintain such research grant support during the project period. The NHLBI will accept an application from an eligible individual that proposes a plan for training early clinician scientists to conduct Patient-Oriented clinical, biomedical or behavioral research aligned with NHLBI’s mission areas, which include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic health and diseases, sleep disorders, circadian biology, or transfusion medicine. For the definition of Patient-Oriented Research see the Funding Opportunity Description section of the Parent Announcement. It is incumbent on the applicant to clearly describe opportunities for the mentees to receive training in patient-oriented research, which must include direct interaction with patients or other human participants. NHLBI encourages, but does not require, Mid-Career Investigator Award applications that propose a plan for mentored training of junior investigators in patient oriented research using data science methods, including, but not limited to, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Healthcare Data Analytics, Public Health Data Analytics, Imaging Analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Bioinformatics, for the creation, management, analysis, and integration of complex, large data sets in support of data-driven discovery in heart, lung, blood, and sleep health and disease. Proposals must meet patient-oriented research requirements and all other requirements specified in the parent announcement. Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25% effort. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
National Institute on Aging (NIA) Scientific Program Contact: Laura Major, DrPH Email: NIATraining@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Jessi Perez, NIA Phone: 301.402.7739 Email: jessi.perez@nih.gov		NIA Specific Information: For additional information, please go to: https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/training/k24-midcareer-investigator-awards-patient-oriented-research Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: 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 mid-career health-professional doctorates or equivalent who are typically at the Associate Professor level 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.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Scientific Program Contact: Jyothi Arikkath, PhD Phone: 301-594-5945 Mail: AITrainingHelpDesk@niaid.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Tamia Powell Phone: 240-669-2982 Email: Tamia.Powell@nih.gov		NIAID Specific Information: The K24 applicant is required to have an active, independent, peer-reviewed R01 or R01-like grant funding, which includes peer-reviewed research grants from other federal sources, private foundations, or industry at the time of application. The PD/PI is expected to maintain such research grant support during the project period. Only applicants at ranks of Associate Professor or equivalent and who have completed their terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, whichever date is later, within the past 15 years, are eligible to apply. Effective for application due dates on or after June 12, 2024, NIAID will no longer accept renewal (Type 2) applications for this mechanism. For more information see the NIAID web page, See https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/career-development-awards for more details on NIAID Career Development Awards. Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Scientific Program Contact: Email: NIAMSTraining@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Yen Thach Phone: (301) 594-3505 Email: thachy@mail.nih.gov		NIAMS Specific Information: Information about NIAMS funding mechanisms is available at http://www.niams.nih.gov/Funding/Funding_Opportunities/activity_codes.asp. Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Scientific Program Contact: Alberto L. Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 496-1804 Email: riverara@nidcd.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Christopher Myers Phone: (301) 402-0909 Email: myersc@mail.nih.gov		NIDCD Specific Information: NIDCD uses the K24 to support well-established research investigators in an area of research supported by the NIDCD and with active, peer-reviewed, independent research support from the NIDCD at the time of submission interested in mentoring the next generation of basic, clinical and translational investigators in NIDCD’s research areas. Applicants must have mid-career faculty appointment at the associate professor level or higher. Applicants must be part of a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) that will provide resources to facilitate the development of beginning clinical investigators. Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Scientific Program Contact: Lindsey Friend, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 402-1428 Email: NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Ericka Wells Phone: (301) 827-6705 Email: ericka.wells@nih.gov		NIDA Specific Information: NIDA encourages research investigators with an active, peer-reviewed, and independently supported research program in the field of substance use/substance use disorders to consider mentoring the next generation of patient-oriented researchers while also enhancing their own research programs using the K24 mechanism. Applicants must have a mid-career faculty appointment at the Associate Professor level or higher. NIDA limits support under this mechanism to 10 aggregate years; thus, if an applicant has had 5 years of K24 support from another NIH IC, the applicant will be eligible for only 5 years of K24 support from NIDA. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact NIDA program staff to determine eligibility and to discuss their interests in this program. Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year. Examples include supplies, equipment, technical personnel, travel, and statistical services.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Scientific Program Contact: Carol Shreffler, Ph.D. Phone: (919) 541-1445 Email: Shreffl1@niehs.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Lisa A. Edwards Phone: (984) 287-3258 Email: archer@niehs.nih.gov		NIEHS Specific Information: NIEHS accepts new applications from mid-career investigators who have active, peer reviewed, independent research support in patient- oriented research (R01 or R01-like grant funding or peer-reviewed research grants from other federal sources, private foundations, or industry) in areas within the NIEHS mission. The PI is expected to maintain such research grant support during the project period. Mentoring programs proposed in the K24 application should be designed to increase the number of clinically trained scientists with research interests in the environmental health sciences. 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 the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Scientific Program Contact: Mark Chavez, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 443-8942 Email: mchavez1@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Rita Sisco Phone: (301) 443-2805 Email: siscor@mail.nih.gov		NIMH Specific Information: NIMH encourages outstanding mentors, with national reputations in an area of research supported by the NIMH and with active, peer-reviewed, independent research support from the NIMH at the time of submission, to apply for a K24 award. Applicants are typically mid-career faculty at the associate professor level. NIMH will not accept new or resubmission applications from full professors. Applicants must describe their current commitments and justify the need for additional protected research and mentoring time. They must also describe their qualifications to serve as a mentor in patient-oriented research and explain how the K24 award will enable mentoring activities that are above and beyond normal expectations for the applicant's position. The K24 award is intended to promote mentoring of patient-oriented researchers. The award may not be used to support mentoring that is associated with the PI's on-going research projects or to support mentoring of clinical training. To be eligible, the applicant must be one of the named PIs on an active NIMH R01, R37, P01, P20, P30, P50, UM1, U01, U10, U19, or U54 grant. Investigators who are subproject investigators on NIMH P or U series grants, or who are principal investigators on a subcontract of any other grant mechanism, are not eligible. At the time of the K24 award, sufficient time should remain on the qualifying NIMH research project grant that the K24 project period will overlap by at least two years with the NIMH research project grant support (excluding any period of no-cost extension). If the K24 project period will exceed the project period of funded, independent research grant support, a plan for continued independent research support should be provided in the K24 application. If support for the qualifying NIMH research project grant lapses during the K24 project period, the K24 support may be continued for one year after the lapse in funding to allow for a resubmission of the qualifying research application. If the resubmission is unsuccessful, NIMH may terminate the K24 award at that time. See http://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/training/career-development-programs-k-series.shtml for information about NIMH’s support for K programs. NIMH will not accept renewal (Type 2) K24 applications. Scientists who hold a position with committed salary support for research or whose primary responsibility is administrative must demonstrate a compelling need for a K24 award. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact their NIMH program officer to discuss their interests in this program. Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Scientific Program Contacts: For initial inquiries contact: NIMHDtraining@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Priscilla Grant, JD Phone: (301) 594-8412 Email: pg38h@nih.gov		NIMHD Specific Information: NIMHD K24 awards provide support to mid-career health professionals with doctoral or equivalent degrees for protected time to devote to patient-oriented research and to act as research mentors primarily for clinical residents, clinical fellows and/or junior clinical faculty. The K24 applicant (new or renewal) is required to have active, independent (as PI or MPI), peer-reviewed R01 or R01-like grant funding (including peer-reviewed research grants from other federal sources, private foundations, or industry) that supports research within the programmatic purview of NIMHD (see Research Interest Areas). Grants in no cost extension do not meet that requirement. The PI is expected to maintain such research grant support during the project period. Individual Eligibility: At the time of application, individuals who are Associate Professors or Full Professors within 10 years of their appointment as an Associate Professor are eligible to submit a new or resubmitted NIMHD K24 application. The NIMHD will consider requests to extend the eligibility period for reasons that can include medical concerns, disability, family care responsibilities, natural disasters, and active duty military service. It is highly recommended that prospective applicants contact the program representative 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 the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25% effort (i.e., 3.0 calendar months). Applications requesting more than 3.0 calendar months of PI salary support will not be reviewed. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Scientific Program Contact: Mary Elizabeth (Libbey) Bowen, PhD Phone: 301-841-5345 Email: libbey.bowen@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Randi Freundlich, RD Phone: (301) 594-5974 Email: freundlichr@mail.nih.gov		NINR Specific Information: NINR uses the K24 to enable mid-career clinical investigators who are typically at the Associate Professor level, who have their own independent, peer-reviewed research support, to provide mentoring to junior clinical investigators (e.g., residents, fellows, K23 grantees) that supports the career development of these junior investigators. Applications must have a clear focus in science areas related to the NINR mission, which is to lead nursing research to solve pressing health challenges and inform practice and policy – optimizing health and advancing health equity into the future. Applicants should also consider NINR prioritizes research framed through five lenses detailed in the NINR Strategic Plan. Individual Eligibility: At the time of application, individuals who are associate professors and within 10 years of their appointment as an Associate Professor are eligible to submit a new or resubmitted NINR K24 application. The NINR will consider requests to extend the eligibility period for reasons that can include medical concerns, disability, family care responsibilities, natural disasters, and active duty military service. The K24 applicant is required to have an active R01 or R01-equivalent grant with at least 2 years remaining in the grant period. R01-equivalent grant includes peer-reviewed research grants from other federal sources, private foundations, or industry at the time of application. Grants under a no-cost extension do not qualify. The K24 PI is expected to maintain such research grant support during the project period. Salary Support: Up to the maximum legislative salary cap plus fringe benefits per year, for 25-50% effort. Research Support: 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.