Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08) (PA-16-191)

National Cancer Institute (NCI) 

Scientific Program Contact:
Susan Lim, Ph.D
Email: [email protected]

Sergei Radaev, Ph.D
Email: [email protected]
 

Grants Management Contact:
Marianne Galczynsk
Email:[email protected]
Phone: 240-276-5588
 

NCI-Specific Information:

Beginning with applications due on June 12, 2017, the NCI K08 award provides support and "protected time" to non-tenured early career stage clinician-scientists interested in mentored Basic,Translational, and/or Patient-Oriented cancer research. See NOT-CA-17-042 and NOT-CA-17-043 for detail.

Eligible candidates must have a clinical degree and perform clinical duties. A copy of active licensure must be included as other attachment in the application. 

For Diversity Career Development Awards, please see the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) at http://crchd.cancer.gov/diversity/cure-overview.html.

Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the Program Director to discuss various potential awards.

Additional NCI-specific information/requirements can be found at: http://www.cancer.gov/grants-training/training/funding/K08.

Salary Support: Up to the legislative salary cap (/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm) plus fringe benefits per year.
Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.

NHLBI Specific Information:

NHLBI has a 6 year limit of cumulative support on institutional and mentored Ks (e.g., K12 or KL2 plus the K08).
Eligibility: Candidates must have a health professional doctoral degree, such as the M.D., D.O., D.V.M., or equivalent degree, and a professional license to practice in the United States.  Documentation of active licensure should be included in the application.
Advisory Committee: NHLBI strongly encourages K08 candidates to include an Advisory Committee composed of the candidate's mentor(s) and two or three other senior faculty members.  If the candidate does not propose an Advisory Committee, she/he should document which individuals are available to cover all areas of expertise that are required for the research plan and career development.
Concurrent Competing Applications: K08 applicants may not hold any other Federal or non-Federal equivalent salary award, such as the American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant.

Application Material: NHLBI suggests that K08 applications include biographical sketches of the collaborators and consultants.

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

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Scientific Program Contact:
Heather A. Junkins, M.S.
Email: [email protected]

Grants Management Contact:
Deanna Ingersoll
Phone:  301-435-7858
Email:  [email protected]

NHGRI Specific Information:

Based on a training workshop in April 2013 with subsequent follow up with NHGRI's Council, NHGRI has re-defined the goals for its research and training and career development programs. NHGRI will participate in the K08 with a focus on genomic medicine: For details, consult Notice NOT-HG-14-019 located at: NOT-HG-14-019.

Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Program Directors to discuss their concept for this initiative during the development stages of the application.
 

Awardees and their mentors are strongly encouraged to attend at least one annual NHGRI trainee networking meeting while supported on the K08. Travel for the awardee and mentor may be requested.
 

Salary Support: Up to the current legislative cap, plus fringe benefits, per year, commensurate with the applicant institution's salary structure for persons of equivalent qualifications, experience, and rank.

Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year

In addition to Research Support, awardees and their mentors are strongly encouraged to attend at least one NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting while supported on the K08.  Travel for the awardee and mentor may be requested up to $1500 each per NHGRI meeting.
 

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Scientific Program Contact:
Dennis A. Twombly, Ph.D.
Phone:  301-451-3371
Email:  [email protected]

Grants Management Contact:
Bryan S. Clark, MBA 
Phone: (301) 435-6975
Email: [email protected]

NICHD Specific Information:

NICHD offers fellowships and career development awards in research areas relevant to the institute's scientific objectives.  The general mission of NICHD is to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes, and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives.  In pursuit of these goals, NICHD supports a broad spectrum of research on normal and abnormal human development, including contraception, fertilization, pregnancy, childbirth, prenatal and postnatal development, and childhood development through adolescence.  The mission areas also include research on intellectual and developmental disabilities and rehabilitation medicine.  More detailed information can be found at: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/by-nichd/pages/index.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 $100,000 plus fringe benefits per year.

Research Support: Up to $25,000 per year.

NIDCD Specific Information:

NIDCD uses the K08 program to support individuals with a clinical/health-professional doctorate interested in supervised career development experiences in basic clinical research (not in patient-oriented research) that lead to research independence in biomedical, behavioral, or translational fields.

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

NIDCR Specific Information:

NIDCR sponsors the K08 Career Development Award to ensure training of highly qualified dentists or other clinicians in oral health research relevant to the NIDCR Strategic Plan. The prospective candidate must have a DDS, DMD, MD or other clinical doctoral degree. The award may be used by dentists who wish to pursue a graduate research training program that results in the Ph.D. degree. Health professionals with a doctoral degree may use the award for postdoctoral research training. The intent of this program is to support the development of independent research careers of clinician-scientists. The NIDCR will not provide support for clinical specialty training under this program.

Individuals who have been appointed to a tenure-track faculty position supported by a NIH P30 program are not eligible to apply for a mentored NIDCR Career Development Award.

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

Research Support: Up to $25,000 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 K08 is limited to individuals with no more than 6 years of postdoctoral experience at the time of application (either the initial or resubmission application). The NIMH will generally limit support to no more than 4 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-13-001 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 K08 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.

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.

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

Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.

NINDS Specific Information:

This program is intended to support applicants with a clinical doctoral degree, who are licensed to practice clinically, who are within 3 years of completing their clinical training (which is defined as sequential years of residency training and clinical fellowships). Applicants who are beyond 3 years post clinical training must obtain prior written approval from Director of Training and Career Development to be eligible for this program. Please see the NINDS training website for additional NINDS-specific information: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/areas/training_and_career_development/index.htm.

Candidates for the K08 (other than neurosurgeons) must devote a minimum of 75% full time professional effort to research and career development activities associated with the K award. The letter of institutional commitment should include a description of the candidate's non-research responsibilities according to the following: 1/2 day = 10% of the 5 day workweek, 1 month = 8% of the year, time on call for clinical duty is not protected time for research.

Neurosurgeons must devote a minimum of 50% full time professional effort to research and career development activities associated with the K award. The letter of institutional commitment should describe, as above, the specific allocation of time (on a weekly and/or monthly basis) devoted to K award activities and clinical and other non-K award activities.

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

Research Support: Up to $51,000 per year.

NCCIH Specific Information:

NCCIH uses the K08 program to support individuals with a clinical/health-professional doctorate in supervised career development experiences in biomedical, behavioral, or translational fields that lead to research independence.

• 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. 
• Applications proposing the use of natural products or devices in an interventional research project should explicitly describe the status of the Investigational New Drug (IND) or Investigational Device Exemption (IDE). Applicants interested in natural products research are encouraged to review NCCIH's Natural Product Integrity Policy.
• 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 (particularly those proposing a human research project or proposing additional or new recruitment in conjunction with an existing clinical study) should include explicit statements from the institution and the mentor(s) addressing the following:
  1. Detailed information about who will provide the necessary resources;
  2. Funding source and amount of additional funding (as needed);
  3. Support staff available and committed to the project;
  4. Allocation of sufficient protected time for the K awardee to conduct the research;
  5. Availability of biostatistical support for the duration of the study - including the planning period; and
  6. 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 $100,000 plus fringe benefits per year.
Research Support: Up to $25,000 per year.