Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25) (PA-16-194)

Table of IC-Specific Information, Requirements and Staff Contacts

Release Date: April 19, 2016
Expiration Date: January 8, 2018

NIH Institute or Center Contacts	Institute/Center Specific Information
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Scientific Program Contact: Wayne C. Wang, Ph.D. (responding for all NHLBI programmatic Divisions) Phone: (301) 435-0535 Email: wangwc@nhlbi.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Mr. Mark Wilkison Phone: (301) 435-0184 Email: wilkisonm@nhlbi.nih.gov	NHLBI Specific Information: Please refer to http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/training/index.htm for specific information on NHLBI programs and career development policies. NHLBI has a 6 year limit of cumulative support on institutional and mentored Ks (e.g., K12 or KL2 plus the K25). Salary Support: Up to $100,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year.
National Institute on Aging (NIA) Scientific Program Contact: Shahrooz Vahedi, PhD Phone: 301-496-9322 Email: shahrooz.vahedi@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Ms. Traci Lafferty, NIA Phone: (301) 496-1472 Email: laffertt@mail.nih.gov	NIA Specific Information: See: http://www.nia.nih.gov/research/dea/research-training-and-career-award-support. Salary Support: Up to 75,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Scientific Program Contact: John Matochik, Ph.D. Phone: 301-451-7319 Email: jmatochi@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Judy Fox Phone: (301) 443-4704 Email: jfox@mail.nih.gov	NIAAA Specific Information: NIAAA sponsors a variety of fellowships and career development programs to ensure the training of highly qualified investigators in alcohol-related research. Training opportunities under this announcement include mentored research in the social, behavioral, biological and mathematical sciences as related to alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the appropriate institute staff prior to preparing an application. Salary Support: Up to $90,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Scientific Program Contact: Shawn Gaillard, Ph.D. Phone: 240-627-3857 Email: GaillardL@niaid.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Mable Nee Phone: (301)761-7593 Email: Mable.Nee @nih.gov	NIAID Specific Information: NIAID sponsors a variety of career development programs, including the K25. For more information see the NIAID web page, https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/career-development-awards. NIAID will not accept K-series applications proposing to conduct new, independent clinical trials. Salary Support: Up to $75,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $20,000 per year.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Scientific Program Contact: Amanda Taylor Boyce, Ph.D. Phone: 301-594-5055 Email: boycea@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 $75,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $25,000 per year.
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Scientific Program Contact: Zeynep Erim, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 451-4797 Email: erimz@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Florence Turska Phone: (301) 451-4782 Email: turskaf@mail.nih.gov	NIBIB Specific Information: NIBIB will fund K25 awards only for 3 or 4 years. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the Program Director listed on the left to determine if their application is appropriate for a K25 award through the NIBIB. More information on this and other NIBIB Career Awards can be found at http://www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/junior-investigator. Salary Support: Up to $90,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year.
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: dtwombly@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Bryan S. Clark, MBA Phone: (301) 435-6975 Email: clarkb1@mail.nih.gov	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 $75,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $25,000 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: Mr. Christopher Myers Phone: (301) 402-0909 Email: myersc@mail.nih.gov	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 $30,000 per year.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Scientific Program Contact: Lynn Mertens King, Ph.D. Phone: 301-594-5006 Email: lynn.king@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Dede Rutberg, MBA Phone: (301) 594-4798 Email: rutbergd@mail.nih.gov	NIDCR Specific Information: Supports career development of investigators with quantitative scientific and engineering backgrounds outside of biology or medicine who wish to focus their research on basic, clinical or behavioral biomedical research related to dental, oral and craniofacial health. Individuals who have been appointed to a tenure-track faculty position supported by the 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.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Scientific Program Contact: Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases Lisa M. Spain, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 451-9871 Email: SpainL@niddk.nih.gov Digestive & Liver Diseases, Nutrition, and Obesity David E. Saslowsky, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 594-8876 Email: David.Saslowsky@nih.gov Kidney and Urologic Diseases Tracy L. Rankin, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 594-4748 Email: rankint@mail.nih.gov Hematologic Disorders Terry Rogers Bishop, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 594-7726 Email: BishopT@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Marilyn F. Rosendorf Phone: (301) 402-4625 Email: rosendorfm@mail.nih.gov	NIDDK Specific Information: The NIDDK wishes to encourage scientists to enter biomedical research areas important to the NIDDK: diabetes, endocrinology, metabolic diseases, obesity, nutrition, digestive and liver diseases, kidney and urological disorders, and hematologic diseases. Information on the NIDDK K25 can be found at http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Funding/TrainingCareerDev/k25.htm The NIDDK provides further information on all K-award programs on our training and career development web site: http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Funding/TrainingCareerDev/. Salary Support: Up to $90,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Scientific Program Contact: Michele Rankin, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 480-3832 Email: NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Carol Alderson Phone: (301) 933-6196 Email: ca10h@nih.gov	NIDA Specific Information: Please see NOT-DA-06-013 for information regarding NIDA policies on K-series career development awards. The NIDA contribution to the principal investigator's salary for K25 will be up to 100% of the Principal Investigator's institutional base annual salary, up to a maximum of $90K, commensurate with the actual level of effort. Salary Support: Up to $90,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $50,000 per year.
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 Edwards Phone: (919) 541-0751 Email: archer@niehs.nih.gov	NIEHS Specific Information: Research projects and career development experiences proposed in response to this Announcement will be expected to have a defined impact on the environmental health sciences and be directly responsive to the mission of the NIEHS, which is distinguished from other Institutes by its focus on research programs seeking to link the effects of environmental exposures to the cause, mechanisms, moderation, or prevention of a human disease or disorder or relevant pathophysiologic process. Applications must include as part of the justification the specific human disease, dysfunction, pathophysiologic condition, or relevant human biologic process altered, and the specific environmentally relevant toxicant. Examples of environmentally relevant toxicants include industrial chemicals or manufacturing byproducts, metals, pesticides, herbicides, air pollutants and other inhaled toxicants, particulates or fibers, fungal, bacterial, or biologically derived toxins. Agents considered non-responsive to this announcement include, but are not limited to: alcohol, chemotherapeutic agents, radiation which is not the result of an ambient environmental exposure, drugs of abuse, and infectious or parasitic agents. Ecologic, biomonitoring, biotransformation or biodegradation studies are also not responsive. Applications from individuals with backgrounds in chemistry or environmental engineering will only be responsive when the degree and previous research are in the physical sciences, with essentially no biological or biochemical experience. The intent of the application is to allow quantitative scientists to apply their research expertise to biological problems; therefore, career development programs must propose to develop expertise in biological applications, and any program proposing additional training in quantitative areas will be considered non-responsive. Applications must demonstrate a significant career shift. Preference will be given to candidates whose mentor has NIEHS research grant support. Salary Support: Up to $75,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Scientific Program Contact: Stephen Marcus, Ph.D Phone: (301) 451-6446 Email: marcusst@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Ms. Grace Olascoaga Phone: (301) 594-5135 Email: olascoag@nigms.nih.gov	NIGMS Specific Information: NIGMS limits the K25 award to individuals with little or no biological research experience or training who hold independent positions in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, or engineering equivalent to a tenure-track faculty position. Awards at the postdoctoral level may be made for especially talented individuals with doctoral degrees in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, or engineering who wish to enter the field of systems biology (http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/CareerDev/). However, individuals who are interested in postdoctoral positions and do not fit these criteria are encouraged to apply for a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award individual postdoctoral fellowship http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/IndivPostdoc/. Salary Support: Up to $75,000 plus fringe benefits per year. Research Support: Up to $40,000 per year.