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Types of Research and Training Programs (Activity Codes)
Updated July 15, 2008
This list is an NIAMS-specific excerpt from the NIH list of activity codes.
Fellowship Programs ( F )
Research Career Awards ( K )
Research Programs and Centers ( P )
Research Project Grants ( R )
Training Programs ( T )
Cooperative Agreements ( U )
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Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Students with Disabilities |
| Predoctoral for support of research leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree for individuals to extend their potential for a career in research in arthritis, muscle, bone, musculoskeletal, and/or skin diseases. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required. |
| Duration: Up to 5 years |
| Commitment: Full-time research fellowship |
| Provisions: Stipend, tuition and fee and health insurance allowance see FY2007 NIH Guide Notice |
| Institutional Allowance: $2,500 / year |
| Applications Due: April 13, August 13, December 13 |
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See active F31 funding opportunities
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| Senior Fellowship |
| Fellowships to provide opportunities for experienced scientists to make major changes in the direction of research careers, to broaden scientific background, and to acquire new research capabilities regarding arthritis, muscle, bone, musculoskeletal, and/or skin diseases. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required. Level: At least 7 years postdoctoral (this is a "sabbatical" award) |
| Duration: Up to 2 years |
| Commitment: Full-time research fellowship |
| Provisions: Stipend see FY2007 NIH Guide Notice (no fringe benefits) |
| Institutional Allowance: See FY2007 NIH Guide Notice |
| Applications Due: Standard dates |
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See active F33 funding opportunities
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| Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards |
| To provide research scientists with an additional period of sponsored research experience as a way to gain expertise in a research area new to the applicant or in an area that would demonstrably enhance the applicant's scientific career. These awards are generally reserved for individuals interested in switching to a new research field, for individuals who have interrupted their career because of illness or pressing family care responsibilities, or for faculty at minority institutions who wish to enhance their capacity for independent research. |
| Duration: Up to 5 years |
| Provisions: Support is provided for salary up to $75,000 for a minimum 75% effort, fringe benefits, and other research expenses up to $20,000. |
| Applications Due: Standard dates |
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See active K01 funding opportunities
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| Independent Research Scientist Development Awards |
| To support recently independent scientists with outstanding potential to become future leaders in biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences. |
| Duration: Up to 5 years |
| Provisions: *Support is provided for salary up to $75,000 for a minimum 75% effort, fringe benefits, and other research expenses up to $20,000. |
| Applications Due: Standard dates |
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See active K02 funding opportunities
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| Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Investigator Awards |
| To support clinicians who need an intensive period of mentored research experience. |
| Duration: Up to 5 years |
| Provisions: *Support is provided for salary up to $75,000 for a minimum 75% effort, fringe benefits, and other research expenses up to $20,000. |
| Applications Due: Standard dates |
| *Please see NOT-AR-07-001 |
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See active K08 funding opportunities
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| Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award |
| To support supervised study and research for clinically trained professionals who have the potential to develop into productive, clinical investigators focusing on patient-oriented research. Candidates must have completed their specialty and, if applicable, subspecialty training prior to receiving an award. |
| Duration: 3 to 5 years |
| Provisions: *Support is provided for salary up to $75,000 for a minimum 75% effort, fringe benefits, and other research expenses up to $25,000. |
| Applications Due: Standard dates |
| *Please see NOT-AR-07-001 |
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See active K23 funding opportunities
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| Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research
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| To support protected time for clinicians to allow them time for patient-oriented research and to act as mentors for beginning clinical investigators. Candidates must have completed their specialty training within 15 years of submitting the application. Candidates must be working in a research environment, conducting patient-oriented research, and have independent research support. |
| Duration: 3 to 5 years. |
| Provisions: Support up to 50% of the NIH salary cap ($141,300 in FY 2000) is provided and up to $25,000 in selected research expenses. |
| Applications Due: Standard dates |
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See active K24 funding opportunities
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| Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award |
| To support supervised study and research for investigators with quantitative scientific and engineering backgrounds outside of biology or medicine who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on biomedical research. This mechanism is aimed at research-oriented scientists with experience at the level of junior faculty who have the potential to integrate their expertise with biomedicine and to develop into productive investigators. |
| Duration: 3 to 5 years. |
| Provisions: Support is provided for salary of up to $75,000 for twelve months at 100% effort, fringe benefits, and $25,000 in selected research training expenses. |
| Applications Due: Standard dates |
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See active K25 funding opportunities
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| NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award |
| The Pathway to Independence Award is uniquely designed to facilitate the transition of outstanding postdoctoral candidates from mentored to independent research positions. The award contains two components, a mentored (K99) phase that can last up to 2 years and an independent (R00) phase, which will have a duration of 3 years. The objective of the program is to facilitate research independence earlier in an investigator's career. Investigators complete supervised research, and apply for an independent research faculty position, during the mentored phase of the award. Activation of the independent award phase is administrative, and is contingent upon the investigator securing an independent research position. Eligible candidates will have no more than 5 years of postdoctoral research at the time of application (initial or amended). Award recipients are expected to obtain R01 support during the independent phase of the award. |
| Provisions: For mentored candidates in an extramural institution, NIAMS will provide up to $50,000 per year for salary support (up to $75,000 per year for applicants with an M.D. degree), plus fringe, and up to $20,000 for research support costs. Budget details for mentored candidates in the NIH intramural program will be negotiated with the sponsoring laboratory and will be consistent with offers to scientists in comparable positions. |
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See active K99/R00 funding opportunities
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| Research Program Project Grants |
| NIAMS-supported Research Program Project Grants. We are not accepting new P01 applications. Maximum funding of 10 years for renewal applications. |
| Applications Due: Renewal or resubmissions applications ~ May 25, September 25
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| Additional Information: Guidelines for Applications with Direct Costs of $500,000 or More in Any One Year |
| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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| Research Core Centers |
| To promote a cooperative interaction among basic science and clinical investigators in a manner that will enrich the effectiveness of ongoing research and promote new research. Any institution or consortium with an active program of excellence in basic and clinical biomedical research in skin diseases, musculoskeletal disorders or rheumatic diseases, may qualify for support through a Core Center. A strong biomedical research base is the prerequisite for establishment of a Core Center and an important component in considering continued funding of an established center. The components of a core center include 2 or more research cores, pilot and feasibility studies, and an administrative unit. |
| Duration: 5 years |
| Budget Cap: $400,000 direct costs |
| Applications Due: By RFA only |
| Additional Information: P30 Guidelines - PDF format WORD format |
| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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| Centers of Research Translation (CORT) |
Contact: Ms. Justine Buschman
To promote translational research through a multidisciplinary approach on a disease specific theme. A CORT should have both basic and clinical research components. |
| Duration: 5 years |
| Budget Cap: $1,000,000 direct costs |
| Applications Due: By RFA only |
| Additional Information: CORT Guidelines - PDF format
WORD format |
| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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| Specialized Centers of Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women’s Health (SCOR) |
Contact: Ms. Justine Bushman
The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) serves as a focal point for women's health research at the NIH. The ORWH promotes, stimulates, and supports efforts to improve the health of women through biomedical and behavioral research. ORWH works in partnership with the NIH Institutes as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that women's health research is part of the scientific framework at NIH and throughout the scientific community.
The ORWH announces the Specialized Centers of Interdisciplinary Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health (SCOR) program. These centers will provide new opportunities for interdisciplinary approaches to advancing studies on how sex and gender factors affect women's health. Each SCOR should develop an interdisciplinary research agenda bridging basic and clinical research on sex/gender factors underlying a priority women’s health issue. |
| Duration: 5 years |
| Budget Cap: $750,000 direct costs |
| Applications Due: By RFA only |
| Additional Information: ORWH SCOR Guidelines - PDF format
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| Currently funded ORWH SCORs |
| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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Specialized Centers of Research (SCOR)
(The NIAMS SCOR Program is being phased out.) |
| To promote a multidisciplinary attack on a specific disease, with both basic and clinical research as a requirement. The Institute currently supports SCORs in five disease areas: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, scleroderma, and systemic lupus erythematosus. SCORs differ from Research Program Project Grants in that they are developed in response to a request for applications from the Institute and must include clinical research as well as basic research. |
| Duration: 5 years |
| Budget Cap: $750,000 direct costs |
| Applications Due: By RFA only |
| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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| Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Centers (MCRC) |
Contact: Ms. Justine Buschman
To support a full range of outstanding multidisciplinary clinical research on arthritis, musculoskeletal and skin diseases. Each MCRC is organized around a methodology core and includes a minimum of three highly meritorious projects encompassing clinical research drawing from two or more clinical approaches. The methodology core is the foundation of the Center, providing key support for development and implementation of clinical projects. The director of the MCRC, aided by an executive committee and the methodology core, provides leadership to focus all research projects on clinically relevant issues to prevent disease or to assess and/or to improve patient outcomes and to assure a rigorous research approach. Each project must address a critical issue that directly involves disease prevention or assessment and/or outcomes of patients whose diseases or disorders are within the mission of the NIAMS. |
| Duration: 5 years |
| Budget Cap: $800,000 direct costs |
| Applications Due: By RFA only |
| Additional Information: MCRC Guidelines - PDF format WORD format |
| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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| Small Research Grants |
| NIAMS Small Research Grants are currently limited to new investigators. They are specifically limited in time to 3 years and in amount to $50,000/year for studies in categorical program areas. Small grants provide flexibility for initiating studies that are generally for preliminary short-term projects and are non-renewable. |
| Duration: No more than 3 years, not renewable. |
| Budget Cap: $50,000/yr. direct costs. |
| Applications Due: October 23,2007, February 23, 2008, June 23, 2008, October 23, 2008 |
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See active R03 funding opportunities
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| Education Projects |
| For support to develop and/or implement a program as it relates to a category in one or more of the areas of education, information, training, technical assistance, coordination, or evaluation. In this case, the Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) grant awards support development and implementation of curriculum-dependent programs in minority institutions to train selected doctoral and postdoctoral candidates in clinical research leading to a Master of Science in Clinical Research or Master of Public Health in a clinically relevant area. A successful program will result in an accredited master's degree program to produce trained and independent clinical researchers who can become engaged in conducting translational and/or patient-oriented research projects. |
| Duration: Up to 5 years to a minority institution |
| Budget Cap: $500,000/yr direct costs |
| Applications Due: By RFA only |
| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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| Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program |
The STTR program is a set aside program designed to support innovative research that has the potential for commercialization of the subject research conducted cooperatively by a small business concern and research institution. Innovation and the potential for commercialization are two of the review criteria considered in the scientific and technical merit evaluation process. At least 40 percent of the research project is to be conducted by the small business concern and at least 30 percent of the work is to be conducted by the single, “partnering” research institution.
Phase I (R41) is normally provided for one year/$100,000, which includes direct cost, facilities and administrative cost, and fixed fee. The facilities and administrative cost maximum is 40%, if no current negotiated rate. Fixed Fee is 7% maximum of direct cost and facilities and administrative cost for grantee institution only.
Phase II (R42) is normally two years/$750,000, which includes direct cost, facilities and administrative cost, and fixed fee. The facilities and administrative cost maximum is 25% or current negotiated rate. The applicant may negotiate with NIH. Fixed Fee is 7% maximum of direct cost and facilities and administrative cost for grantee institution only.
However, applicants may propose longer periods of time and greater amounts of funds necessary for completion of the project, prior discussion and justification with Program Official is required. |
| Applications Due: April 5, August 5, December 5 |
| Additional Information: Office of Extramural Research: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology (STTR) Programs |
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See active R41/R42 funding opportunities
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| Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program |
To support small businesses in any biomedical or behavioral research area as described in the yearly solicitation.
Phase I (R43) is normally provided for six months/$100,000, which includes direct cost, facilities and administrative cost and fixed fee. The facilities and administrative cost maximum is 40%, if no current negotiated rate. Fixed Fee is 7% maximum of direct cost and facilities and administrative cost for grantee institution only.
Phase II (R44) is normally two years/$750,000, which includes direct cost, facilities and administrative cost and fixed fee. The facilities and administrative cost maximum is 25% or current negotiated rate. The applicant may negotiate with NIH. Fixed Fee is 7% maximum of direct cost and facilities and administrative cost for grantee institution only.
However, applicants may propose longer periods of time and greater amounts of funds necessary for completion of the project. |
| Applications Due: April 5, August 5, December 5 |
| Additional Information: Office of Extramural Research: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology (STTR) Programs |
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See active R43/R44 funding opportunities
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| NRSA Institutional Training Grants |
| NIAMS offers these grants to enable institutions to make NRSAs for predoctoral and postdoctoral research training to individuals selected by them in the fields of arthritis, muscle, bone, musculoskeletal, and/or skin diseases. |
| Duration: 5-year institutional grant (renewable). |
| Applications Due: May 25 |
Applications for Institutional Research Training Grants may include a request for short-term predoctoral positions reserved specifically to train medical or other health-professional on a full-time basis during the summer or other "off-quarter" periods. Short-term appointments are intended to provide health-professional students with opportunities to participate in biomedical and/or behavioral research in an effort to attract these individuals into research careers.
Predoctoral Training
Level: Candidates for Ph.D. or equivalent degree
Duration: A trainee may have up to 5 years of support.
Commitment: Full-time research traineeship
Provisions: See FY2007 NIH Guide Notice
Training-related expenses: See FY2007 NIH Guide Notice
Postdoctoral Training
Level: Postdoctoral (M.D. or Ph.D. or equivalent)
Duration: A trainee may have up to 3 years of postdoctoral support.
Commitment: Full-time research traineeship
Provisions: See FY2007 NIH Guide Notice
Training-related expenses: See FY2007 NIH Guide Notice
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See active T32 funding opportunities
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| Research Project Cooperative Agreements |
| These are agreements between NIH and the award recipient in which the NIH acts as the partner in the research effort for projects similar to grants. |
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See active U01 funding opportunities
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| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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| Specialized Center Cooperative Agreements |
| These agreements support research and development from basic to clinical, including ancillary supportive activities that create a multidisciplinary focus on a disease or biomedical problem. The centers may also serve as regional or national resources for special research purposes. |
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See active U54 funding opportunities
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| Cooperative Agreements |
| In these agreements, the award recipient retains the primary responsibility and dominant role for planning, directing, and executing the proposed project, with NIH staff being substantially involved as a partner with the awardee. |
| No active funding opportunities at this time |
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