Early-Stage Investigator

Get Started

• Support by Career Stage -- M.D.
• Support by Career Stage -- Ph.D.
• Contact Staff for Help. Your program officer can advise you on how your research fits NIAID's mission.

Learn About Training and Career Awards, Fellowships, and Supplements

• New Investigator Guide to NIH Funding. Learn basic funding concepts and processes.
• Training and Career portal
  • Tutorial for Training and Career Awards, Fellowships, and Supplements

Learn About Getting Independent Support

• New Investigator Guide to NIH Funding
• Do You Qualify for Independent Support?
• Are You "New"? -- do you qualify as a new PI for an R01?
• Checklist for New Investigators. Find bulleted lists of action items, advice, and pitfalls.
• NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal. Navigate through the world of grants from qualifying to staying funded. R01 focus.
  • Checklists for the NIH Grant Cycle.
• Other All About Grants Tutorials
• Annotated R01 Research Plan and Summary Statement. These samples may help you design your research plan and other sections.
• NIAID R01 Application to Award Timeline

More NIAID Grant Portals

For more information, pick the appropriate topic from NIAID's main list of Grants portals by stage, audience, and science area.

Get More Details on Related Topics

• Standard Operating Procedures
  • Early-Stage Investigators section
  • Training and Career Awards, Fellowships, and Supplements section
• Questions and Answers
  • Early-Stage Investigators section
  • Training and Career Awards, Fellowships, and Supplements section

NIH Resources

• Electronic Submission
• Inside the NIH Grant Review, mock study section video
• eRA Commons
• How to Use National Library of Medicine's LocatorPlus
• New Investigators Program
• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
• NIH Research Training and Career Opportunities
• Resources for New Investigators
• Standard Due Dates for Competing Applications

Look It Up

• career development award (K)
• early-stage investigator
• fellowship (F)
• new investigator
• principal investigator (PI)
• R01
• renewal
• Research Plan
• research supplement
• training grants (T)

See the Glossary for more terms.