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 Before applying for an NIAID career development award, review the levels of support, funding periods, and effort requirements to ensure that the award will meet your needs. Other NIH institutes may offer different levels of support.
What Do Career Development Awards Pay For?
All NIAID career development awards include fringe benefits.
Awards provide:
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Maximum salary -- $75,000 for K01, K02, K08, K23, and
K25; $91,750 for K24.
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Maximum research expenses -- $10,000
to $20,000 depending on the number of years for K08 (see
Quick
Facts on Research Training and Career Development Awards for
more information); $25,000 for K01, K23,
and K24; and $20,000 for
K99 and K25.
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Direct costs -- K22s provide $150,000 in
the first year and $100,000 in the second year. Up to $50,000 of
the award can be devoted to the PI's salary
each year; the rest can be spent in any way. K99/R00s
provide up to $90,000 total costs per year for the K99 phase with
salary limited to $50,000, and up to $249,000 total costs per
year for the R00 phase.
What is the Funding Duration?
Career development funding provides support for:
- K01, K02, K08, K23, K24, K25 -- Three to five
years. Junior applicants generally get five years of support;
more senior-level applicants, three years.
- K22 -- Two years.
- K99 -- Up to two years.
Are K Awards Renewable?
Except for K24s, K awards are not renewable. NIAID expects K
awardees to move on to independent research support, such as an R01.
Therefore,
for
competing
research
applications, NIH policy allows award
recipients in the last two years of their support period to hold
concurrent support from their career award and a competing research
grant. For more information about concurrent support, go to Career Development Awards.
You can renew a K24 award once if you continue
to
have independent peer-reviewed, patient-oriented research support
when
you submit the competing renewal application. Also,
you may apply for a renewal even if you were promoted to full
professor during the time of your initial award.
If
you request a renewal, you must meet the original award's remaining
requirements.
What Minimum Effort Requirements Apply?
K01, K02, K08, K22, K23, K25, and K99 awards require a minimum
effort of nine person months, meaning that you must devote 75 percent
of your
professional time to the funded project. Although you can use
the other three person months for clinical and
other duties, non-governmental funds must pay for that time.
K24s require three to six person months' effort.
Most Ks require you to spend
a minimum amount of your full-time effort, generally nine person months,
on the research supported by the award and have a full-time appointment
at the organization applying for the grant. You can now meet the
effort requirement with your full-time position while simultaneously
holding another position part-time.
An example illustrates how this works: An
investigator with a full-time appointment at a university and a
half-time position at a clinical practice can qualify because he
or she can commit at least nine person months of the full-time position
to the award.
Note that NIH now uses person months to measure effort. See Person Months Calculation Example for more information.
Additional Resources
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