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Generally, NIH awards independent grants to doctoral-level scientists in faculty positions.

Most of this tutorial is for people who are making the transition from postdoc to independent investigator.

Independent research project grants are generally for doctoral-level scientists in faculty positions.

On this page, we back up and touch on early career stages.

Early Career Options

At each step, NIH supports awards -- training grants, fellowships, career development awards, and research supplements -- to help new investigators along their career paths.

How do you know which one is appropriate for you? To figure this out, see our Support by Career Stage -- Ph.D. Track and Support by Career Stage -- M.D. Track.

You can also find help in our Tutorial for Training and Career Awards, Fellowships, and Supplements tutorial and on the Training and Career portal.

Rather than go for your own award, you may want to hitch on to an existing grant. By adding monies to active research grants, we can support salary and other expenses for qualifying investigators.

See if you meet the requirements for one of our Diversity, Primary Caregiver, or Reentry supplements. Then find a grantee who would be willing to apply for you, since you cannot apply.

For help at these stages, contact our training director, Dr. Milton Hernandez, at 301-496-3775 or mh35c@nih.gov.

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