Two Important Changes to Career Development (“K”) Awards
Individual Career Development (“K”) awardees may now request to reduce their
appointment to less than full-time for a period not to exceed 12 continuous
months.
All candidates must meet the full-time institutional appointment requirement
as well as the minimum 75% effort requirement at the time of application and
initial award, but may request to reduce their appointment to less than full-time
(but not less than three-quarter time) for up to 12 continuous months under
certain circumstances (e.g., parental leave, child care, elder care, medical
conditions, or a disability). The K awardee must continue to commit at least
75% effort to research and career development activities. See NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-09-036,
which also restates current NIH policy for K awards with respect to leave
and temporary adjustments to percent effort, for additional details.
Individual Career Development (“K”) applications transition to Adobe, February
12, 2009
As previously announced in NOT-OD-08-073,
effective with the February 12, 2009 submission date, NIH will transition
all Research Career Development Award Programs ("K"s) – with the exception
of K12s – to electronic submission via Grants.gov using the new Adobe-based
version of the SF424 (R&R) forms. Applicants are advised to see NOT-OD-09-029 for important details about the "K" transition, including the announcement of
new business processes and additional information that will be required on
applications for the February 12 receipt date and beyond. Applicants
can find information about the ongoing transition to Adobe at http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/adobe_transition.htm.
Return to Table of Contents |