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Career-Level Training Opportunities & ResourcesContentsCareer Transition Programs Basic Career Development Programs
NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)The Pathway to Independence (PI) program, targeted to applicants with no more than five years of postdoctoral research experience who have made a commitment to an academic career but who do not currently have an independent faculty position, provides two phases of support. The first phase provides one to two years of mentored support for highly promising, postdoctoral researchers in biomedical imaging and bioengineering. The second phase, contingent upon internal administrative review and the procurement of an independent research position, will provide up to three years of independent research support.
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)The Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) provides support for a sustained period of “protected time” for intensive research career development under the guidance of an experienced mentor, or sponsor, leading to research independence. The expectation is that through this sustained period of research career development and training, awardees will launch independent research careers and become competitive for new research project grant (R01) funding.
Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)The Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Awards (K25) provides support for research-oriented quantitative scientists and engineers with little or no experience in medicine and the life sciences to develop relevant research skills that will allow them to conduct basic or clinical biomedical imaging or bioengineering research and to become independent investigators, playing leading roles in multi-disciplinary research teams. Examples of quantitative scientific and technical backgrounds considered appropriate for this award include, but are not limited to: mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, imaging science, informatics, physics, chemistry, and engineering.
Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08)The Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) provides support and "protected time" for an intensive, supervised research career development experience to individuals with a clinical doctoral degree (e.g., M.D., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.O., D.C., O.D., N.D., D.V.M., Pharm.D., or Ph.D. in clinical disciplines) committed to a career in laboratory or clinically-based research in biomedical imaging and bioengineering.
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Awards (K23) provide support for research-oriented clinicians to develop independent research skills and gain experience in advanced methods and experimental approaches needed to become an independent investigator conducting patient-oriented research. It is the specific goal of these awards to increase the pool of clinical researchers who can conduct patient-oriented studies, capitalizing on the discoveries of biomedical research and translating them to clinical settings. For the purposes of this award, patient-oriented research is defined as research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena for which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects).
Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24)Midcareer Investigator Awards in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) provide support for clinician investigators to allow them protected time to devote to mentoring clinical residents, clinical fellows and/or junior clinical faculty in their patient-oriented research. These awards are primarily intended for clinician investigators who are at the Associate Professor level or are functioning at that rank in an academic setting or equivalent non-academic setting, and who have an established record of independent, peer-reviewed Federal or private research grant funding. This award is intended to advance the mentoring endeavors of outstanding patient-oriented investigators. The funds NIBIB provides through the K24 mechansim are solely for salary and costs associated with the development and implementation of mentoring activities. Applicants requesting costs for mentoring expenses must provide a detailed justification for the request.
Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15)Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA) support biomedical research projects conducted by faculty in academic institutions that have not been major recipients of NIH research awards. These grants are intended to create a research opportunity for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH programs to support the Nation's biomedical research effort. It is anticipated that investigators supported under the AREA program will benefit from the opportunity to conduct independent research; that the grantee institution will benefit from a research environment strengthened through AREA grants and furthered by participation in the diverse extramural programs of the NIH; and that available students will benefit from exposure to and participation in research in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.
Extramural Associates Research Development Award (EARDA)The Extramural Associates Research Development Award (EARDA) aims to: (1) enhance faculty opportunities to conduct biomedical research and engage in research training; (2) increase the faculty's knowledge of the NIH and related agencies' research and research training funding opportunities; (3) develop skills in the fundamentals of preparing research grant applications, research contract proposals, training grant and fellowship applications; (4) aid eligible institutions, including a selected group of community colleges, in developing collaborative and consortium arrangements with other academic institutions for the purpose of promoting biomedical research; (5) assist eligible institutions in increasing student participation in research; and (6) assist eligible institutions in effectively guiding students toward careers in science and research. A major focus addresses strategies and processes for attracting women and underrepresented minority students into research experiences that will lead to biomedical research careers.
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