Introduction
The purpose of the Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award is to support
individual candidates with a clinical doctoral degree (e.g., M.D.) or
equivalent, to become well-trained laboratory-based cancer researchers. The K08
supports up to five years of combined didactic and mentored research
experiences for candidates to acquire the methodological and theoretical
research skills needed to become an independent scientist. The mentor should be
recognized as an accomplished investigator in the proposed research, and should
have a track record of success in training independent investigators. Planning,
direction and execution of the program are the responsibility of the candidate
and his/her mentor on behalf of the applicant institution. The K08 award is not
renewable.
The candidate must be a citizen of the United States, or a non-citizen national, or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence and possess an Alien Registration Receipt Card (1-151 or 1-551) or some other verification of legal admission as a permanent resident at the time of the award. Foreign nationals and individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
NCI establishes the upper limits of $75,000 for salary support per year plus
fringe benefits, and $30,000 research development expenses such as tuition and
fees, supplies, equipment and technical personnel, travel to research meetings
or training, and statistical and computational services. Candidates must be
able to commit a minimum of 75% full-time professional effort to the conduct of
research and research career development. NCI does not permit grant-related
income (i.e., fees) from clinical practice, professional consultation, or other
comparable activities to be retained by the career award participant.
UPDATE: The K08 salary is now capped for competing awards issued after January 1, 2009 at $100,000 per year for a 75% effort (9 person-months) commitment. Please see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-09-022.html for further salary details.
New Electronic PA required for February 12, 2009 Grant Submission: PA-06-042 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
This replaces PA-06-512 MENTORED CLINICAL SCIENTIST DEVELOPMENT AWARD (K08)
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