The Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award uses the K25 grant mechanism to support the career development of investigators, with quantitative scientific and engineering backgrounds outside of biology or medicine, who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on behavioral and biomedical research (basic or clinical). It is intended for research-oriented investigators from the postdoctoral level to the level of senior faculty. This award provides support for a period of supervised study and research for professionals who have the potential to integrate their expertise with biomedicine and develop into productive investigators. The project period may be for up to five years with a minimum of three years. Awards are not renewable.

Candidates must have demonstrated research interests with an advanced degree in a quantitative area of science or engineering (e.g., M.S.E.E., Ph.D., D.Sc.), must identify a mentor who has behavioral or biomedical research experience, and must be willing to spend at least 75 percent of full-time professional effort conducting research career development and basic or clinical research. At time of award, candidates must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (i.e., in possession of a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or other legal verification of such status). Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible. Former principal investigators on NIH research project (R01), program project (P01), center grants, FIRST Awards (R29), SBIR/STTR awards, sub-projects of program project (P01) or center grants, K01, K08, or K23 awards, or the equivalent are not eligible.

The K25 award provides support in the form of salary (up to $75,000 per year plus fringe benefits), research development support (up to $40,000 for expenses such as tuition/fees, books, supplies/equipment, and travel to meetings), ancillary personnel support, and 8 percent facilities and administrative costs (formerly called indirect costs).

UPDATE: The K25 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.

Program Announcement

New Electronic PA required for February 12, 2009 Grant Submission: PA-09-039 Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (K25)

This replaces PA-06-087 MENTORED QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD (K25)

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