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Purpose To support
Ph.D.s and clinicians seeking further training in biomedical research.
Procedure
NIAID supports the following career development (K) grants:
Applicants
- Submit applications electronically.
- Keep the following policies in mind:
For detailed information on K awards, such as eligibility and award duration,
go to Career Development Awards (K) and the Career Development Grants questions and answers on the Research Funding Web site.
Program Officers
- Complete program officer checklists for competing and noncompeting applications.
- Work with grants management specialists and applicants or awardees to resolve time and effort issues.
- Review and approve or disapprove prior approval requests for the following. Note that change of PI is not allowed given the purpose of career awards.
- Change of sponsor or mentor -- assess whether a person has the appropriate scientific background and available time to be the PI’s primary sponsor or mentor.
- Change of scope.
- Change of institution.
- Time and effort reduction.
- Leave of absence (three months or more).
Grants Management Specialists
- Issue awards following requirements of each career grant mechanism.
- Calculate PI's salary the same way you would for research grants.
For details, go to GMP's Career Awards SOP.
- Include special terms of award noted on program officer checklists as well as standard terms of award.
- Work with program officers on prior approval requests and notify grantees of the outcome.
- For changes to a PI’s sponsor or mentor, be sure you get the following:
- For information on the NIAID Research Scholar Development Award (K22), see GMP's Guidelines for the K22 Application and Award Process.
- For information on the Pathway to Independence Awards (K99/R00), see the Pathway to Independence Awards (K99/R00) SOP or GMP's K99/R00 Awards SOP.
For more of your responsibilities, see GMP's Career Awards SOP.
Contacts
Office of Special Populations and Research Training
Milton Hernández, mh35c@nih.gov, 301-496-3775
Grants Management Program
Julie Waugh, waughj@niaid.nih.gov, 301-451-7381
For questions specific to funded career development awards, contact the appropriate grants
management specialist.
If you have knowledge to share or want more information on this topic, email deaweb@niaid.nih.gov with the title of this page or its URL and your question or comment. Thanks for helping us clarify and expand our knowledge base.
Links
Advice
for Career Development Awards
Information
about NIH Career Development (K) Grants
NIH training site
NIAID
Funding Policy and Process SOP
Quick Facts on Research
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