| Research Awards | Career Stage | ‘Formal’ Training/Career Awards |
|---|---|---|
| ‘Informal’ Training and Career Development on RPGs and Supplements | Pre-Bac | Pre-Bac Institutional Training Grant (T34) |
| Graduate/Medical Student | Predoctoral Institutional Training Grant (T32) | |
| Predoctoral Individual NRSA (F31) | ||
| Predoctoral Individual MD/PhD NRSA (F30) | ||
| Post Doctoral | Postdoctoral Institutional Training (T32) | |
| Postdoctoral Individual NRSA (F32) | ||
| Post Doctoral & Early Career | NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00) | |
| Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) | ||
| Small Grant (R03) Research Project Grant (R01) Exploratory/Development Grant (R21) |
Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) | |
| Mentored Patient-Oriented RCDA (K23) | ||
| Mentored Quantitative RCDA (K25) | ||
| Middle Career | Independent Scientist Award (K02) | |
| Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) | ||
| Senior Career |
Mentored Career Development Awards
| K01 | K08 | K23 | K99 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Doctoral degree; biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences research leading to research independence | Clinical doctoral degree; biomedical and behavioral research, especially translational research | Clinical doctoral degree; patient-oriented research | Transition from mentored postdoctoral research to independent (faculty) research position with independent research support |
| Budget | Salary (K01: up to $90K plus up to $50K for research expenses, travel, statistics) | K99: $90K salary plus research expenses R00: $249K total costs |
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| Project Period | 3-5 years | K99: 2 years R00: 3 years |
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| Renewable | No | |||
| Foreign Inst | No | |||
| Eligibility | Citizen; non-citizen national; permanent resident | Also: visa for K99 and/or R00 phases | ||
| Other | Never had major grant: eg. R01, P01, sub-projects | 4 years [pstdpc [12 Feb 2014] | ||
K99/R00: A Two Phase Award
- K99 Phase (1-2 years) –mentored phase
- Obtain additional research training
- Advice on establishing research independence
- Up to $90,000/year salary
- Up to $50,000/year research expenses
- R00 Phase (3 years) –independent phase
- Awarded after obtaining an independent tenure-track or equivalent position
- Requires 75% effort toward research activities
- Up to $249,000/year total costs
- NIH programmatic review: Tranistion to R00 Phase is contingent upon:
- K99 phase progress and R00 research plans
- Offer of a tenure-track position
- Competitive start-up package