Up to $100,000, plus fringe benefits. Ph. D., M.D., or equivalent research degree, with no more than 4 years of postgraduate research training who needs only 2 more years of mentored support before securing a faculty position at a U.S. institution. No citizenship requirement.
Accordingly, what is the K award?
The National Institute of Health (NIH) Career development grants (K awards) are awarded to physician-scientists who seek professional independence and career development. The aim of the grant is to prepare a generation of medical veterans to combat the growing health challenges affecting human health as a whole.
- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
- Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
- NIAID Career Transition Award (K22)
- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
- Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24)
Keeping this in consideration, are K awards fellowships?
There are only two main groups of fellowships or career development awards that predocs and postdocs apply to: F-awards and K-awards. A very brief description of F-awards (fellowships), K-awards (Career Development), and R-awards provided by the NIH Research Training and Career Development Website. F-Awards: Ruth L.
What is an NIH career Development Award?
RTCD Home > Programs. To provide individual and institutional research training opportunities (including international) to trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels.
What are K awards NIH?
K awards provide support for senior postdoctoral fellows or faculty-level candidates. The objective of these programs is to bring candidates to the point where they are able to conduct their research independently and are competitive for major grant support.
How much money is a K23 award?
The K23 award can allow a maximum of $50,000 in exceptional cases. The allowable costs on the K24 mechanism is set by NIH. For salary support, the cap is based on the current NIH legislative salary cap adjusted for percent effort, for 25 percent to 50 percent effort.
Who is eligible for K23?
Eligibility for the K23 is limited to individuals with no more than 6 years of postdoctoral experience at the time of application (either the initial or resubmission application). The NIMH will generally limit support to no more than 4 years.
Are K awards transferable?
Note: NIMH will continue to allow an awardee to transfer from one institution to another for the last year of the award, with prior approval of the responsible Program Official (Project Officer). However, no transfer will be allowed during a period of administrative extension or after the project has terminated.
Who is eligible for a K01?
Eligibility for the K01 is limited to individuals with no more than 6 years of postdoctoral experience at the time of application (either the initial or resubmission application). The NIMH will generally limit support to no more than 4 years.
What is a K24 grant?
A K24 is a midcareer award that protects 25-50% of your time for mentoring and learning a new skill or expanding on an existing skill. Eligible applicants are at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, R01 (or equivalent)-funded, and doing patient-oriented research.
Can postdocs apply for K01?
The K01 is NOT designed to support postdoctoral fellows who are simply conducting research previously proposed in the mentor’s research grant, for which the applicant has contributed little original input into the research questions or design.