Eligibility

• PIs must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• At the time of award, the candidate must have a full-time appointment at the applicant institution.
• Candidates are required to commit a minimum of nine (9) person months of effort (i.e., 75% of full-time professional effort) to their program of career development during the mentored phase, for up to five years.
• Individuals who have been or are currently a PD/PI on any other individual Federal mentored career development awards are not eligible to apply.
• PD/PIs who have been awarded or have pending grants exceeding $100,000/year in direct costs are not eligible. 

Funding Priorities

• The primary purpose of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Awards (K01) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's health services research needs.
• The research sponsored and conducted by the Agency develops and presents scientific evidence regarding all aspects of health care in the United States including issues of:
  • organization,
  • delivery,
  • financing,
  • utilization,
  • patient and provider behavior,
  • outcomes,
  • effectiveness and
  • cost.
• It evaluates both clinical services and the system in which these services are provided. These scientific results improve the evidence base to enable better decisions about health care, including such areas as disease prevention, appropriate use of medical technologies, improving diagnosis and treatment in cost-effective ways, long-term care, and reducing disparities based on race, ethnicity, gender, or socioeconomic status. 
• Candidates are strongly encouraged to focus on topical areas unique to AHRQ, demonstrating how expected results can be used or made available for use to enhance healthcare quality. Results should be directly relevant to customers, such as providers and practitioners, administrators, payers, consumers, policymakers, and insurers.
• AHRQ welcomes any area of health services research relevant to AHRQ's priority areas as a mentored K01 research project topic. 

Additional Information

• AHRQ will contribute up to $90,000 direct costs per year toward the salary of the career award recipient
• AHRQ will contribute up to $25,000 direct costs per year toward the research development costs of the award recipient. 
• Indirect Costs (also known as Facilities & Administrative [F&A] Costs) are reimbursed at 8% of modified total direct costs.
• Application Due Dates:
  • February 12, 2021
  • June 12, 2021