Eligibility

• Candidates for the K01 award must have a research or health-professional doctoral degree.
• Candidates are required to commit a minimum of 75% of full-time professional effort (i.e., a minimum of 9 person-months) to their program of career development during the mentored phase. 
• At the time of award, the candidate must have a full-time appointment at the applying academic institution and be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
• Current and former PDs/PIs on NIH research project (R01), program project (P01), center grants (P50), sub-projects of program project (P01), sub-projects of center grants (P50), other career development awards (K-awards), or the equivalent are not eligible. 
• Current and former PDs/PIs of an NIH Small Grant (R03), Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21), Dissertation Award (R36), or SBIR/STTR (R41, R42, R43, R44) remain eligible.

Funding Priorities

• The overall goal of the NIH Research Career Development program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. 
• The expectation is that, through this sustained period of research career development and training, awardees will launch independent research careers and become competitive for new research project grant (e.g., R01) funding.

Additional Information

• The objective of the NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide salary and research support for a sustained period of “protected time” (3-5 years) for intensive research career development, under the guidance of an experienced mentor, or sponsor in the biomedical, behavioral or clinical sciences leading to research independence.
• Salary and research costs for the project may be requested to the level provided by the funding Center or Institute found HERE
• 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
  • October 12, 2021