The NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-318 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) represents the continuation of an NCI program to facilitate the transition of investigators in mentored, non-independent cancer research positions to independent faculty cancer research positions. This goal is achieved by providing protected time through salary and research support for the initial 3 years of the first independent tenure-track faculty position, or its equivalent, beginning at the time when the candidate starts a tenure-track faculty position. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 15, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Award (K01 Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-171 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The Transition to Independent Environmental Health (TIEHR) Career Award is a 3-year bridge scholar development program for newly independent faculty who intend to pursue research careers in environmental health sciences. At the conclusion of the career development period the candidates are expected to demonstrate they can successfully compete for research funding in the environmental health sciences. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for applicants proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent c...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 15, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Award (K01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-172 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The Transition to Independent Environmental Health (TIEHR) Career Award is a 3-year bridge scholar development program for newly independent faculty who intend to pursue research careers in environmental health sciences. At the conclusion of the career development period the candidates are expected to demonstrate they can successfully compete for research funding in the environmental health sciences. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for applicants proposing research that does not involve leading an independent...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 15, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Award (K01 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-170 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The Transition to Independent Environmental Health (TIEHR) Career Award is a 3-year bridge scholar development program for newly independent faculty who intend to pursue research careers in environmental health sciences. At the conclusion of the career development period the candidates are expected to demonstrate they can successfully compete for research funding in the environmental health sciences. All applications submitted to this Funding Opportunity Announcement must propose basic science experimental studies involving humans, otherwise ref...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 15, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Medical Scientist Training Program (T32)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-189 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is to develop a diverse pool of highly trained physician-scientist leaders available to meet the needs of the Nations biomedical research agenda. Specifically, this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-based approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both professional medical doctorate degrees and research doctorate degrees (Ph.D. or equivalent). With the dual quali...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 15, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NINR Priority Areas for Training and Career Development Awards
Notice NOT-NR-21-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 10, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NINDS Institutional Research Training Program (T32 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-149 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to provide support for institutional research training programs in areas relevant to the NINDS mission. These institutional research training programs should produce well-trained neuroscientists who leave the program with the research skills and scientific knowledge to make a significant contribution to neuroscience research. Programs should be designed to enhance the breadth and depth of training in NINDS mission areas by incorporating didactic, research and career development components in the context of a defined sc...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 24, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Maximizing Access to Research Careers (T34 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-147 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program is to develop a diverse pool of undergraduates who complete their baccalaureate degree, and transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D). This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-based approaches to biomedical training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the research enterprise. NIGMS expects...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 23, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Mental Health Research Awards for Investigators Early in their Career in Low and Middle-Income Countries (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MH-21-120 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Mental illnesses are a global concern, presenting shared opportunities to advance science across international boundaries. The goal of this initiative is to support the scientific work and research career development of exceptionally talented scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long-term career commitment to mental health research. This initiative seeks to assist these researchers in launching an innovative basic, translational, clinical, or services research program that holds the potenti...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 23, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (T34 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-146 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) program is to develop a diverse pool of undergraduates who complete their baccalaureate degree, and transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D). This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-based approaches to biomedical training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the res...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 18, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-120 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages joint applications for the Global Infectious Disease (GID) Research Training programs from U.S. and low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions. The application should propose a collaborative training program that will strengthen the capacity of a LMIC institution to conduct infectious disease research. FIC will support research-training programs that focus on major endemic or life-threatening emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, infections that frequently occur ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 17, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Extensions for Early Career Scientists Whose Career Trajectories Have Been Significantly Impacted by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic, along with extensive mitigation measures, has adversely affected progress in many biomedical research settings. Evidence from multiple sources, including a survey NIH issued to its supported extramural research workforce last fall, indicates legitimate concerns about career trajectory for early career scientists, including those with caretaker responsibilities. An article by Dr. Erin Gibson and her colleagues argued for a “reset” with focus on early career investigators. One point I took away from this paper is that a reset does not necessarily mean for us to go “back to normal” after the pan...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 8, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike career development COVID-19 extension request fellowship scientific workforce diversity Source Type: funding

NIDCR Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award for a Diverse Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research Workforce (F99/K00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-060 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the NIDCR Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award for a Diverse Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research Workforce (F99/K00) is to support outstanding graduate students from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences, over the transition from predoctoral to postdoctoral research training. This phased award program will facilitate completion of graduate PhD or dual degree clinician scientist programs (F99) and progression to mentored postdoctoral posi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 8, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Friendlier Format for Key Dates in Funding Opportunities
We have begun posting research opportunities with a new, friendlier table format for the Key Dates section. The table format allows readers to easily identify the available due dates in each review and award cycle. As shown in the first row of this example (partial table pulled from the Key Dates section of PA-21-110), New applications received for the February 16, 2021 due date, Resubmission applications for the March 16, 2021 due date, and AIDS applications for the May 7, 2021 due date will all go to Scientific Merit Review in July 2021 and Advisory Council Review in August 2021. The Earliest Start Date for those applica...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 2, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources due dates funding opportunities funding opportunity announcement Source Type: funding

NIH R01 Grant Outcomes of T32 Postdoctoral Participants: Associations with Demographics, Cohort, Degree, and Career Development (K) Awards
Introduction Postdoctoral NIH T32 programs aim to provide select trainees with experience to enable successful career and research development. Here we present data on NIH career development, or K award, and R01 equivalent research grant outcomes of participants in post-doctoral T32 programs. Cohorts These analyses are based on the outcomes of 35,528 T32 post-doctoral participants (including 18,671 men and 16,857 women) who matriculated between 1995 and 2009, for whom we had data on age and gender, and who had received MD, MD-PhD, or PhD degrees. We followed them for designation as principal investigator (PI) on subsequent...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 1, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike T32 Source Type: funding