Writing An Effective “K” Application: A Video Guide
Do you need some guidance on preparing a K Award application for the NIH? Dr. Kay Lund, Director of Division of Biomedical Research Workforce, gives some great tips in a 25-minute YouTube video, “Writing an Effective ‘K’ Application.” It is designed for junior investigators and those who assist in the preparation of the scientific portions of an application.
The video covers points including:
Currently active K award funding opportunity announcements & where to find them
A breakdown of the different K awards
Planning tips
Application requirements
Review criteria
You will also learn how to avoid the most commo...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 28, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit career development award K award video Source Type: funding
NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-094 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18) program is to enable established, proven investigators to augment or redirect their research programs through the acquisition of new research skills to answer questions relevant to the hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language sciences. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for candidates proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or a...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 19, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-105 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) is to provide support and protected time (three to five years) to advanced postdoctoral U.S. research scientists and recently-appointed U.S. junior faculty (applicants must be at least two years beyond conferral of doctoral degree) for an intensive, mentored research career development experience in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC), as defined by the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups, including "low-inc...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 4, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-104 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. he purpose of the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) is to provide support and protected time (three to five years) to advanced postdoctoral U.S. research scientists and recently-appointed U.S. junior faculty (applicants must be at least two years beyond conferral of doctoral degree) for an intensive, mentored research career development experience in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC), as defined by the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups, including "low-inco...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 4, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Mentored Research Experiences for Genetic Counselors (R25)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-074 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this NHGRI R25 program is to support educational activities and mentored genomic research experiences for genetic counselors. This program will provide supervised career development experiences to genetic counselors in genomic research through courses, enhance research experiences and mentoring to gain the necessary knowledge and experience to participate and lead future genomic research efforts. To accomplish ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 9, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NEI Notice of Participation in PA-20-206, "Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Clinical Trial Required)"
Notice NOT-EY-21-006 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 8, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NEI Notice of Participation in PA-20-202, "Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Clinical Trial Required)"
Notice NOT-EY-21-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 8, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NIDCD Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists (K01 No Independent Clinical Trials)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-086 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the NIDCD Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists (K01) is to support comprehensive and rigorous postdoctoral research and career development experiences in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences of promising Au.D./Ph.D. audiologists who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to NIDCD's mission. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for applicants proposing research that do...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 8, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NIDCD Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists (K01 Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-085 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the NIDCD Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists (K01) is to support comprehensive and rigorous postdoctoral research and career development experiences in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences of promising Au.D./Ph.D. audiologists who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to NIDCD's mission. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for applicants proposing to serve as the ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 8, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NIDCD Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists (K01 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-087 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the NIDCD Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists (K01) is to support comprehensive and rigorous postdoctoral research and career development experiences in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences of promising Au.D./Ph.D. audiologists who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to NIDCD's mission. This Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists Funding Opportunity Announce...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 8, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NEI Institutional Mentored Physician Scientist Award (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-073 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage institutions to propose creative and innovative institutional research career development programs which prepare clinically-trained vision scientists for independent research careers. This initiative is intended to expand and strengthen the community of investigators engaged in clinical research. Such an increase in the number of well-trained clinical researchers is necessary to achieve a pool of scientists with contemporary, multidisciplinary expertise able to leverage r...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 1, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-026 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of the Graduate Research Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) program is to develop a diverse pool of scientists earning a Ph.D., who have the skills to successfully transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce. 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 that the proposed researc...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 20, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-025 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) program is to develop a diverse pool of scientists earning a Ph.D., who have the skills to successfully transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce. The long-term goal of the program is to enhance the diversity of biomedical research scientists in the Nations workforce. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-based approaches to biomedical training and mentoring...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 20, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NIH Challenges Academia to Share Strategies to Strengthen Gender Diversity
Has your school made an important contribution to helping women become leaders in their field? Maybe your department made noticeable strides recently in diversifying the gender and race or ethnicity of its workforce? What about your institution’s response to reversing the “backward slide” experienced by women in biomedicine because of COVID-19?
Well, tell us about it! Your institution could improve leadership prospects for women in science—and win a prize.
On behalf of the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers, the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health has launched a new challenge competition to pro...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - November 16, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Challenge Competition gender equity scientific workforce diversity Source Type: funding
Exploratory Centers for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (P20 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DK-20-033 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to seek applications for Exploratory Centers for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (P20). A major goal of this program is to build interdisciplinary research teams. The program seeks innovative, high-riskhigh-reward Research Projects that utilize integrative approaches to address questions relevant to benign genitourinary diseases or disorders bringing together investigators with complementary expertise. Studies involving human subjects or tissues and small, innovative, ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 16, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
