Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for Mentored Research Career Development Award Recipients
Funds a small, short-term grant for NIAMS K01, K08, K23 or K25 recipients moving toward a first independent R01.
A career development award pays a scientist's salary while they build toward independence, but salary alone does not buy the research record a first major grant needs. This notice, run by NIAMS, is built to close exactly that gap.
Eligibility runs through the award a person already holds. NIAMS-supported K01, K08, K23 and K25 recipients can apply during the second to fourth year of that award, as…
A Limited Competition small grant for NIAMS K01, K08, K23 and K25 recipients, and holders of comparable federal or non-federal career development awards in NIAMS's mission areas, during the second to fourth year of that award, supporting pilot and feasibility studies, secondary analysis of existing data, small self-contained research projects, methodology development or new research technology toward a subsequent R01. Clinical trials of any phase are not supported.
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