Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (K01)
(Postdoctoral Individuals/New Independent Researchers)

This program provides research support to faculty members at minority serving institutions who can conduct high quality research in the areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, or sleep disorders. Important NHLBI program goals are to enhance the minority serving institution's science infrastructure by developing the research career and teaching skills of the candidate.

Candidates for this award must be faculty members at a minority serving institution who:  1) are U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents by the time of the award;  2) have a doctoral degree or equivalent in a biomedical or behavioral science at least two years prior to the award; and 3) wish to receive specialized training in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, or sleep disorders research. Each candidate must identify and complete arrangements with a mentor (at the same institution or at a collaborating research center) who is recognized as an accomplished investigator in the proposed research area and who will provide guidance for the candidate's career development and research plan.

Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (K01) Web links:

K01 Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions Program Announcement (RFA-HL-10-011)

The NHLBI Website also lists training programs under the category Request for Applications/Proposals & Program Announcements with the application receipt date.

Special Leave Guidelines for Recipients of Mentored Career Award

Who is eligible? All faculty members at domestic institutions with student enrollment drawn substantially from diverse populations who are currently underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research.

Current and former recipients of K12 support may apply for the K01 provided that they have no more than three years of K12 support by the time the K01 award is issued. The combined total of K12 plus K01 support must not exceed 6 years. A candidate for the K01 may not concurrently apply for or have an award pending for any other NIH career development award.

The opportunities? Research training and mentored career development

Duration of support? Academic year and summer for 3 to 5 years

Where? At domestic minority serving research institutions

Applications due? August 25, 2009

Salary: Faculty -- up to $75,000 per year plus fringe benefits and up to $36,000 for research development support.

How to apply: Applications submitted in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Federal assistance must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov) using the SF 424 Research and Related (R&R) forms and the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide.

The SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide for NIH and Other PHS Agencies, now includes Part 1.7 Supplemental Instructions to the SF 424 (R&R) for Preparing an Individual Research Career Development Award (CDA) Application ("K" series). Note in particular that the "Candidate" and "Research Plan" (sections A-D) combined may not exceed 25 pages. Please note that this new Application Guide is to be used with all Adobe application packages, including those for the K programs.

Electronic submission of reference letters is a separate process from submitting an application electronically. Reference letters are submitted directly through the eRA Commons and do not use Grants.gov. Therefore, candidates must follow the Supplemental Instructions in the SF 424 R&R Application Guide for Research Career Awards (Instructions, Part 7.3, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm).

Prospective applicants are asked to submit a letter of intent by July 25, 2009 for applications received by August 25, 2009 to the Chief, Review Branch at the address listed below.  Although a letter of intent is not required, is not binding, and does not enter into the review of a subsequent application, the information that it contains allows the NHLBI staff to estimate the potential review workload and plan the review.

Chief, Review Branch
Division of Extramural Research Activities
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 7214
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7924 (for express mail: Bethesda, Maryland 20817)
Telephone: (301) 435-0270
FAX: (301) 480-0730
E-mail: nhlbichiefreviewbranch@nhlbi.nih.gov

 

Please contact the following NHLBI staff member if you have questions about this award:

Traci Heath Mondoro, Ph.D.
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources (responding for all NHLBI programmatic Divisions)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Two Rockledge Center, Room 9140
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7950
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7950
Telephone: (301) 435-0052
FAX: (301) 480-0867
E-mail: mondorot@nhlbi.nih.gov

Revised June 2009