Mentored Career Development Award to Promote
Faculty Diversity/Re-Entry in Biomedical Research (K01) (Postdoctoral Individuals/New Independent Researchers)

This award is offered to encourage underrepresented faculty members at U.S. institutions to enhance their research skills in areas of interest to the NHLBI and to increase the number of highly trained investigators from diverse backgrounds or who have experienced an interruption in their research careers. It is geared toward individuals whose basic and clinical research interests are grounded in the advanced methods and experimental approaches needed to solve problems related to cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematological, and sleep disorders research.

Candidates applying for this program must have been awarded a doctoral degree, such as the Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.V.M., or an equivalent degree at least two years prior to the award and have a full-time non-tenured faculty appointment (such as instructor or assistant professor) at an accredited institution at the time of award. Candidates must identify a mentor who is an accomplished investigator in the proposed research area and has experience in developing independent investigators. The mentor is not required to be affiliated with the applicant's institution.

Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity/Re-Entry in Biomedical Research (K01) Web links:

K01 Faculty Diversity/Re-Entry Program Announcement (RFA-HL-10-012)

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? Faculty members who have been determined by the grantee institution to be underrepresented on faculty in biomedical and behavioral research on a national or institutional basis, such as individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups, individuals with disabilities, individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds or individuals who have experienced an interruption in their research careers.

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 up to 5 years, at least 75 percent effort

Where? At domestic research institutions

Applications due? August 25, 2009


Salary: Salary support up to $75,000 per year plus fringe benefits and research support up to $30,000 per year.

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:

Lorraine M. Silsbee, M.H.S.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Two Rockledge Center, Room 10018
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7936
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7936
Telephone: (301) 435-0709
FAX: (301) 480-1455
E-mail: silsbeeL@nhlbi.nih.gov