What’s NIH?• National Cancer Institute• National Eye Institute• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst.• National Human Genome Research Inst• National Institute on Aging• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases• National Institute of Arthritis and

Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases• National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development• National Institute on Deafness and Other

Communication Disorders• John E. Fogarty International Center• Center for Scientific Review

• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

• National Institute on Drug Abuse• National Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences• National Institute of Mental Health• National Institute of Neurological Disorders

and Stroke• National Institute of Nursing Research• National Library of Medicine• Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center• Center for Information Technology• National Center for Complementary and

Alternative Medicine• National Center for Research Resources

NIDA Research Career Development Timetable

Graduate StudentNRSA F30, F31, T32, R03

Post-docNRSA F32, T32

Early CareerK01, K08, K23, R03, R01, R15, K22, K25, R21

Mid CareerR01, K02, K24

Senior InvestigatorK05

K01 K02 K05 K07 K08 K12 K23 K24NCI

NEI

HLBI

HGRI

NIA

AAA

IAID

IAMS

ICHD

NIDR

DDK

NIDA

IEHS

IGMSNIMH

INDS

NINR

NCRR

DCD

Mentored Career Development Awards (K Awards)

• Mentored Research Scientist Development (K01)

• Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08)

• Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development (K23)

• Mentored Career Development Award (K25)

FEATURES

Duration - 3,4 or 5 yearsMentor - YesSalary - Up to $90,000

Res. Costs - Up to $50,000Renew - NoReceipt Dates – Feb 1, June 1, Oct

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What Grant Is Right for Me?

- what stage of research career

- what are your research needs- do you need a mentor or collaborators?

- how big is the project?

Talk with NIDA staff, they can help match your needs to the right funding mechanism

P rog ram O ffice r S c ien tific R eviewA d m in is tra to r

G ran ts M an ag em en tO ffice r

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Who do I talk to?

Who/What is a Program Officer?

• Program Officer – is a scientist and administrator

– manages grants, contracts, cooperative agreements

– identifies needs in scientific areas

– identifies scientific areas of special interest and communicates interest

– monitors research progress

– advocate for the best science

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What’s a NIDA?

NIDA’s Mission is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.

- through the support and conductof research across a broadrange of disciplines,

- ensuring rapid and effective disseminationand use of research results to improveprevention, treatment, and policy

NIDA’s Research PrioritiesAIDS

Neuroscience

Treatment

Health Services

Protective/Resiliencefactors

Epidemiology

Genetics

Prevention

Behavioral Science

Children/Adolescents

Health Disparities

Clinical Research Infrastructure

NIDA K Awards

• K01 Mentored Research Scientists Award• K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award• K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career

Development Award• K12 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program

Award• K02 Independent Scientist Award• K24 Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented

Research• K05 Senior Scientist Award

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K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award

• Provides an additional period of sponsored support in an area that is new to the candidate OR in an area that would enhance the candidate’s scientific career

• Doctoral degree, current PI on PHS research grant ineligible, U.S. citizen

• 75% effort conducting research• 3-5 year award, non-renewable

K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award

• Support to develop outstanding clinician scientist development award

• Clinical doctoral degree, former PI on PHS grant ineligible, U.S. citizen

• 75% effort

• 3-5 years of support

Patient-Oriented Research

POR is defined as research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens, and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects. This area of research includes: 1) mechanisms of human disease; 2) therapeutic interventions; 3) clinical trials, and ; 4) the development of new technologies.

K23 Mentored POR Career Development Award

• Provides support for a period of supervised study and research for clinically trained professionals who have the potential to develop into productive, clinical investigators focussing on POR

• Clinical degree, former PI not eligible (except R03, R21), U.S. citizen

• 75% effort, 5 years, non-renewable

K02 Independent Scientist Award

• Support for newly independent scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus to enhance their research careers

• Doctoral degree, peer-reviewed independent research support

• U.S. citizen, 75% effort to research• 5 years, renewable once

K05 Senior Scientist Award

• Support to outstanding scientists with a demonstrated high level of sustained productivity, and whose expertise, research accomplishment, and contributions to the field have been and will be critical to the mission of NIDA

• Must have long-term support and peer-reviewed grant support at the time of the award

• 75% effort devoted to research

• 5 years and renewable