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Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research
Program Purpose
The purpose of this program is to provide support to mid-career health-professional doctorates or equivalent who are typically at the Associate Professor level for protected time to devote to patient-oriented research and to act as research mentors primarily for clinical residents, clinical fellows and/or junior clinical faculty.
PD/PI
Eligibility
Career level
U.S. citizen or permanent resident, with clinical doctoral degree, be in the mid-career, and with peer-reviewed support.
INSTITUTION
Eligibility
U.S. domestic institutions.
Relevant Policy Notices
- Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Usage of Person Months
- NIH Grants Policy Statement - Research Career Development ("K") Awards
- NIH-NSF Definition of a Postdoctoral Scholar
- NOT-OD-04-056: Determining Full-Time Professional Effort for Career Awards
- NOT-OD-06-095: Clarification Of Eligibility For Mid-Career Investigator Award In Patient-Oriented Research (K24)
- NOT-OD-15-053: Notice of NIHs Interest in Diversity
- NOT-OD-09-036: NIH Policy Concerning Career Development (K) Awards: Leave, Temporary Adjustments to Percent Effort, and Part-Time Institutional Appointments
- NOT-OD-10-019: Update on the Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (NOT-OD-10-019)
- NOT-OD-13-045: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on the Biomedical Research Workforce
- NOT-OD-15-009: Request for Information (RFI): Physician-Scientist Specific Grant Program to Facilitate the Transition From Training to Independence
- NOT-OD-15-089: Racial and Ethnic Categories and Definitions for NIH Diversity Programs and for Other Reporting Purposes
- NOT-OD-16-004: NIH & AHRQ Announce Upcoming Changes to Policies, Instructions and Forms for 2016 Grant Applications
- NOT-OD-16-024: Notice of Intent to Publish Request for Information: Strategies to Increase Diversity in the Physician-Scientist Workforce
- NOT-OD-16-027: Request for Information (RFI): Strategies to Enhance Diversity in the Physician-Scientist Workforce
- NOT-OD-16-122: Update: Availability of Resources for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research
Forms and other Guidelines
- FAQs about Applying Electronically
- FAQs about Biosketches
- Organization Registration
- SF424 Application Guide
- Special Instructions for Submitting K22 Applications from Unaffiliated Applicants using the SF424 (R&R)
- How to Write a Grant Application
- Quick Guide for Grant Applications
- Overview of the NIH Grants Process
Currently Supported Investigators
Search for currently supported investigators using NIH RePORTER
Program Data, Outcomes and Evaluations
- NIH Statement in Response to the NAS Report, Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists (NIH, 2001)
- Review of the NIH Biomedical Research Training Program (NIH, 1989)
- Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads (National Academies Press, 2011)
- Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences (National Academies Press, 2011)
- Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists (National Academies Press, 2000)
- Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists (National Academies Press, 1998)
- Science & Engineering Indicators
- Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards
- Research Career Development Awards: Competiting applications, awards and success rates
- Research Career Development Awards
- Research Career Development Awards: Total funding and average size
- Individual Career Development Awards: Number of entry-level awards
- Trends in K Awards: Research Career Development Awards by Institute/Center FY 2010 - 2014
- Trends in K Awards: Research Career Development Awards by Institute/Center FY 2003 - 2009
- Trends in K Awards: Individual Research Career Development Awards by Institute/Center
- Trends in K Awards: Individual Research Career Development Awards: Funding by Institute/Center, sorted by average amount