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Research Career Development Awards

K24

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.