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Research Career Development Awards

K23

Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award

Program Purpose

The purpose of this program is to support the career development of individuals with a clinical doctoral degree, who have the potential to develop into productive, clinical investigators, and who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research.