Mentored Research Scientist Development Award

Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research and career development activities is invited to work with his/her mentor and sponsoring institution to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH programs. However, for the NIH K01 program the following eligibility requirements apply to individuals who seek to become Research Scientist Development Award recipients (Principal Investigators).

Only U.S. citizens or non-citizen nationals, or an individual lawfully admitted for permanent residence who possesses an Alien Registration Receipt Card (I-151 or I-551), or some other verification of legal admission as a permanent resident prior to the time of award, are eligible for this award.  Non-citizen nationals, although not U.S. citizens, owe permanent allegiance to the U.S.  They are usually born in lands that are not states but are under U.S. sovereignty, jurisdiction, or administration.  Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.

Candidates for this award must have a research or health-professional doctoral degree or its equivalent.

Candidates must identify mentor(s) with extensive and appropriate research experience for the proposed research development plan.

Candidates must be able to commit a minimum of 75% of full-time professional effort conducting research career development and research activities associated with this award. The remaining 25 % effort can be divided among other research, clinical and teaching activities only if these activities are in a fashion consistent with the goals of the K01 Award, i.e., the candidate's development into an independent investigator. The candidate must have a “full time” appointment at the academic institution that is the applicant institution. Candidates who have VA appointments may not consider part of the VA effort toward satisfying the “full time” requirement at the applicant institution. Candidates with VA appointments should contact the staff person in the relevant NIH ICs prior to preparing an application to discuss their eligibility. See (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/pa-06-001_contacts.htm).

The PHS 398 application instructions are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html in an interactive format. Applicants must use the currently approved version of the PHS 398. For further assistance contact Grants Info, Telephone (301) 435-0714, Email: GrantsInfo@nih.gov.