NIH Early Career Awards
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NIH Early Career Awards
The NIH offers a number of different Career Development (K) Awards. For a complete list, please visit the NIH K-Kiosk website. A partial listing of awards appears below:
- K01 Mentored Research Scientist Award
- K02 Independent Research Award
- K07 Academic Career Award
- K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Award
- K22 Career Transition Award (Visit the NIH K Kiosk for more information on K22 Awards.)
- K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award
- K25 Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award
- K99/R00 Pathways to Independence Award
- NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Find more information on Career Development Awards.
NIH “K Kiosk”
The NIH K-Kiosk website offers important K-award related information and resources, including:
- Career Award Wizard: Helps determine which award may be right for you
- Comparison of K Awards across Institutes & Centers
- Visual Guides to NIH Career Development Awards
- Links to parent announcements and notices for each K-Award mechanism offered by the NIH
K-Related Data from the NIH RePORT Website
Find K-Award related data from the NIH RePORT website by taking the following steps:
- Access the NIH Data Book.
- Scroll down to: The Research Workforce > Trends in Research Career Development (K) Awards.
- From here users can access charts, graphs, and spreadsheets on the following:
- Competing applications, awards, and success rates
- Number of awards by fiscal year
- Total funding and average award size by fiscal year
- Number of entry level awards by fiscal year
- Number of K-Awards and award amount by institute and center, fiscal years 2003-2009
- Number of individual Research Career Development Awards, by institute/center
- Individual Research Career Development Awards, by institute/center and sorted by average amount.
Find additional data, charts, and graphs on (K)-Awards by visiting the NIH’s Data Book pages.
K-related Guidance Material
The Mailman Research Resources (R2) Office has created K-related guidance material to assist new and early stage investigators identify appropriate K-Awards and to begin planning for writing and submission. Users can access these documents below:
