Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Clinical Trial Required)

This NIH K23 award provides salary and research support for 3 to 5 years of protected time for researchers doing patient-oriented research. It is for candidates who will lead an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial, and applicants without an independent trial must use a companion funding opportunity. Eligible candidates must have a health-professional doctoral degree, have completed clinical training, and be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or permanent resident by the time of award. The project period may not exceed 5 years, indirect costs are paid at 8% of modified total direct costs, and cost sharing is not required. Foreign organizations are not eligible, and applications with foreign subawards or subcontracts will not be considered for funding.

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• Patients & People with Health Conditions
• Researchers & Scholars
• Biomedical & Disease Research

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