NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

This program funds short-term mentored research experience for established investigators to gain new research skills, update techniques, or redirect their work in hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language sciences. Applicants must be experienced investigators with a research or health-professional doctoral degree, and they must have a full-time appointment at the applicant institution; U.S. citizenship, U.S. non-citizen national status, or lawful permanent residence is required by the time of award. Awards generally last six months to two years, with NIDCD contributing salary up to the NIH salary cap and $40,000 per year for research development costs, plus 8% indirect costs. No cost sharing is required, foreign organizations may not apply, and applications may not propose leading an independent clinical trial, a feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial.

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