NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Clinical Trial Required)

This award supports experienced investigators who want mentored time to gain new research skills or redirect their work in hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language sciences. Applicants must be established investigators with a research or health-professional doctoral degree, and by the time of award they must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or lawful permanent residents. The award period is generally six months to two years, with up to the legislatively mandated salary cap each year and $40,000 per year for research development costs. Indirect costs are paid at 8% of modified total direct costs, cost sharing is not required, and foreign organizations may not apply, though foreign components of U.S. organizations are allowed.

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