Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) — PAR-24-296
Fogarty International Center, NIH
A mentored career development award that buys protected research time for a junior faculty member at an academic or research institution in a low- or middle-income country, so that they can become an independent investigator based in their own country rather than emigrating. Three to five years of support, with a substantial salary contribution and a separate research development allowance for supplies, tuition, travel, statistical services and mentor communication. This is one of the very few NIH mechanisms where the award is held by an LMIC institution and the LMIC scholar is the PI rather t
- Indicative award
- up to $100k per year (per year)NIH will contribute up to $100,000 per year toward the awardee's salary (supporting the required 75% minimum effort), plus up to $40,000 per year in research development support for supplies, equipment, tuition, travel, statistical services and mentor communication. Indirect costs are limited to 8%
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · DecPublished deadline: 2026-12-03 — 110 days awayOne receipt date a year, on December 3. Published cycles were December 3, 2024, December 3, 2025 and December 3, 2026; the December 2026 cycle is reviewed in March 2027 with earliest start July 2027. The NOFO expires December 4, 2026.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- The applicant institution must be a non-U.S. academic or research institution in a World Bank low-income, lower-middle-income or upper-middle-income country; upper-middle-income G20 members are excluded except in Sub-Saharan Africa. The candidate must be a citizen or permanent resident of an LMIC, must NOT be a U.S. citizen or non-citizen national, and may not be based at a U.S. institution. They must hold a junior faculty appointment (instructor, lecturer or assistant professor) held for at least one year at the time of application, hold at least a master's degree with a research thesis (doct
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- global health · research capacity building · career development · lmic institutions
- Apply at
- https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-296.html
- This entry
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