Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23, Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed), PA-24-185
Three to five years of protected time and salary support for clinically trained researchers building an independent patient-oriented research career under a mentor. Companion versions exist for clinical trial required and basic experimental studies with humans.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (per year)The announcement does not publish a fixed dollar cap: salary and fringe support levels and allowable research development costs are set by each participating NIH Institute or Center, subject to the federal legislated salary cap. No figure is stated on the parent page itself.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Feb, Jun, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-12 — 59 days awayStandard K cycles of 12 February, 12 June and 12 October each year, running through 12 February 2027. Announcement expires 8 May 2027.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Candidate must be a US citizen, non-citizen national or lawful permanent resident by award, must hold a clinical doctoral degree (MD, DO, DDS, DMD, OD, PharmD, doctoral nursing degree or equivalent) and have completed clinical training. Ineligible if current or former PD/PI on an R01, P01, P50 or a major K award (K01, K07, K08, K22, K23, K25, K76, K99/R00).
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- patient-oriented research · career development · mentored research · clinical research
- Apply at
- https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-24-185.html
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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