Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
Two phases in one award: mentored postdoctoral time, then independent research funding that transfers with you to a faculty position. Carrying an R00 into the job market changes the conversation.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (per year)Mentored-phase salary and research costs, then independent-phase research funding on the institute's schedule.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Feb, Jun, OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Three standard due dates a year.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral
- Eligibility
- A hard cap on how long you may have been a postdoc at application — the tightest constraint on this award, and the one people discover too late.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- postdoc transition · career development · faculty job market
- Apply at
- https://grants.nih.gov/funding/activity-codes/K99
- 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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