Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Agency:
- National Institutes of Health
The overall purpose of the NIH Research Career Development program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) support a variety of mentored and non-mentored career development award programs designed to foster the transition of new investigators to research independence and to support established investigators in achieving specific objectives. Candidates should review the different career development (K) award programs to determine the best program to support their goals. More information about Career programs may be found at the NIH Research Training and Career Development website.
The goal of the NIH International Research Career Development Award (K43) is to support research scientists from a low-or middle-income country (LMIC) who hold a junior faculty positions at an academic or research institutions. In many LMIC institutions, there is insufficient support for junior faculty with long-term research training to launch an independent research career due to lack of protected time for research activities, inadequate pilot research project funding opportunities, insufficient training in advanced research methodology and data analysis, lack of mentorship in manuscript and grant writing and meager institutional support for developing, submitting and administering research applications and awards. This intensive, mentored research career development experience under the guidance of experienced LMIC and U.S. mentors is expected to foster an independently funded research career for LMIC junior research scientist faculty. Overall, it is expected that this program will increase the scientific capacity for health research at LMIC institutions and foster long term research collaborations with U.S. scientists.
The award will provide salary and research project support. Awardees are expected to increase their capabilities in advanced research methodology, analysis and data management, research administrative skills, responsible conduct of research, scientific presentation, and manuscript and grant writing. Applications should propose targeted activities and research projects that will propel awardees to become competitive principal investigators for new research project grant (e.g., R01) funding. This NOFO invites applications in support of eligible LMIC research scientists at LMIC academic or research institutions who propose both critically needed career development activities and a research project that are highly relevant to the health priorities of their countries. The research activities should take place primarily in the LMIC.
Award budgets are composed of salary and other program-related expenses.
December 03, 2024
Christine Jessup, PhD
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Telephone: 301-496-1653
Email: Christine.Jessup@nih.gov
Xenia Tigno, Ph.D., M.S. (Epi)
ORWH - Office of Research on Women's Health
Phone: 301.480.1145
E-mail: xenia.tigno@nih.gov
Stacey Chambers
NINDS - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
Phone: 301-496-0690
E-mail: sc395c@nih.gov