Table 1. Federal and Non-Federal Sources of Career Development Awards.
| AWARD | DEGREE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health | ||
|
K01
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01) |
M.D. Ph.D. or equivalent |
Provides salary and research support for a sustained period of “protected time” (3-5 years) for intensive research career development under the guidance of an experienced mentor in the biomedical, behavioral or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Provides salary + fringe and other program-related expenses such as 1) tuition and fees; 2) supplies, equipment and technical personnel; 3) travel to research meetings; and 4) statistical services. Although all participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) use this mechanism, others utilize it for individuals who propose to train in a new field or for individuals who have had a hiatus in the research career. NCI uses this mechanism to increase research workforce diversity. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-050.html http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-044.html |
|
K02
Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02) |
M.D. Ph.D. or equivalent |
This award is intended for newly-independent scientists who can demonstrate a need for a period of intensive research focus in order to enhance their research careers. Limited NIH Institute and Center participation - NCI is not a participant. This award provides 3-5 years of salary support and protected time; assumes other research support exists. Size and duration of award varies. http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-045.html |
|
K07
Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (NCI) |
M.D. Ph.D. or equivalent |
Provides salary and research support for a sustained period of “protected time” (3-5 years) to junior investigators who are interested in developing academic and research expertise in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. NCI will contribute 9-12 person months (75%-100% of full-time professional effort), up to the allowable salary cap, per year toward the salary of the career award recipient. NCI will contribute $30,000 per year toward research development costs. Award is not renewable. Candidates must identify a mentor who will supervise the proposed career development and research experience. For the purpose of this funding opportunity, a junior investigator is defined as a senior postdoctoral fellow, research fellow, clinical fellow, or similar title; a non-tenure-track faculty appointment equivalent to the level of assistant professor or below; or an assistant professor within the first two years of a tenure-track appointment. http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12.067.html |
|
K08
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08) |
M.D. Ph.D. or equivalent |
Provides salary and research support for a sustained period of “protected time” (3-5 years) to support didactic study and/or mentored research for individuals with clinical doctoral degrees. Provides support for an intensive, mentored research career development experience in biomedical or behavioral research, including translational research leading to research independence. Award may be used by candidates with different levels of prior research training and at different stages in their career development. Provides salary + fringe and other program-related expenses. NCI uses this mechanism to increase research workforce diversity: http://arants.nih.aov/arants/auide/pa-files/PAR-12-051.html http://arants1.nih.aov/arants/auide/pa-files/PA-14.046.html |
|
K22
The NCI Transition Career Development Award |
M.D. Ph.D. or equivalent |
Provides up to 3 years of support for the most promisina and exceptionally talented mentored, non-independent investigators who 1) have earned a terminal clinical or research doctorate; 2) have at least 2 years of postdoctoral trainina in cancer research at the time of submission of the initial application; 3) have no more than a total of 8 years of mentored, non-independent research trainina experience after the terminal clinical or research doctorate at the time of initial application or subsequent resubmission; 4) have not already obtained an individual career development award from the Federal Government; and 5) do not already have a full-time tenure-track assistant professor faculty position. This period of support is to allow the investiaator to work towards establishina his/her own independent research proaram and to prepare an application for research arant support (R01 or equivalent). Award budaets are composed of salary and other proaram-related expenses. NIH will contribute $100,000 per year toward the salary of the career award recipient and $50,000 per year toward research costs. NCI also uses this mechanism to increase research workforce diversity: http://arants.nih.aov/arants/auide/pa-files/PAR-12-062.html http://arants.nih.aov/arants/auide/pa-files/PAR-12-121.html |
|
K23
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23) |
M.D. D.O. D.D.S. Pharm.D or equivalent |
Provides salary and research support for a sustained period of “protected time” (3-5 years) to ensure a future cadre of well-trained scientists conductina NIH-supported Patient-Oriented Research (POR) who will become competitive for NIH research project (R01) arant support. Candidates must have a clinical degree (Candidates with Ph.D. dearees are eliaible for this award if the dearee is in a clinical field and they usually perform clinical duties). For the purposes of this award, Patient-Oriented Research is defined as research conducted with human subjects or on material of human oriain such as tissues, specimens and coanitive phenomena for which an investiaator interacts directly with human subjects. This area of research includes: 1) mechanisms of human disease; 2) therapeutic interventions; 3) clinical trials; and 4) the development of new technoloaies. Award budaets are composed of salary and other proaram-related expenses. NCI also uses this mechanism to increase research workforce diversity: http://arants.nih.aov/arants/auide/pa-files/PAR-12-052.html http://arants1.nih.aov/arants/auide/pa-files/PA-14.049.html |
|
K25
Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25) |
M.D. Ph.D. or equivalent |
The award is intended for research-oriented investiaators at any level of experience, from the postdoctoral level to senior faculty level, who have shown clear evidence of productivity and research excellence in the field of their trainina, and who would like to expand their research capability with the aoal of makina sianificant contributions to behavioral, biomedical (basic or clinical), bioimaaina or bioenaineerina research that is relevant to the NIH mission. This award is for scientists from quantitative scientific and technical backgrounds such as mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, imaaina science, informatics, physics, chemistry, and enaineerina, who are interested in pursuina basic or clinical biomedicine, bioenaineerina, bioimaaina, or behavioral research. Candidate must identify a mentor who will supervise the proposed career development and research experience Award budgets are composed of salary and other program-related expenses. Candidates may request 3-5 years of support. http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-048.html |
|
K99 / R00
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00) |
M.D. Ph.D. or equivalent |
Provides up to 5 years of support in two phases. The initial mentored phase provides support for up to 2 years for new investigators who have ≤ 5 years of postdoctoral research training experience at time of initial application and do not have a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position. The candidate must propose a research project that will be pursued during the K99 phase and transition into an independent project during the R00 phase. Following the mentored phase, the individual may request up to 3 years of support to conduct research as an independent scientist at an extramural sponsoring institution/organization to which the individual has been recruited, been offered and has accepted a tenure-track full-time assistant professor position. This support will allow the individual to establish his/her independent research program and prepare an application for regular research grant support (R01). Award budgets are composed of salary and other program-related expenses. K99: salary support up to $100,000 + fringe benefits per year research support up to $30,000 per year ROO: total cost may not exceed $249,000 per year http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-042.html |
| Congressionally-Directed Medical Research Programs | ||
| Bone Marrow Failure | M.D. Ph.D. or equivalent |
http://cdmrp.army.mil/bmfrp/default.shtml |
| Breast Cancer | http://cdmrp.army.mil/bcrp/default.shtml | |
| Lung Cancer | http://cdmrp.army.mil/lcrp/default.shtml | |
| Neurofibromatosis | http://cdmrp.army.mil/nfrp/default.shtml | |
| Ovarian Cancer | http://cdmrp.army.mil/ocrp/default.shtml | |
| Peer-Reviewed Cancer | http://cdmrp.army.mil/prcrp/default.shtml | |
| Peer-Reviewed Medical | http://cdmrp.army.mil/prmrp/default.shtml | |
| Prostate Cancer | http://cdmrp.army.mil/pcrp/default.shtml | |
| Tuberous Sclerosis Complex | http://cdmrp.army.mil/tscrp/default.shtml | |
| Foundations/Professional Associations That Support Translational Research | ||
| Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy | http://www.acgtfoundation.org/ | |
|
American Association for Cancer
Research (AACR) |
http://www.aacr.org | |
| American Cancer Society | http://www.cancer.org/ | |
|
American Institute for Cancer
Research (AICR) |
http://www.aicr.org/ | |
|
American Society for Therapeutic
Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO) |
https://www.astro.org/ | |
|
American Society of Clinical
Oncology (ASCO) |
http://www.asco.org/ | |
|
American Society of Hematology
(ASH) |
http://www.hematoloay.ora/ | |
|
Association for International
Cancer Research (AICR) |
http://www.aicr.ora.uk/ | |
| Cancer Research Institute (CRI) | http://www.cancerresearch.ora/ | |
| Concern Foundation | https://www.concernfoundation.ora | |
| Conquer Cancer Foundation | http://www.conquercancerfoundation.ora/ | |
|
Damon Runyon Cancer Research
Foundation |
http://www.damonrunyon.ora/ | |
| Elsa U. Pardee Foundation | http://www.pardeefoundation.ora/ | |
| Hope Funds for Cancer Research | http://www.hope-funds.ora/ | |
| James S. McDonnell Foundation | https://www.ismf.ora/ | |
| Sidney Kimmel Foundation | http://www.kimmel.ora/ | |
|
The SASS Foundation for Medical
Research, Inc. |
http://sassfoundation.ora/ | |
|
The V Foundation for Cancer
Research |
http://www.jimmyv.ora/ | |
| Cancer-Specific Foundations/Professional Associations That Support Translational Research | ||
| Brain Cancer | ||
|
American Brain Tumor
Association |
http://www.abta.ora/ | |
|
John McNicholas Pediatric Brain
Tumor Foundation |
http://www.livelikejohn.ora/ | |
|
Matthew Larson Pediatric Brain
Tumor Foundation |
http://www.ironmatt.ora/ | |
| Breast Cancer | ||
|
Mary Kay Ash Charitable
Foundation |
Not open to MD Anderson | |
| Susan B. Komen for the Cure | http://ww5.komen.ora | |
| Gastrointestinal Cancer | ||
|
Foundation for Digestive Health
and Nutrition |
http://www.aastro.ora/aaa-foundation/arants | |
| Genitourinary Cancer | ||
|
Bladder Cancer Advocacy
Network |
http://www.bcan.ora/ | |
| Urology Care Foundation | http://www.uroloayhealth.ora/ | |
| Kidney Cancer Association | http://www.kidneycancer.ora/ | |
| Gynecologic Cancer | ||
| Foundation for Women’s Cancer | http://www.foundationforwomenscancer.ora/ | |
|
Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian
Cancer Research |
http://www.marsharivkin.ora/ | |
| Ovarian Cancer Research Fund | http://www.ocrf.org/ | |
|
HERA Women’s Cancer
Foundation |
http://www.herafoundation.org/ | |
| Head and Neck Cancer | ||
| American Head & Neck Society | http://www.ahns.info/ | |
| Leukemia/Lymphoma/Myeloma | ||
|
Cutaneous Lymphoma
Foundation |
http://www.clfoundation.org/ | |
|
Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for
Cancer Research |
http://www.gabriellesangels.org/ | |
|
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
of America |
http://www.lls.org/ | |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | http://www.lymphoma.org/ | |
|
Multiple Myeloma Research
Foundation |
http://www.themmrf.org/ | |
|
When Everyone Survives
Foundation |
http://www.wheneveryonesurvives.org/ | |
| Lung Cancer | ||
|
A Breath of Hope Lung
Foundation |
http://abreathofhope.org/ | |
| American Lung Association | http://www.lung.org/ | |
|
Lung Cancer Research
Foundation |
http://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org/ | |
|
Mesothelioma Applied Research
Foundation |
http://www.curemeso.org/ | |
|
National Lung Cancer
Partnership |
http://www.freetobreathe.org/ | |
| Uniting Against Lung Cancer | http://www.unitingagainstlungcancer.org/ | |
| Neuroendocrine Tumors | ||
| Caring for Carcinoid Foundation | http://www.caringforcarcinoid.org/ | |
|
North American Neuroendocrine
Tumor Society |
http://www.nanets.net/ | |
| Prostate Cancer | ||
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | http://www.pcf.org/ | |
| Sarcoma | ||
|
Desmoid Tumor Research
Foundation |
http://www.dtrf.org/ | |
| Sarcoma Foundation of America | http://www.curesarcoma.org/ | |
| Skin Cancer / Melanoma | ||
| American Skin Association | http://www.americanskin.org/ | |
| Harry J. Lloyd Charitable Trust | http://www.hjltrust.com/ | |
| Melanoma Research Alliance | http://www.curemelanoma.ora/ | |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | http://www.melanoma.ora/ | |
| The Skin Cancer Foundation | http://www.skincancer.ora/ | |
| Pediatric Cancers | ||
| Alex’s Lemonade Stand | http://www.alexslemonade.ora/ | |
|
Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer
Foundation |
http://www.cncfhope.ora/ | |
| Children’s Tumor Foundation | http://www.ctf.ora/ | |
| Curesearch for Children’s Cancer | http://www.curesearch.ora/ | |
| Thrasher Research Fund | https://www.thrasherresearch.ora/ | |
| Cancer Prevention | ||
| Prevent Cancer Foundation | http://preventcancer.ora/ | |