Alzheimers Disease Clinical Scientist Development Award

The summary for the Alzheimers Disease Clinical Scientist Development Award grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Alzheimers Disease Clinical Scientist Development Award: The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will accept applications for the Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) or Mentored Research Scientist Award (K01) in the area of Alzheimers disease and related dementias research. NIA will offer the K08 or K01 award to support the development of outstanding academic physician scientists to continue or to focus their research effort in Alzheimers disease related to clinical practice. These mechanisms provide support for a period of supervised research and study for either clinically trained professionals with little research experience but who have the commitment and the potential to develop into productive, independent Alzheimers disease investigators (K08) or for clinically trained professionals with substantial research experience who wish to redirect their career to concentrate on Alzheimers research (K01). The award period is three years and must include a plan to obtain didactic training and supervised training experience in order to ground the applicant in the field of neurodegenerative disease and integrate a fundamental and theoretical understanding of dementia with clinically oriented and/or laboratory research. The proposed research should have both scientific importance and be a suitable vehicle for learning the skills necessary to become an independent physician-scientist concentrating on dementia research and practice. The scope and nature of the proposed research should also be suitable for potential development into an independently funded research endeavor. The research program should be designed to elicit results that can be translated into clinical practice. This award will support developmental experiences in either clinical or laboratory research. Because of the focus on progression to independence as a researcher, the prospective candidate for the K08 or K01 award should propose a period of training consistent with this goal and his or her previous research and clinical experience. For example, a candidate with limited experience in dementia research may need a designated period of didactic training and closely supervised research experience for a longer period as the most efficient means of attaining independence. A candidate with substantial previous research experience, such as an investigator in another field redirecting his/her career focus into dementia research, may require a shorter didactic training period appropriate for the transition to independence. In all cases, the candidate must provide evidence of either having attained a broad understanding of theoretical aspects of the relevant clinical or basic science related to Alzheimers disease and related dementias, or that s/he will attain the same during the course of this award. You are strongly encouraged to contact NIA staff listed below to discuss issues of eligibility and the specific provisions of this award as it pertains to NIA programmatic interests. While NINDS is not a sponsor of this RFA, the Institute has strong interest in research in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (see: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/about_ninds/clusters/neurodegeneration.htm) NIH encourages applications for educational loan repayment from qualified health professionals who have made a commitment to pursue a research career involving clinical, pediatric, contraception, infertility, and health disparities related areas. The LRP is an important component of NIH's efforts to recruit and retain the next generation of researchers by providing the means for developing a research career unfettered by the burden of student loan debt. Note that an NIH grant is not required for eligibility and concurrent career award and LRP applications are encouraged. The periods of career award and LRP award may overlap providing the LRP recipient with the required commitment of time and effort, as LRP awardees must commit at least 50% of their time (at least 20 hours per week based on a 40 hour week) for two years to the research. For further information, please see: http://www.lrp.nih.gov