Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Institutions That Promote Diversity (K01)

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Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Institutions That Promote Diversity (K01): The NIH recognizes a unique and compelling need to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research workforce. The NIH expects efforts to diversify the workforce to lead to the recruitment of the most talented researchers from all groups, to improve the quality of the educational and training environment, to balance and broaden the perspective in setting research priorities, to improve the ability to recruit subjects from diverse backgrounds into clinical research protocols, and to improve the Nations capacity to address and eliminate health disparities.The objectives of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) are to: (1) advance the awardees career development trajectory by strengthening research capacity, publishing and other scholarly activities, (2) improve success and retention in a research career; (3) promote scientific collaborations that lead to acquisition of new skills or research in other fields of scholarly interest; and (4) increase the number of highly trained investigators at institutions that promote diversitywhose basic and clinical research interests are grounded in the advanced methods and experimental approaches needed to solve problems related to cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic diseases in general and in populations that suffer disproportionately from these conditions.This FOA invites applications from eligible faculty members to undertake special study and supervised research under a mentor who is an accomplished investigator in the research area proposed and has experience in developing independent investigators.The FOA is a three-to-five-year non-renewable career development award to support faculty at a non-research intensive institution with an institutional mission focused on serving diverse communities that are not well represented in NIH-funded research, or identified federal legislation of same. The candidates must have research experience and be committed to developing into independent biomedical investigators in research areas relevant to the mission of the NHLBI (i.e., cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, or sleep disorders research).
Federal Grant Title: Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Institutions That Promote Diversity (K01)
Federal Agency Name: National Institutes of Health
Grant Categories: Health
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HL-12-029
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 93.233
CFDA Descriptions: National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
Current Application Deadline: Oct 27, 2011
Original Application Deadline: Oct 26, 2011
Posted Date: Aug 10, 2011
Creation Date: Oct 25, 2011
Archive Date: Nov 27, 2011
Total Program Funding: $300,000
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Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply. Foreign (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not allowed. The Institution must be a domestic college or university with an institutional mission focused on serving diverse communities or with federal recognition of the same. These institutions can assist NIH in its efforts to train and recruit the most talented researchers from all groups; to improve the quality of the educational and training environment; to balance and broaden the perspective in setting research priorities; to improve the ability to recruit subjects from diverse backgrounds into clinical research protocols; and to improve the Nations capacity to address and eliminate health disparities. Accordingly, NIH strongly encourages applications from the following institutions: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions.
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