Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Institutions (K01)

The summary for the Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Institutions (K01) 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.

Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Institutions (K01): -Purpose. This FOA issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications from suitable faculty members holding doctoral degrees, such as the Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.V.M., or an equivalent degree, 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. This FOA is a three-to-five-year non-renewable career development award made to faculty at a minority institution. The candidates are faculty members at a minority institution, must have research experience (length of time may vary), 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). -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the K01 grant mechanism and is a continuation of the program named Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Institutions, (K01) (RFA-HL-05-016).