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Funding Opportunities

 

  • A list of Vanderbilt University upcoming limited submission opportunities can be found at https://www.vanderbilt.edu/rds/limitedsubmission/.
  • A list of Vanderbilt University Medical Center upcoming limited submission opportunities can be found at https://www.vumc.org/oor/limited-and-external-funding-opportunities.
  • Visit the Edge Bulletin Board to check their current list of national research funding opportunities with upcoming deadlines, updated often. To submit national opportunities, email Edge for Scholars. Additionally, the Edge for Scholars Funded Grants Library has over 200 grants in the library including more than two dozen examples of NRSA fellowship applications (F30, F31, F32) written by Vanderbilt trainees that include original submissions, resubmissions, and summary statements. There are also a few AHA fellowship applications in the library. If a trainee is in the process of writing an application, they may review these shared grants by requesting access to the EFS Funded Grants Library. To again access to the Funded Grants Library email Adrienne Babcock. Postdocs should copy their primary mentor on the request so the mentor can confirm the need for access.
  • Visit the SPIN Database of Sponsored Funding Opportunities and search their database of over 40,000 funding opportunities from more than 10,000 global sponsors.

Funding Opportunities

Vanderbilt (VU + VUMC): This is a joint competition for VU and VUMC investigators. All investigators should follow these instructions.

Overview

VU and VUMC may each submit one application per scientific focus area to the NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Outstanding Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00) programs. The scientific focus areas are Cancer Data Science, Cancer Control Science, Molecular/Precision Cancer Prevention and Other Cancer Research. There are three separate RFAs, which allow different types of proposed research (e.g. basic, clinical): PAR-23-286, PAR-23-287, and PAR-23-288. Each of VU and VUMC’s four selected applicants (1/focus area) may apply to whichever RFAs best suit their research proposals.

The objective of the NCI Pathway to Independence Award is to help outstanding postdoctoral researchers complete needed, mentored career training and transition in a timely manner to independent tenure-track (or equivalent) faculty positions. The program will provide independent NCI research support during this transition to help awardees to launch competitive, independent research careers. The K99/R00 award is intended to foster the development of a creative, independent research program that will be competitive for subsequent independent funding and that will help advance the mission of the NCI.

This program is designed for outstanding postdoctoral fellows with research and/or clinical doctoral degrees who do not require extended periods of mentored research training beyond their original doctoral degrees before transitioning to research independence. Researchers in the scientific areas of cancer control, cancer prevention and cancer data sciences are especially encouraged to apply.

Individuals must be in mentored, postdoctoral training positions to be eligible to apply to the K99/R00 program. The K99/R00 award will provide up to 5 years of support in two phases. The initial (K99) phase will provide support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase will provide up to 3 years of independent research support, which is contingent on satisfactory progress during the K99 phase and obtaining an approved, independent tenure-track (or equivalent) faculty position.

The award covers up to $100,000 per year toward the salary of the career award recipient, and up to $30,000 per year toward the research development costs of the award recipient.

See solicitations for full program and eligibility details:

PAR-23-286 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed

PAR-23-287 – Independent Clinical Trial Required

PAR-23-288 – Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required

Internal Application Process:

Anyone interested in being considered to submit a proposal must submit the following materials by 5 p.m. on December 7, 2023. Note the different submission instructions for VU and VUMC postdocs, below.

  1. Brief (2-page maximum) research plan including summary budget;
  2. Statement of support from department chair/center director;
  3. NIH Biosketch

For VU-employed Postdocs:

  • Submit all application materials via InfoReady by December 7, 2023 at the following link: https://vanderbilt.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1923211
  • In your application, indicate to which RFA and which scientific focus area (cancer data science, cancer control science, molecular/precision cancer prevention, or other cancer research) you would apply.
  • Any questions about this opportunity, eligibility, or the LSO process may be directed to VU-LSO@vanderbilt.edu.

For VUMC-employed Postdocs:

  • Submit all application materials in a single PDF to lso@vanderbilt.edu by December 7, 2023. Visit the OOR site for more detail.
  • In your email, indicate to which RFA and which scientific focus area (cancer data science, cancer control science, molecular/precision cancer prevention, or other cancer research ) you would apply.
  • Any questions about this opportunity, eligibility, or the LSO process may be directed to LSO@vanderbilt.edu.

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to encourage applications for R01 research projects to: (1) advance our understanding of why children with various conditions and/or risk factors are late to talk, (2) differentiate developmental trajectories that lead to better outcomes, and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of clinical approaches to improve outcomes. The ultimate goal is to provide parents, caregivers, and professionals with the information they need to help late talking children grow and thrive.

Background

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) initiative seeks to support activities to better understand early language learning and delay. Late talking, also known as late language emergence, is diagnosed when a child, usually over the age of 18 months, is not meeting expressive language milestones. Approximately 10% to 20% of children receive this diagnosis. Children may be at higher risk for late talking for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, premature birth, exposure to maltreatment or trauma, and intellectual and developmental disorders; and yet other children present as late talkers for no other known reason and with no other symptoms. Outcomes for late talking children are variable and the unique predictors and developmental sequelae are yet unknown. Understanding developmental trajectories and effectively supporting positive outcomes is even more complex in culturally and linguistically diverse children. Further research is needed to enhance our understanding of the full range of language development from infancy through childhood and adolescence across the diverse array of children who exhibit signs of late talking. There is a critical need to build a more robust knowledge base for this unique population to better inform parents, caregivers, professionals, and other partners regarding the nature, extent, and longitudinal, developmental course of late talking children. It also is critically important to develop new and more effective ways of evaluating and supporting communication success across this broad and diverse array of children.

Research Objectives

This NOSI encourages applications that address the objectives of: (1) acquiring and analyzing the data necessary to understand longitudinal development in late talking children; (2) developing, evaluating, disseminating, and implementing state-of-the-science information and evidence-based practices to effectively guide parents, caregivers, and professionals in supporting the success of late talking children; (3) creating, adapting, or applying novel approaches to the study of late talkers to develop new and more effective ways of understanding and supporting late talking children in research and practice settings.

This NOSI encourages applications that address the objectives of TALK, including but not limited to studies that:

  • Evaluate scalable methods for accurately screening for late talking in the general population that includes children from various cultural and linguistic groups
  • Compare different methods of identifying late talking
  • Identify optimal measures for differentiating developmental trajectories in late talking children across a variety of conditions/risk factors and in various cultural and linguistic groups
  • Identify outcome measures for late talking that are meaningful to invested parties (e.g., caregivers, professionals)
  • Develop and evaluate interventions (e.g., programs, products, policies) to improve outcomes for late talking children
  • Adapt and test novel or emerging approaches to more accurately identify late talkers and/or more accurately discern developmental trajectories associated with different outcomes
  • Translate promising approaches from research studies into clinical tools that can be used in real world settings

Applications Not Responsive to this NOSI:

  • Applications that do not address late talking

This NOSI focuses on R01 research projects. Exploratory/developmental R21 projects leveraging extant data to understand developmental trajectories of late talking children should see TALK PAR-24-045. Exploratory/developmental R21 projects investigating the information and practice needs relevant to late talking children should see TALK PAR-24-046.

Application and Submission Information

This notice applies to due dates on or after January 5, 2024 and subsequent receipt dates through November 6, 2026.

Submit applications for this initiative using one of the following notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) or any reissues of these announcements through the expiration date of this notice.

  • PA-20-185 – NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • PA-20-184 – Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
  • PA-20-183 – Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
  • PAR-24-051 – NIDCD Low Risk Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and the notice of funding opportunity used for submission must be followed, with the following additions:

  • For funding consideration, applicants must include “NOT-DC-24-010” (without quotation marks) in the Agency Routing Identifier field (box 4B) of the SF424 R&R form. Applications without this information in box 4B will not be considered for this initiative.

Applications nonresponsive to terms of this NOSI will not be considered for the NOSI initiative.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) initiative seeks to support activities to better understand early language learning and delay. NIH TALK invites applications for research projects that aim to further understanding of the developmental trajectories of late talking children by leveraging existing data and creating open and shared data resources to aid in identifying patterns and predictors of developmental outcomes in late talking children, and exploring potential underlying mechanisms, risk factors, and sequelae.

For more information, deadlines, and to apply, please visit https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-045.html.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) initiative seeks to support activities to better understand early language learning and delay. NIH TALK invites applications for research projects that aim to better understand the information and practice needs of caregivers, professionals, and other invested parties who support late talking children and to determine whether those needs are being effectively met. Community engaged research combined with rigorous qualitative research and diverse research teams are needed to enrich our understanding of how to get state-of-the-science information and practice to those who need it most to guide decisions about late talking children.

For more information, deadlines, and to apply, please visit https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-045.html.

Issued by

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Purpose

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) initiative seeks to support activities to better understand early language learning and delay. Late talking, also known as late language emergence, is diagnosed when a child, usually over the age of 18 months, is not meeting expressive language milestones. Approximately 10% to 20% of children receive this diagnosis. Children may be at higher risk for late talking for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, premature birth, exposure to maltreatment or trauma, and intellectual and developmental disorders; and yet other children present as late talkers for no other known reason and with no other symptoms. NIH TALK intends to publish a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for research projects that aim to better understand the information and practice needs of caregivers, professionals, and other invested parties who support late talking children and to determine whether those needs are being effectively met. Community engaged research combined with rigorous qualitative research and diverse teams is needed to enrich our understanding of how to get state-of-the-science information and practice to those who need it most to guide decisions about late talking children. This Notice of Intent to Publish (NOTIP) is being provided to allow potential applicants time to develop meaningful partnerships that will contribute to the NOFO’s requirements for community engagement, qualitative research partnerships, and Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP).  The NOFO is expected to be published in fall 2023 with an expected application due date in winter 2024. The NOFO will use the R21 activity code. Details of the planned NOFO are provided below.

Research Initiative Details

This research initiative aims to understand (1) the information and practice gaps that caregivers, professionals, and other invested parties face when making decisions and supporting late talking children; (2) how state-of-the-science information about developmental trajectories, potential outcomes, and evidence-based practice options for late talking children are being disseminated to caregivers, professionals, and other invested parties to effectively meet their needs. Resulting findings should set a sufficient foundation for subsequent research that would further engage invested parties to develop, evaluate, and/or implement state-of-the-science information and evidence-based practices to effectively guide caregivers, professionals, and other invested parties in supporting the success of late talking children.

Projects under this initiative can focus on single or multiple groups of invested parties who care for and support late talking children. Likewise, projects can focus on single or multiple groups of late talkers with varying conditions or risk factors associated with their late language emergence. Any portion of the continuum of service delivery, from birth to adolescence, is eligible for study. Projects must include a clear justification for how the proposed sample, design, and methods will contribute to understanding the information, practice, and/or dissemination needs of invested parties who support late talking children.

Examples of relevant research topics include, but are not limited to studies that:

  • Explore what caregivers, professionals, or other invested parties want to know about the nature, extent, and developmental course of late language emergence
  • Examine what caregivers, professionals, or other invested parties want to know about service delivery and evidence-based practice for late talking children
  • Describe how caregivers, professionals, or other invested parties get information about the nature, extent, developmental course, and service options for late talking children
  • Investigate whether existing informational programs or service delivery practices about late talking meet the needs of caregivers, professionals, or other invested parties
  • Identify critical gaps in information and practice needs of caregivers, professionals, or other invested parties
  • Explore the information and practice needs of caregivers, professionals, or other invested parties who support culturally and linguistically diverse late talking children
  • Investigate the information and practice needs of caregivers, professionals, or other invested parties who support late talking children from communities at elevated risk for health disparities

The following studies will be considered non-responsive for this opportunity and will not be reviewed:

  • Studies not on late talking children or those with a history of late talking
  • Studies that use only a quantitative approach
  • Studies that fail to incorporate a community engaged approach
  • Projects that fail to include a plan for enhancing diverse perspectives
  • Studies classified as clinical trials

For more information, visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DC-23-015.html.

Issued by

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Purpose

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) initiative seeks to support activities to better understand early language learning and delay. Late talking, also known as late language emergence, is diagnosed when a child, usually over the age of 18 months, is not meeting expressive language milestones. Approximately 10% to 20% of children receive this diagnosis. Children may be at higher risk for late talking for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, premature birth, exposure to maltreatment or trauma, and intellectual and developmental disorders; and yet other children present as late talkers for no other known reason and with no other symptoms.  NIH TALK intends to publish a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for research projects that aim to further our understanding of the developmental trajectories of late talking children by leveraging existing datasets that include late talking children, those at-risk for late talking, or those with a history of late talking. The overall goal of this initiative is to create an open and shared data resource to aid in identifying patterns and predictors of developmental outcomes in late talking children, and exploring potential underlying mechanisms, risk factors, and sequelae. This Notice of Intent to Publish (NOITP) is being provided to allow potential applicants time to explore availability and suitability of extant data resources, and to develop meaningful projects, collaborative research teams, and a Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives  (PEDP). The NOFO is expected to be published in fall 2023 with an expected application due date in winter 2024. The NOFO will use the R21 activity code. Details of the planned NOFO are provided below.

Research Initiative Details

The goals of this initiative are to spark researchers to create the infrastructure necessary to bring together and make publicly available existing data on different populations of late talking children and to analyze integrated data sets in novel ways to address broader questions about developmental trajectories in late talking children. These goals are to be accomplished through supporting three types of approaches: 1) data sharing: making existing data open and accessible to researchers and the public; 2) secondary data analysis: harmonizing and leveraging existing datasets to address novel questions related to development in late talking children; and 3) data mining: discovery and cataloging of existing datasets that include late talking children. This initial work is intended to create the foundation for future, targeted longitudinal research. Activities that could be supported include, but are not limited to:

  • Creating data sets that can be made available to the general scientific community from restricted access data that cannot be made publicly accessible because they include identifying or sensitive information
  • Creating synthetic data based upon existing data that can be used for modeling purposes
  • Activities for making data ready for secondary analysis. These may include, for example, cleaning or filtering data; imputing missing data, as appropriate; data pre-processing; adoption of ontologies or other standards to improve interoperability with other data
  • Developing and sharing documentation, e.g., metadata that records the provenance, motivation, composition, collection process, recommended uses, and other relevant information for re-users of the data
  • Re-consenting participants in order for data to be made available
  • Harmonizing data and measures across multiple data sets, e.g., integrative data analysis
  • Integrating cross-sectional datasets to provide insights to developmental trajectories
  • Exploring patterns in electronic health records
  • Transcribing existing language samples
  • Conducting more detailed coding of existing audio or videorecorded samples
  • Discovery and cataloging of extant datasets. Note: Data mining activities alone are not sufficient and must be complemented with sharing and/or analytic activities.

These activities may overlap, and it would be possible for a project to include multiple aspects of the above listed. Types of data of interest include, but are not limited to: administrative data (e.g., electronic health records), survey data, results of assays conducted on biospecimens, data from clinical trials, data from patient registries, and imaging data. Projects that include data from  nih-designated populations that experience health disparities and those that include longitudinal data are especially welcome.

Resources developed through funded projects, inclusive of datasets and related metadata as well as algorithms and other code used for any data cleaning, recoding, harmonizing and analyses, are expected to be made publicly available in line the NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy. Efforts are expected to be informed by best practices in data management and engagement with the language and developmental sciences communities. Proposed activities must protect and maintain confidentiality for research subjects and must include all protections outlined in subject or patient consent forms, if any.

The following activities will be considered non-responsive for this opportunity and will not be reviewed:

  • Projects that propose studies on populations other than late talking children, those at-risk for late talking, or those with a history of late talking
  • Projects that do not propose data mining, data sharing, and/or secondary data analysis of data sets that include late talking children
  • Projects that only propose data mining with no data sharing and/or secondary data analysis component
  • Projects that propose archiving of data to meet the data sharing requirement for grant applications submitted to NIH for the January 25, 2023 and subsequent receipt dates
  • Projects proposing de novo data collection
  • Projects that do not clearly address how the proposed activities will advance research on and understanding of development in children identified as late talkers
  • Projects classified as clinical trials
  • Projects that fail to include a plan for enhancing diverse perspectives  s

For more information, visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DC-23-016.html.

The Branco Weiss Fellowship offers unique possibilities for postdoctoral researchers around the globe. For the career centers of ETH partner universities, we provide downloadable materials on this page to announce this opportunity at their institution. The global application process has opened and will close on January 15, 2024.

The legacy of Branco Weiss, a well-known Swiss entrepreneur and science patron, was to dedicate nearly all of his wealth to supporting exemplary postdoctoral fellows (see https://brancoweissfellowship.org). Since its inception in 2002, the Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science has supported more than 150 promising researchers. Fellows may carry out their projects at any academic institution in the world that best suits their research.

If you have any questions, please contact our team at brancoweissfellowship@ethz.ch. The direct link to apply for this fellowship can be found here.

The purpose of the Pathway to Independence Award in Tobacco Regulatory Research (K99/R00) is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented independent investigators conducting research that will inform the development and evaluation of regulations on tobacco product manufacturing, distribution, and marketing. This program is designed to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral researchers with a research and/or clinical doctorate degree from mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. This program will provide independent NIH research support during this transition in order to help awardees launch competitive, independent research careers.

Research projects must address the research priorities related to the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) as mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), Public Law 111-31.

The awards under this FOA will be administered by NIH using funds made available through the CTP and the FSPTCA (P.L. 111-31).

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for candidates proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary study to a clinical trial. Applicants to this FOA are permitted to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor. Those proposing a clinical trial or an ancillary clinical trial as lead investigator, should apply to the companion FOA (RFA-OD-22-026).

For more information, visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-22-025.html

The purpose of the Pathway to Independence Award in Tobacco Regulatory Research (K99/R00) is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented independent investigators conducting research that will inform the development and evaluation of regulations on tobacco product manufacturing, distribution, and marketing. This program is designed to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral researchers with a research and/or clinical doctorate degree from mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. This program will provide independent research support during this transition in order to help awardees launch competitive, independent research careers.

Research projects must address the research priorities related to the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) as mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), Public Law 111-31.

The awards under this FOA will be administered by NIH using funds made available through the CTP and the FSPTCA (P.L. 111-31).

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for applicants proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or a separate ancillary study to an existing trial, as part of their research and career development. Applicants not planning an independent clinical trial, or proposing to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, must apply to companion FOA (RFA-OD-22-025).

For more information, visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-22-025.html

The Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is part of NIH’s efforts to enhance diversity within the academic biomedical research workforce, and is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, for example individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent, tenure-track or equivalent research-intensive faculty positions. The program has two components: an institutionally-focused research education cooperative agreement (UE5) and an individual postdoctoral career transition award (K99/R00) to enhance diversity. The objective of the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00) is to enhance workforce diversity by facilitating a timely transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds (e.g., see Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity) from their mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent research-intensive faculty positions.

MOSAIC K99/R00 Funding Opportunity Announcements

The MOSAIC K99/R00 program is designed to facilitate a timely transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds (e.g., see NIH’s Interest in Diversity) from their mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent research-intensive faculty positions. The MOSAIC K99/R00 program will provide independent NIH research support before and after this transition to help awardees launch successful, independent research careers. Additionally, MOSAIC K99/R00 scholars will be part of organized scientific cohorts and will be expected to participate in mentoring, networking, and professional development activities coordinated by MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5) grantees.

MOSAIC K99/R00 Program Goals and Considerations

The MOSAIC K99/R00 program is intended to foster the development of creative, innovative, independent researchers who will be competitive for subsequent independent biomedical research funding, and who will enhance diversity in the biomedical research workforce. Additionally, it is widely recognized that scientists from underrepresented groups often assume disproportionate academic service and outreach loads, even during their training, and that these contributions to the research environment are generally not appropriately recognized and rewarded in the measures of career advancement (i.e., “the diversity tax”). The MOSAIC K99/R00 program seeks to support early career scientists with demonstrated and compelling commitments and contributions to enhancing diversity in the biomedical sciences..

Individuals must be in mentored, postdoctoral training positions to be eligible to apply to the K99/R00 program. The K99 is not intended to extend time in the postdoctoral lab while an individual is on the job market. If an applicant achieves independence (any faculty or non-mentored research position) before a K99 award is made, neither the K99, nor the R00 award, will be made.

The K99/R00 award will provide up to 5 years of support in two phases. The initial (K99) phase will provide support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral career development. The second (R00) phase will provide up to 3 years of independent research support, which is contingent on satisfactory progress during the K99 phase and an approved, independent, tenure-track (or equivalent) faculty position. The two award phases are intended to be continuous in time. Although exceptions may be possible in limited circumstances, R00 awards will generally only be made to those K99 PDs/PIs who accept independent, tenure-track (or equivalent) faculty positions by the end of the K99 award period.

Applicants must have no more than 4 years of postdoctoral research experience at the time of the initial or the subsequent Resubmission application. Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply no later than the third year of their postdoctoral training to ensure awardees receive maximum benefit from both the K99 phase of the award, and to facilitate a timely transition to independence. Because the program aims to support the career development of scholars early in their postdoctoral training, candidates who have not yet published a first-author manuscript during their postdoctoral training, but whose previous and current studies and future plans are likely to support a successful independent research career are encouraged to apply.

The K99/R00 award is intended for individuals who require at least 12 months of mentored career development (K99 phase) before transitioning to the R00 award phase of the program. Consequently, the strongest applicants will require and propose a well-conceived plan for 1–2 years of substantive mentored career development that will help them become competitive candidates for tenure-track faculty positions and prepare them to launch robust, independent research programs. An individual who cannot provide a compelling rationale for at least one year of additional mentored career development at the time of award is not a strong candidate for this award. If an applicant achieves independence (any faculty or non-mentored research position) before a K99 award is made, neither the K99, nor the R00 award, will be made.

MOSAIC K99/R00 Applicant Eligibility

Candidates for the K99/R00 award must have a clinical or research doctorate (including PhD, MD, DO, DC, ND, DDS, DMD, DVM, ScD, DNS, PharmD or equivalent doctoral degrees). Clinicians (including those with MD, DDS, DVM and other licensed health professionals) in a clinical faculty position that denotes independence in clinical responsibilities but not in research may also be eligible for the K99/R00 award.

By the time of award, the individual must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., possess a currently valid Permanent Resident Card USCIS Form I-551, or other legal verification of such status). K99/R00 applicants must have no more than 4 years of postdoctoral research experience as of the relevant application due date regardless of whether it is a New or Resubmission application. Individuals must be in mentored, postdoctoral training positions to be eligible to apply to the K99/R00 program. If an applicant achieves independence (i.e., any faculty or non-mentored research position) before a K99 award is made, neither the K99 award, nor the R00 award, will be issued.

Consistent with the NIH Extension Policy for Early Stage Investigator Status (ESI), NIH will approve an extension of one year for childbirth within the 4-year K99 eligibility window. Applicants who will be PD/PIs on a K99 application must provide the child’s date of birth in the extension request justification submitted to IC program officials and/or scientific/research contacts listed in the FOA at least 12 weeks before submitting an application.

Parental, medical, or other well-justified leave for personal or family situations is not included in the 4-year eligibility limit, nor is clinical training with no research involvement (e.g., full-time residency training). Part-time postdoctoral research training, related to personal or family situations or occurring during a research residency or fellowship, will be pro-rated accordingly. In addition, time spent conducting postgraduate clinical training that does not involve research is not considered as part of the 4-year research training eligibility limit. Only time dedicated to research activities counts toward the 4-year limit. Please refer to the NIH Extension Policy for Eligibility Window for Pathway to Independence Awards (K99/R00).

For more information about the MOSAIC K99/R00 Program, please read the FOAs, Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and contact Dr. Kenneth Gibbs or Dr. Kalynda Gonzales Stokes​​.

For more information and to apply, visit their website here.

Supports postdoctoral researchers in performing work that will broaden their perspectives, facilitate interdisciplinary interactions, and help establish them in leadership positions within the atmospheric and geospace sciences communities.

Synopsis

The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) to highly qualified early career investigators to carry out an independent research program. The research plan of each Fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of AGS disciplines. These disciplines include Atmospheric Chemistry (ATC), Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics (CLD), Paleoclimate (PC), and Physical and Dynamic Meteorology (PDM) in the Atmospheric Sciences, and Aeronomy (AER), Magnetospheric Physics (MAG), Solar Terrestrial (ST), and Space Weather Research (SWR) in the Geospace Sciences.

The AGS-PRF program supports researchers (also known as Fellows) for a period of up to 24 months with Fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice. The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential and provide them with experiences in research that will broaden perspectives, facilitate interdisciplinary interactions, and help establish them in leadership positions within the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences community. Fellowships are awarded to individual Fellows, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.

AGS has made it a priority to address challenges in creating an inclusive geoscience discipline through activities that increase belonging, accessibility, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BAJEDI). Proposers are encouraged to explicitly address this priority in their proposed activities. Proposers who are women, veterans, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), or who have attended two-year colleges and minority-serving institutions for undergraduate or graduate school, or plan to conduct their Fellowship activities at one of these institutions (e.g. Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Alaska Native Serving Institutions, and Hawaiian Native and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions) are especially encouraged to apply.

Program Notice: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22639/nsf22639.htm; https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/atmospheric-geospace-sciences-postdoctoral

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