The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting applications for its Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline: 03/12/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The overall goal of the NIH Research Career Development program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) support a variety of mentored and non-mentored career development award programs designed to foster the transition of new investigators to research independence and to support established investigators in achieving specific objectives. Candidates should review the different career development (K) award programs to determine the best program to support their goals. More information about Career programs may be found at the NIH Extramural Training Mechanisms website.
The objective of the NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide 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, or sponsor in the biomedical, behavioral or clinical sciences leading to research independence. The expectation is that, through this sustained period of research career development and training, recipients will launch independent research careers and become competitive for new research project grant (e.g., R01) funding.
Investigators who have the quality and breadth of training necessary to conduct cutting-edge research related to the regulation, manufacture, distribution and marketing of tobacco products are needed. All applicants responding to this FOA are expected to propose research that responds to the priorities of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products as outlined in the Program Scope and Research Objectives.
Program Scope and Research Objectives
- The FDA and NIH share interest in supporting research that could inform FDA’s tobacco regulatory authorities. To that end, the research encouraged by this FOA is expected to provide additional scientific data to the research base to inform regulation of tobacco products to protect public health. Although a vast and sound science base exists with regard to numerous areas related to the FSPTCA, new research will provide additional science for the FDA to consider as it implements the FSPTCA.
- Consistent with the FDA CTP mission, this FOA encourages research applications that address such Scientific Domains as: understanding the composition and design of tobacco products, approaches that test the toxicity of tobacco smoke, aerosol, or specific constituents, the effect of tobacco product characteristics on addiction and abuse liability, the short- and long-term health effects of tobacco products, understanding the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors related to tobacco product use, understanding how to effectively communicate the health effects of tobacco products use, the influences of tobacco marketing, and understanding the impact of potential FDA regulatory actions.
Where appropriate to the research question, applications may focus on populations or groups that bear disproportionate burden of tobacco product risk and harm. If a population experiencing tobacco-related disparities will be included, applicants will be expected to identify the population and how the population is important to the research question, considering the impact on population health. Populations can include (but are not limited to):
- Youth and young adults
- Those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds (e.g., those with lower household incomes or lower educational attainment)
- Racial or ethnic minorities
- Sexual and/or gender minorities
- Rural populations
- Those pregnant or trying to become pregnant
- Active-duty military or veterans
- Those who are or have been incarcerated
- Those with mental health conditions or substance use disorders
Scientific Domains
- Product Composition and Design
- Toxicity
- Addiction
- Health Effects
- Behavior
- Communications
- Marketing Influences
- Impact Analysis
The term “characteristic” encompasses materials, ingredients (including additives, nicotine formulations, and flavors), design, composition, heating source, and other features of a tobacco product, including harmful and potentially harmful constituents. Product characteristics can be incorporated into all the above topics.
Award Information
The FDA intends to commit $500,000 to support 3 awards total for both this FOA (Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award in Tobacco Regulatory Research (K01 – Independent Clinical Trial Required) and the companion FOA (Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award in Tobacco Regulatory Research (K01 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Awards are contingent upon funds available from the FDA and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
Award Project Period
The total project period may not exceed 5 years.
Eligibility Information
Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
- U.S. Territory or Possession
Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
Foreign Institutions
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
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