The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering the Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity in Biomedical Research (K01), aimed at enhancing the pool of highly trained investigators from diverse backgrounds in the biomedical field. This grant program provides structured research training and mentorship over a period of 3-5 years, focusing on cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic diseases, as well as sleep disorders, particularly in health disparity populations. The initiative is crucial for fostering a diverse scientific workforce capable of addressing pressing biomedical research needs and health disparities in the United States. Interested applicants can find more information and apply by the deadline of May 7, 2027, with approximately $3.3 million available over three fiscal years to support up to 20 awards annually. For inquiries, contact NIH Grants Information at grantsinfo@nih.gov or visit the additional information link at [NIH Grants](http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-25-008.html).

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The Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is reissuing the Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity in Biomedical Research (K01), targeting faculty from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. This grant program provides supported research training and mentorship over a period of 3-5 years to foster independent research careers in areas concerning cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic diseases. The NIH aims to enhance diversity within the research workforce, encouraging applications that propose leading independent clinical trials or feasibility studies. 

Applications are due starting September 17, 2024, with a total funding of approximately $3.3 million available over three fiscal years, aiming to support up to 20 awards annually. The program emphasizes a structured career development plan, requiring candidates to demonstrate previous research experience and a predictable trajectory towards independence. Additionally, mentors must possess relevant expertise and a commitment to promoting diversity in biomedical research. The initiative reflects NIH's broader goal of addressing health disparities and ensuring a well-trained, diverse scientific workforce to meet America’s biomedical research needs.

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-25-008.html

Purpose This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications to enhance the pool of highly trained investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in research areas of interest to the NHLBI. The career development will take place under the guidance of an experienced mentor in the biomedical, behavioral or clinical sciences leading to research independence. It is targeted toward individuals whose basic, clinical, and translational research interests are grounded in the advanced methods and experimental approaches needed to solve problems related to cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic diseases and sleep disorders in the general and health disparities populations. This NOFO invites applications from institutions with 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. This NOFO is designed specifically for candidates proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or a separate ancillary clinical trial. Applicants to this NOFO are permitted to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor. Applicants proposing a clinical trial or an ancillary study to an ongoing clinical trial as lead investigator should apply to the companion NOFO (see RFA-HL-25-009).

See Section VII. Agency Contacts within the full opportunity announcement for all other inquires.

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