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NINDS career development awards provide research training opportunities to scientists and clinician-researchers at the postdoctoral and early career faculty levels.
      
        
  
        
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          K01NINDS Postdoctoral Career Development AwardFor support of outstanding, mentored postdoctoral researchers to develop a potentially impactful research project with a comprehensive career development plan that will enable them to launch an independent research program.
          K22Career Transition Award for NINDS Intramural Clinician-ScientistsTo provide support to outstanding clinician-scientists to develop their independent research skills through a two phase program; an initial mentored research experience in the NINDS intramural program, followed by a period of independent research.
          K99/ R00*BRAIN Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote DiversityTo enhance biomedical research workforce diversity by supporting a mentored research experience (K99) followed by independent research (R00) for postdoctoral fellows working in research areas supported by the BRAIN Initiative.
          K99/ R00*HEAL Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral-to-Independent Career Transition Award in PAIN and SUD Research to Promote DiversityTo support a cohort of new and well-trained, independent investigators from diverse backgrounds conducting Pain and/or SUD research, in order to promote a diverse pool of available independent investigators working in research areas supported by the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative®.
          K99/ R00HEAL Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral-to-Independent Career Transition Award in PAIN and SUD ResearchTo support a cohort of new and well-trained independent investigators conducting Pain and/or SUD research, in order to increase the independent investigator workforce in research areas supported by the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative®
          K99/ R00*NINDS Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote DiversityThis program is designed to facilitate a timely transition of postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds conducting AD/ADRD research into independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. The program will provide independent NIH research support during this transition in order to help awardees establish independent research programs in the AD/ADRD field.
          K99/ R00NIH Pathway to Independence AwardTo support both an initial mentored research experience (K99) followed by independent research (R00) for highly qualified, postdoctoral researchers, to secure an independent research position. Award recipients are expected to compete successfully for independent R01 support during the R00 phase.
          K99/ R00*MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote DiversityTo support diverse postdocs to develop their independent research skills through a two-phase program: an initial mentored research experience followed by a period of independent research.
  

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          K02Independent Scientist AwardFor support of early to mid-career clinician-scientists in need of additional protected time committed to research.
          K08Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development AwardTo provide the opportunity for promising clinician scientists with demonstrated aptitude to develop into independent investigators, or for faculty members to pursue research, and aid in filling the academic faculty gap in health profession's institutions.
          K23Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development AwardTo provide support for the career development of clinically trained professionals who have made a commitment to patient-oriented research, and who have the potential to develop into productive, clinical investigators.
  
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