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Pathway to Independence Award (K99-R00)
Offered by National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Key Details
Deadline Invalid Date
Award Amount amount depends on Institute/Center for K99, up to $249,000/yr for R00
Host Country United States
Years Since PhD Candidates must have a research and/or clinical doctorate (for example, PhD, MD, DO, DC, ND, DDS, DMD, DVM, VMD, ScD, DNS, PharmD or equivalent doctoral degrees). Applicants with a PhD or equ
Additional Information
Comments 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. In addition to this opportunity, NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) support a variety of other mentored career development programs designed to foster the transition of new investigators to research independence. These other programs may be more suitable for particular candidates. NIH also supports non-mentored career development programs for independent investigators.
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Last Updated June 2020
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