Career Level: Established Investigator

  1. High School & Undergraduate Student
  2. Doctoral & Medical Student
  3. Post
    Doctorate
  4. Junior
    Faculty
  5. Established Investigator

The NIDDK provides funding for independent investigators who have an established track record of research. NIDDK supports the mentoring activities of mid-career patient-oriented investigators who are both nationally recognized experts in an NIDDK-relevant field and strong mentors.

Contact NIDDK training program staff with questions well in advance of deadlines.

Awards that are for the training or career development of a single applicant.

  1. Supports small-scale research projects at educational institutions that that enroll significant numbers of students from backgrounds nationally underrepresented in biomedical research, award baccalaureate and graduate degrees in biomedical sciences, and receive limited NIH funding.

  2. Support to develop and/or implement a program as it relates to a category in one or more of the areas of education, information, training, technical assistance, coordination, or evaluation.

  3. The TL1 supports research training experiences for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees who are appointed as part of the KUH Institutional Network Award.

Awards that are under the direction of a senior faculty member who is responsible for selecting trainees or scholars. Perform a keyword search using the NIH RePORTER system to see who NIDDK is currently supporting.

  1. Award to an institution to support several individuals as they transition from fellowship to faculty while pursuing a research project with the help of a mentor(s).

  2. Award to an institution to support several individuals, selected by the institution, in either short-term, predoctoral, and/or postdoctoral training positions with experienced mentors.  

  3. Additional slot awarded to an existing training grant for either a specific medical student wishing to take a year off from school to pursue research training or for a pre- or post-doctoral trainee from a group underrepresented in biomedical research, when no slot is available on the training grant.

  4. Provides 2-3 months of support for medical students, selected by the institution, to pursue research training during off-quarters or summer periods.

  5. The TL1 supports research training experiences for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees who are appointed as part of the KUH Institutional Network Award.

Awards to support a diverse scientific workforce.

There are no corresponding funding mechanisms to display.

See About Funding Mechanisms for an overview of mechanisms commonly used by NIDDK to fund researchers.

Last Reviewed November 2023