Career Level: Established Investigator
- High School & Undergraduate Student
- Doctoral & Medical Student
- Post
Doctorate - Junior
Faculty - 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.
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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.
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A program to invite eligible institutions to submit a pre-application (also known as a "white paper" or "précis") to facilitate certain approaches or economies, such as reducing burden on the applicant community, for a funding opportunity
Awards that are under the direction of a senior faculty member who is responsible for selecting trainees or scholars. View our institutional training program locations.
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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).
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Supports partnerships between American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes or tribally-based organizations and institutions that conduct intensive academic-level biomedical, behavioral and health services research.
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Individual investigator-initiated research projects for faculty at MSIs to conduct research of limited scope in environments with limited research infrastructure/facilities.
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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.
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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.
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Provides 2-3 months of support for medical students, selected by the institution, to pursue research training during off-quarters or summer periods.
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To support research projects contributing to improvement of the capability of resources to serve biomedical research.
Awards to support a diverse scientific workforce.
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Supports partnerships between American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes or tribally-based organizations and institutions that conduct intensive academic-level biomedical, behavioral and health services research.
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Individual investigator-initiated research projects for faculty at MSIs to conduct research of limited scope in environments with limited research infrastructure/facilities.
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To support research projects contributing to improvement of the capability of resources to serve biomedical research.
See About Funding Mechanisms for an overview of mechanisms commonly used by NIDDK to fund researchers.