Grant and Funding Opportunity Announcements
Independent Scientist Award (K02)
The purpose of the NIH Independent Scientist Award (K02) is to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. The K02 award provides three, four, or five years of salary support and protected time for newly independent (see IC provisions) scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their research careers. Each independent scientist career award program must be tailored to meet the individual needs of the candidate.
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Funding Agencies:
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
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