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The NIDDK Investigator Award to Support Mentoring of Early Career Researchers from Diverse Backgrounds (K26, Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a National Institutes of Health grant opportunity designed to strengthen mentorship capacity in the NIDDK research community. Rather than directly funding trainees, this award supports established investigators who already hold NIDDK funding and who can demonstrate a strong record of mentoring. The central idea is to provide protected time (effort) and resources so these experienced investigators can deliver structured, high-quality mentoring to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from diverse backgrounds, including individuals from groups underrepresented in biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences research, consistent with the NIH-wide interest in diversity described in NOT-OD-20-031.
The program goal is pipeline-focused: it aims to increase the number of diverse early career researchers who successfully compete for the next set of NIH/NIDDK awards, such as fellowships, career development (K) awards, and independent research project grants (for example, R-type awards). In practical terms, the FOA is meant to help mentors build and run intentional mentoring activities that improve trainees ability to publish, develop rigorous research skills, navigate career transitions, and become competitive applicants for NIDDK-supported funding. The mentoring is expected to be anchored in research that fits squarely within NIDDKs mission areas (diabetes, endocrinology, digestive diseases, nutrition, obesity, kidney and urologic diseases, and related fields), with the mentors existing NIDDK-relevant research program serving as the framework for the planned mentoring and career development environment.
Eligibility centers on the mentor (the PI/applicant). Applicants must be established investigators with current NIDDK funding and a demonstrable track record of successfully mentoring early career researchers from diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups. The opportunity is broadly open across many organization types, including public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses) and small businesses, and multiple levels of government (state, county, city/township, special districts), as well as independent school districts and public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities. The FOA also explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant categories such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), along with certain community-based or faith-based organizations, regional organizations, and some tribal entities. At the same time, there are clear limits on foreign involvement: non-U.S. (non-domestic) entities and non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply, and foreign components (as defined by NIH policy) are not allowed under this announcement.
This is a discretionary NIH grant mechanism (CFDA 93.847) categorized under food and nutrition and health, and it is explicitly labeled "Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed," meaning the supported activities cannot include leading an independent clinical trial as part of the award. The funding opportunity number is RFA-DK-22-012, it was created on 2022-12-05, and the original closing date listed is 2023-02-28. The listing does not specify an award ceiling or expected number of awards in the provided source text, but the emphasis throughout is on investing in mentor capacity and structured mentoring plans that measurably improve outcomes for diverse graduate students and postdoctoral fellows pursuing NIDDK-relevant research careers.Apply for RFA DK 22 012
- The National Institutes of Health in the food and nutrition, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIDDK Investigator Award to Support Mentoring of Early Career Researchers from Diverse Backgrounds (K26 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.847.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-12-05.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-02-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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