Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA AG 21 021
The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76, Clinical Trial Required) is an NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) career development grant designed for early-stage physicians and other health professional investigators who are committed to aging research and/or aging-related diseases. The main purpose is to accelerate the transition of promising clinician-researchers into recognized leaders by supporting a structured period of career development that strengthens both research capabilities and leadership skills within their clinical specialty and within the broader fields of geriatrics and aging science. NIA frames this program as a recruitment and leadership pipeline: applicants should already be building a serious research trajectory, and the award is meant to position them to influence theory, clinical practice, and real-world health outcomes for older adults.
A key feature that distinguishes the K76 from many other mentored NIH K awards is the expectation that applicants are not starting from scratch. Candidates are expected to have already demonstrated meaningful research independence at the faculty level. Specifically, they must have received competitively awarded research support as a Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) while serving as faculty, or they must have otherwise leveraged faculty-level research support to establish an independent line of research. In addition to research progress, applicants must show evidence of leadership in either the clinical domain (for example, leadership in care innovation, clinical programs, or guideline implementation) or the research domain (for example, leading projects, teams, cores, or multi-disciplinary efforts). The award is therefore aimed at people who have momentum and credibility, and who can use protected time and structured development to move into larger leadership roles.
As indicated by the “Clinical Trial Required” designation, this specific K76 opportunity expects the proposed research to include a clinical trial component, consistent with NIH definitions and requirements for clinical trials. In practice, that means the research plan is expected to involve prospective assignment of human participants to an intervention to evaluate effects on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes. Applicants should be prepared for the additional rigor that comes with clinical trial design, oversight, recruitment and retention planning, human subjects protections, data and safety monitoring, and trial-related reporting expectations.
Organizational eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based entities that can host and support the career development environment needed for a K award. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education where applicable); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The FOA also highlights additional eligible applicant types such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, AANAPISIs, Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions.
Foreign involvement is explicitly limited. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components (as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement) are not allowed. In other words, the applicant organization and the supported work must remain fully domestic under NIH rules for this FOA.
Administrative details from the listing include the funding opportunity number RFA-AG-21-021, issued by the National Institutes of Health under CFDA 93.866, categorized as a discretionary grant within the health activity area. The opportunity record lists an award ceiling of $225,000 and shows an original closing date of 2022-10-21, with a creation date of 2020-08-13. Overall, the program is best understood as a targeted, leadership-oriented career development mechanism for already-emerging clinician-investigators in aging, with an emphasis on demonstrated early independence, clear leadership potential, and a clinical trial-driven research plan aimed at improving the health and care of older adults.Apply for RFA AG 21 021
- The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76 Clinical Trial Required)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.866.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2020-08-13.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-10-21. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $225,000.00 in funding.
- 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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