Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 16 400
The NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08) is a mentored career development grant from the National Cancer Institute (part of the NIH) intended to help clinically trained professionals build strong, independent research careers in cancer-related science. At its core, the program funds a structured period of intensive, supervised research and career development, paired with protected time away from heavy clinical or other duties so the awardee can focus on gaining deep research skills. The emphasis is on preparing recipients to address major health and research needs in the United States through high-quality cancer research, and on positioning them to become competitive for future independent research funding.
This particular NCI K08 is explicitly aimed at promoting diversity in the cancer research workforce. It prioritizes the career development of clinical scientists from backgrounds that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research, and it supports applicants who are committed to building long-term careers in basic biomedical, behavioral, or translational cancer research. The program also welcomes work that directly addresses cancer health disparities, meaning research focused on unequal cancer burden, outcomes, access to prevention and care, and related drivers across populations.
The grant is designed as a mentored experience rather than an independent investigator award. Recipients are expected to pursue a carefully planned training and research agenda under the guidance of an experienced mentor (or mentoring team). Over the course of the award, the goal is for the candidate to strengthen methodological and scientific expertise, produce publishable findings, expand their professional network, and develop a track record that supports the next step in funding. A key expectation is that by the end of the K08 period, awardees will be better prepared to apply for NIH research project grants such as the R03, R21, or R01, which are common pathways to research independence.
From an eligibility standpoint, the opportunity is broadly open to many kinds of applicant organizations within the United States. 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; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status, provided they are not institutions of higher education in that category); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The listing also highlights additional eligible organizational types 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 faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions.
At the same time, the program includes clear restrictions on foreign involvement. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible. In addition, foreign components, as defined under NIH Grants Policy, are not allowed, which means the supported activities must remain within allowable U.S.-based institutional and project structures.
Administratively, the opportunity is a discretionary grant mechanism categorized under education and health, with CFDA number 93.398. The opportunity title is "NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08)," and the funding opportunity number is PAR 16 400. The source record shows an original closing date of 2017-10-31 and a creation date of 2016-08-11. The award ceiling and expected number of awards are not specified in the provided listing, which is common in some federal opportunity summaries where exact budget limits and award counts may vary by year, institute policy, or appropriations.
Overall, this NCI K08 functions as a bridge between clinical training and independent cancer research leadership, using mentored support and protected time to help diverse clinical scientists build the skills, research portfolio, and competitiveness needed to secure subsequent NIH independent research funding and contribute meaningfully to cancer research, including work that can reduce cancer health disparities.Apply for PAR 16 400
- The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.398.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-08-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-10-31. (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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| Engineering Next-Generation Human Nervous System Microphysiological Systems (R01) Apply for PAR 16 398 Funding Number: PAR 16 398 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| NCI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K23) Apply for PAR 16 399 Funding Number: PAR 16 399 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity (K01) Apply for PAR 16 401 Funding Number: PAR 16 401 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R01) Apply for PAR 16 404 Funding Number: PAR 16 404 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $250,000 |
| NCI Outstanding Investigator Award (R35) Apply for PAR 16 411 Funding Number: PAR 16 411 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $600,000 |
| Core Clinical Centers for the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (UG1) Apply for RFA HL 17 018 Funding Number: RFA HL 17 018 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Limited Competition: Data Coordinating Center for the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (U24) Apply for RFA HL 17 019 Funding Number: RFA HL 17 019 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| NCI Small Grants Program for Cancer Research (NCI Omnibus R03) Apply for PAR 16 416 Funding Number: PAR 16 416 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $50,000 |
| NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13) Apply for PAR 16 417 Funding Number: PAR 16 417 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $50,000 |
| NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08) Apply for RFA LM 17 002 Funding Number: RFA LM 17 002 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| "High" or "Medium" Priority AIDS Research on Non-AIDS-defining or AIDS-defining Cancers (R21) Apply for PA 16 425 Funding Number: PA 16 425 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| "High" or "Medium" Priority AIDS Research on Non-AIDS-defining or AIDS-defining Cancers (R01) Apply for PA 16 426 Funding Number: PA 16 426 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Coordinating Center for the HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Cohorts Program (U24) Apply for RFA DA 17 019 Funding Number: RFA DA 17 019 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Grand Opportunity in Medications Development for Substance-Use Disorders (U01) Apply for PAR 16 431 Funding Number: PAR 16 431 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $5,000,000 |
| Strategic Alliances for Medications Development to Treat Substance Use Disorders (R01) Apply for PAR 16 430 Funding Number: PAR 16 430 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $3,000,000 |
| Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R21) Apply for PA 16 432 Funding Number: PA 16 432 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| Symptom Management in HIV-Infected Individuals with Comorbid Conditions (R01) Apply for PA 16 427 Funding Number: PA 16 427 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Symptom Management in HIV-Infected Individuals with Comorbid Conditions (R21) Apply for PA 16 429 Funding Number: PA 16 429 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| Encouraging Appropriate Care Using Behavioral Economics through Electronic Health Records (R21/R33) Apply for RFA AG 17 013 Funding Number: RFA AG 17 013 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| Drug Abuse Dissertation Research (R36) Apply for PA 16 443 Funding Number: PA 16 443 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $50,000 |
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