NIH K18 funding opportunities: Research Career Enhancement Award
3 NIH notices for K18 (Research Career Enhancement Award) are open. Time for an established investigator to learn new skills or move into a new field.
- Open notices3
- Forecast0
- Projects funded under them4,948
Open NIH K18 notices
- NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Clinical Trial Required)
Open - NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Open - Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
Open
Institutes that fund K18 projects under these notices
| Institute or center | Projects |
|---|---|
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | 747 |
| National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | 588 |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | 458 |
| National Institute on Aging (NIA) | 449 |
| National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) | 384 |
| National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | 380 |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) | 378 |
| National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | 218 |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | 210 |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) | 204 |
Closed K18 notices
- PAR-24-142: NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- PAR-22-121: Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Award in Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research for Mid-Career and Senior Investigators (K18- Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-AG-25-028: Mentored Career Enhancement Awards to Build Cross-Disciplinary Knowledge and Skills for Comparative Studies of Human and Nonhuman Primate Species with Differing Life Spans (K18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PA-21-268: Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-24-070: Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed}
- PAR-24-073: Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- PAR-21-096: NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- PAR-21-094: NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Clinical Trial Required)
- PAR-21-095: NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-OD-24-001: Career Enhancement Award to Advance the Study of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the Context of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Research (K18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-23-161: Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative: Translational Science Career Enhancement Awards for Early and Mid-career Investigators (K18 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- PAR-22-058: Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative: Translational Science Career Enhancement Awards for Early and Mid-career Investigators (K18 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- PAR-23-107: Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- PAR-23-108: Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PA-21-214: Short-Term Mentored Research Career Enhancement Award to Promote Diversity (K18 No Independent Clinical Trials)
- RFA-NS-22-061: Training Award to Promote Cross-Training in the Fields of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as a Risk Factor for Alzheimers Disease/Alzheimers Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (K18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-22-057: Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative: Translational Science Career Enhancement Awards for Early and Mid-career Investigators (K18 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Questions people ask
What is an NIH K18?
K18 is NIH's activity code for the Research Career Enhancement Award. Time for an established investigator to learn new skills or move into a new field. Each notice sets its own budget limit, project length and due dates.
How many NIH K18 funding opportunities are open?
3 notices are open on Grants.gov, as of the latest data.