K25: Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award

K25: Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award is sponsored by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Supports individuals with quantitative backgrounds to develop research careers in environmental health sciences.

Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25) | Grants & Funding U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25) To engender and foster such activities by supporting the career development of investigators with quantitative scientific and engineering backgrounds outside of biology or medicine who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on behavioral and biomedical research (basic or clinical).

This mechanism is aimed at research-oriented scientists with experience at the level of junior faculty (e.g., early to mid-levels of assistant professor or research assistant professor ranks). This award provides support for a period of mentored study and research for professionals with such backgrounds who have the potential to integrate their expertise with biomedicine and develop into productive investigators.

Examples of quantitative scientific and technical backgrounds outside of biology or medicine considered appropriate for this award include, but are not limited to: mathematics, statistics, computer science, informatics, physics, chemistry, and engineering. Note: General Individual Career Development Information Visit Individual Career Development for general guidance, policy, and program information.

Find ICO Specific Information Funding Considerations and U.S. domestic institutions Carefully read the Eligibility section of the funding opportunity for opportunity-specific organization eligibility requirements.

Project Director/ Principal Investigator (PD/PI) Eligibility PD/PI U.S. Citizenship Requirement: Postdoctorate/Residency, Early Career, Established Investigator U.S. citizen or permanent resident, with advanced degree (e.g., MSEE, PhD) in a quantitative science or engineering field. Carefully read the Eligibility section of the funding opportunity for opportunity-specific PD/PI eligibility requirements.

Research Training and Career Development OR - Other Research Related Application and Submission Information K25 Parent Announcements are available. Not all NIH institutes and centers participate on all parent announcements. Check the participating organization in the funding opportunity before applying.

After identifying a funding opportunity, follow guidance in the How to Apply – Application Guide instruction call-outs, except where instructed to do otherwise in the funding opportunity or related notices. Standard Due Dates apply.

AIDS and AIDS-Related Applications Beginning with applications for Advisory Council Review in January 2027 (i.e., application due dates on or after May 25, 2026), NIH will no longer accept applications submitted on dedicated AIDS application due dates. ( NOT-OD-26-029 ) Standard Application Due Dates (when applicable) Participating Funding Organizations Each funding opportunity specifies the participating organizations.

Applications must fit within the mission of at least one participating funding organization and meet all opportunity-specific requirements. The following funding organizations participate on at least one active funding opportunity.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Cancer Institute National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institute on Aging National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institute on Drug Abuse National Library of Medicine Office of Research on Women's Health Research Training and Career Development funding category Your organization's sponsored programs office or grants administrators can answer many internal and agency policy and process questions.

Understand NIH Staff Roles details how and when to find the right NIH contacts: Before you apply, check your chosen funding opportunity for application submission, scientific/research, peer review, and financial/grants management contacts. After you apply, find NIH staff assignments in the Status module of eRA Commons . For technical issues E-mail OER Webmaster