FOA-Limited Submission – NIDDK – Program to Advance the Career Development of Scientists from Diverse Backgrounds Conducting Nutrition, Obesity, Diabetes, and Related Research (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) – RFA-DK-20-034; June 17, 2021

 

Purpose: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to enhance the diversity of the research workforce who are available to successfully compete for independent research funding from NIH in the areas of nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and related conditions. This program will establish a consortium providing professional development, mentoring, networking, pilot and feasibility funds, and other opportunities designed to advance the career development of post-doctoral scholars and early career faculty from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups nationally underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research, who intend to pursue a research career focused on nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and/or related conditions. The program will be administered through research institutions with substantial existing NIH funding within the research mission of NIDDK.

 

This FOA seeks to support a consortium of independent but collaborative programs designed to advance the career development of post-doctoral scholars and early career faculty/academic investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups (URGs), who are conducting biomedical and behavioral research on nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and/or related conditions. To participate in this consortium, applicant institutions and partners must have a track record of existing NIH-funded research project grants and research resource grants/Centers with a scientific and mentoring focus on nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and/or related conditions. The program should be designed such that it will enhance the diversity of the pool of researchers who are available to successfully compete for independent research funding from NIH and other research funding organizations in nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and related conditions.

Awardees will engage in a consortium of collaborative programs recruiting early career scientists from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented groups, to participate in a cohort-based comprehensive career-building opportunity, including activities such as but not limited to:

·        Research career, professional and leadership development,

·        Career progression strategies such as job search skills, networking with peers and senior investigators; and developing collaborations with other members of the scientific community;

·        Research skill-building and laboratory management;

·        Education and experience in pedagogical skill development and mentoring;

·        Grant writing, appropriate administrative and other support relevant to preparation and submission of research grant applications, and grant management; and

·        Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) funding opportunities.

Note: NIDDK expects to make awards as cooperative agreements.

Funding Amount/ Project Period: $350,000 direct costs in FY2022, up to $575,000 direct costs in FY2023-2026, up to 5 years

                                                                

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit: 1

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please upload the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via

this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by April 27, 2021:

·        Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;

·        Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;

·        Brief project description (2 pages maximum)

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

 

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadline:  June 17, 2021