Applying for Training, Career Development, and Early-stage Research Grants

Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of training, career development, and early-stage research applications and grants. This overview is followed by eight basic steps that should be followed when applying for one of these grants. Each Institute and Center (IC) at NIH has specific policies for training, career development, and early-stage research applications and grants. Not all NIH ICs offer all of the grants described in this chapter, and some offer additional types of grants. Even though each IC funds different types of training, career development, and early-stage research grants, there is one universal – each IC wants to fund the development of people who will become independent scientists conducting research pertinent to its mission. After reading this chapter, potential applicants will have a framework for understanding each IC’s specific information about training, career development, and early-stage research applications and grants.