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Opportunity Summary:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Academic Career Award (K07) is a discretionary grant program designed to strengthen the nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce by supporting individuals who are building or expanding academic careers that combine research expertise with educational leadership. At its core, this opportunity is meant to help ensure there is a diverse and well-prepared pipeline of scientists and academic leaders in research areas that match national health needs. Rather than functioning like a typical project grant focused on a single research aim, the K07 is structured as a career development mechanism that invests in people and institutional capacity, with the expectation that the awardee will contribute to training, mentoring, curriculum development, and/or other efforts that expand research and education strength at the sponsoring institution.

The stated purpose of the NIH Academic Career Award is twofold: first, to increase the pool of individuals who have the academic and research expertise needed to become academic researchers, and second, to enhance the educational or research capacity at the grantee (sponsoring) institution. In practice, this means the K07 supports candidates whose work will elevate how institutions teach, mentor, and develop researchers, while also helping the award recipient grow into a stronger independent academic contributor. The program explicitly recognizes that institutions need both emerging talent and established leaders to build sustainable research and training environments, and it is designed to support both ends of that spectrum.

A key feature of the K07 described in this announcement is that it supports two general types of awards: Development awards aimed at more junior-level candidates, and Leadership awards intended for more senior individuals who already have recognized scientific expertise and leadership skills. The development track is aligned with individuals who are still solidifying their academic identity and need structured support to build credentials, expand research/education expertise, and become more effective academic contributors. The leadership track is oriented toward experienced scientists who can drive institutional improvements through established credibility, mentorship, and program-building, leveraging their leadership to increase educational or research capacity in a meaningful and sustained way.

This funding opportunity is administered by NIH, with referenced activity areas connected to specific CFDA numbers, including 93.213 (Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health) and 93.866 (Aging Research). That suggests the program can intersect with multiple NIH mission areas and may be used to build academic career capacity in fields tied to complementary and integrative health and aging research, among other relevant biomedical or clinical domains supported under NIH priorities.

In terms of applicant eligibility, the announcement is broadly inclusive across higher education and organizational types. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including those with 501(c)(3) status and certain nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status), small businesses, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses, along with other entities as clarified in the full announcement. The opportunity also highlights additional eligible applicant categories that reflect NIH interest in strengthening capacity and workforce diversity through a wide range of institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions. No cost sharing or matching requirement is indicated, meaning applicants are not required by the announcement to provide matching funds as a condition of the award.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number PA-08-152, titled Academic Career Award (K07), and uses the grant funding instrument. It was posted on December 9, 2008, with key dates indicating that the listing is now archived (archive date January 8, 2009). The original closing date is noted as May 7, 2011, while the current closing date shown in the listing is January 7, 2009, which typically reflects how the opportunity was displayed or updated in the system before being archived. For authoritative details, applicants are directed to the full NIH program announcement available through the NIH Grants Guide at the provided link.

For support, the announcement provides NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) contact information for technical issues accessing the announcement or resolving link problems, directing users to the NIH OER Webmaster email.

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