AHRQ Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The AHRQ Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) is a discretionary grant program designed to help clinically trained doctoral professionals build the skills, research experience, and mentoring relationships needed to become independent investigators in health services research. It is aimed at candidates who already have clinical training (such as M.D., D.O., O.D., D.C., D.N.S., Pharm.D., D.D.S., or D.M.D.) and who are committed to long-term research careers focused on how health care is delivered, how well it works, what it costs, and how it can be improved. In practical terms, the award is structured to buy protected time for research and career development while the recipient works under the guidance of an experienced mentor (or mentoring team) and completes a focused plan of study and research.

The opportunity sits squarely within AHRQ's broader mission: improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Because of that mission focus, applications are expected to clearly align with AHRQ priorities and goals in health services research, rather than basic biomedical or laboratory science. Competitive projects typically emphasize real-world health care problems and measurable impacts on outcomes, quality, patient safety, access, and system performance, often using methods common to health services research such as outcomes research, quality measurement, implementation and dissemination research, patient safety research, health economics, or evaluation of care delivery interventions.

In terms of financial support, AHRQ will cover salary and fringe benefits for the awardee based on a requested percentage of the candidate's institutional base salary, up to $90,000 per year in salary support, plus associated fringe benefits. On top of salary support, the program provides up to $25,000 per year in research development support. This development support is meant to cover legitimate career development and research-related expenses that help the candidate progress toward independence, such as tuition for relevant coursework, research supplies, data acquisition, statistical support, travel to scientific meetings, or other training-related costs consistent with the candidate's proposed development plan.

This funding announcement is identified as PAR-07-443, with the title "AHRQ Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08)," and it is administered under the health funding activity category. The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 93.226, labeled "Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes," which reflects the program's emphasis on applied research that informs better decisions in health care delivery and policy. The grant does not require cost sharing or matching funds, which can make it more accessible to institutions and candidates that may not have discretionary resources to contribute financially.

Eligibility is broad and includes a range of government and public-sector entities, including state governments, county governments, city or township governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and eligible federal agencies. It also includes Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) and Native American tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized tribal governments). The listing notes "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," indicating that additional categories may apply depending on the detailed eligibility language in the full announcement.

The posting and archival details indicate this was an older opportunity announcement posted on December 9, 2008 (created January 23, 2009), with an original closing date of October 12, 2010, and an archival date of January 24, 2009. For applicants or institutions trying to reference the complete program requirements, submission instructions, or detailed priority areas, the full announcement was provided via the NIH grants guide (as AHRQ funding announcements are commonly distributed through NIH systems). The listed support contact for access or linking problems is the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) Webmaster at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV.

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