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Opportunity Summary:

The Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award (NSADA K12), listed as Funding Opportunity Number PAR-13-362, is a discretionary NIH grant program run through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Its core goal is to build and strengthen the pipeline of pediatric neurologists who are serious about becoming independent, research-focused investigators. In practical terms, the award is designed to help early-career pediatric neurology clinicians move from a training and mentored phase into a position where they can compete successfully for substantial individual research funding and lead their own research programs.

The program is structured around a three-year, consecutive period of supported career development. During these three years, supported individuals are expected to gain the research knowledge, hands-on experience, and professional tools needed to transition toward independence. This typically implies protected time for research, close mentoring, and a structured development plan that positions awardees to pursue subsequent individually supported grants. The emphasis is not simply on short-term training, but on creating a credible runway to long-term research productivity and independent funding.

This opportunity uses the grant funding instrument and falls under the Health funding activity category. It is associated with CFDA 93.853, which covers Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants are not required to provide institutional or third-party matching funds as a condition of the award.

Eligibility is focused on U.S.-based organizations, particularly institutions of higher education and certain professional organizations, with explicit inclusion of a wide range of institution types. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. The eligibility language also highlights that various minority-serving institutions may apply, including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs). Foreign participation is restricted: non-U.S. entities are not eligible to apply, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components (as defined by NIH policy) are not allowed. In other words, the program is intended to be administered domestically through eligible U.S. organizations.

Key timeline fields in the source data indicate the opportunity was posted on September 23, 2013, with later system dates showing a creation date of August 10, 2015. The original closing date is listed as October 12, 2015, with a current closing date of August 13, 2015, and an archive date of September 13, 2015. For the full program announcement and official requirements, applicants were directed to the NIH Grants Guide page at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-362.html. For technical issues accessing or linking to the announcement, the contact provided is the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV.

Overall, PAR-13-362 is best understood as an institutional career development mechanism meant to cultivate pediatric neurologist researchers through a structured, mentored, multi-year experience, with the explicit endpoint being readiness to obtain significant, individually supported research funding and to sustain an independent research trajectory in the neurological sciences.

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