NINR Career Transition Award (K22) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The NINR Career Transition Award (K22) is an NIH grant mechanism designed to help highly promising postdoctoral researchers move from mentored training into independent research careers, specifically in areas aligned with the mission of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). The award is structured as a two-phase career development pathway that can provide a total of up to five years of support. The central idea is to give candidates a strong, protected period of mentored research inside the NIH intramural environment first, then provide a second stage of support after they successfully transition to an independent faculty-level (or equivalent) position outside NIH.

In Phase 1, the award supports up to two years of mentored intramural research experience within an NIH intramural program. This period is meant to accelerate the candidate's development through close mentorship, access to NIH resources, and concentrated time to build a productive research trajectory. The expectation is that the candidate will use the intramural phase to strengthen their scientific expertise, expand methodological skills, publish, and lay the groundwork for an independent research niche that fits NINR priorities.

Phase 2 provides up to three additional years of extramural support, but it is contingent on the awardee securing an independent tenure-track or equivalent research position. In other words, the second phase is not automatic; it depends on the candidate successfully obtaining an eligible independent position where they can function as an autonomous investigator. This extramural phase is intended to stabilize the early independent period by helping the investigator establish their laboratory or research program, maintain research momentum, and compete for subsequent independent funding.

Eligibility and focus are intentionally narrow in two important ways. First, the opportunity is limited to postdoctoral trainees, reflecting its purpose as a transition mechanism from postdoctoral status to independence. Second, the proposed research must be relevant to NINR's mission, meaning applicants need to clearly connect their aims to nursing research priorities and NINR's broader interest in improving health and health care through symptom science, health promotion and disease prevention, and related domains tied to nursing and patient-centered outcomes.

Administratively, this opportunity is a discretionary grant offered by the National Institutes of Health under the funding opportunity number PAR 09 067, within the health activity category. It is associated with CFDA number 93.361 (Nursing Research). There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement listed. The eligible applicant organizations for the extramural phase include a wide range of institutions and entities, such as public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including those with and without 501(c)(3) status, as applicable), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, small businesses, state governments, and certain Native American tribal governments and organizations. The opportunity was originally posted in late 2008 and had a closing date of May 7, 2012, with the program archived in June 2012. An award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically indicates that the ceiling is not specified in the summary record and applicants must refer to the full announcement for budget structure, allowable costs, and NIH policy constraints.

For applicants who need the full official announcement and complete application details, NIH provided an additional information link through the NIH Grants Guide (PAR 09 067). For technical issues accessing or linking to the announcement, the contact listed is the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV.

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