What are K-Awards?
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What are K-Awards?
- K-awards are Career Development Awards from NIH for individuals with a research doctorate.
See the Career Development webpage or the Grants mainpage at NIH for more information.
- There are many different types of K-awards (e.g., K01, K02, K22, etc) each with a different criteria.
NIH offers a Career Award Wizard and a Visual Guide to help identify the NIH Career award that is right for you.
- The success rate for obtaining a K-Award is fairly good, around %30.
NIH provides detailed statistics about Career Awards and how the budget for K-Awards and the amount allocated each year has kept pace with the number of applications.
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