Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76 Independent Clinical Trial Required) | RFA AG 19 018

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The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76 Independent Clinical Trial Required) is a National Institutes of Health funding opportunity administered through the National Institute on Aging (NIA). It is built to support early-stage physicians and other health professional investigators who are committed to aging research or aging-related diseases and who are ready to step into larger leadership roles in geriatrics and the broader aging research community. The intent is not only to develop the applicant as a stronger scientist, but also to accelerate their trajectory as a field leader whose work can influence scientific theory, clinical practice, and real-world health outcomes for older adults.

A defining feature of this K76 FOA is that it targets candidates who are already demonstrating independence compared with many other mentored career development (K) awards. Applicants are expected to have a track record of competitively awarded research support as a PD/PI at the faculty level, or to have otherwise leveraged faculty-level resources to build an independent line of research. In plain terms, this award is meant for people who have moved beyond the stage of simply training under someone else s grant and have started to show they can drive a research program. In addition, the FOA emphasizes evidence of leadership, whether that leadership has been demonstrated through clinical innovation, research direction, program building, or other forms of professional influence.

This specific version of the K76 is designed for applicants who will be the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial as part of their research and career development plan. That can include a full independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or a distinct ancillary study that is attached to an existing trial but remains a separate, clearly defined project. The independence requirement is central: the applicant is expected to be the person leading the trial effort, rather than participating in a trial run by another investigator simply to gain experience. If an applicant is not proposing an independent clinical trial, or if their plan is primarily to learn within a clinical trial led by someone else, the FOA directs them to apply instead to a companion announcement that fits non-independent trial scenarios.

From an eligibility standpoint, the opportunity is broadly open across many U.S.-based organizational types that commonly apply for NIH grants. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) entities), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), small businesses, and multiple levels of government organizations (state, county, city or township, special districts, independent school districts), as well as public housing authorities and eligible tribal entities. The FOA also explicitly highlights a range of mission-focused and underserved-serving organizations as potential applicants, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions, along with faith-based or community-based organizations and certain regional organizations and U.S. territories or possessions. At the same time, the FOA places clear geographic and foreign involvement limits: non-U.S. (foreign) institutions are not eligible to apply, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components as defined by NIH policy are not allowed.

Administratively, this is a discretionary grant program in the health category, associated with CFDA 93.866 and run by NIH/NIA. The funding opportunity number is RFA-AG-19-018, and the original closing date listed in the source data is 2018-10-24, with a creation date of 2018-06-08. The source data also lists an award ceiling of 225,000. The FOA description does not specify additional details in the provided text about project period length, cost structure, or indirect cost treatment, but the ceiling indicates an upper cap for the award amount as represented in the opportunity listing.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a career development award for clinician-investigators and health professionals who are already emerging as independent researchers in aging and who want to pair structured career and leadership development with a significant, applicant-led clinical trial effort. The NIA s broader goal is to build the next generation of aging research leaders who can set agendas, run rigorous clinical research, and translate findings into improved care and outcomes for older adults.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76 Independent Clinical Trial Required)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.866.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2018-06-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-10-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $225,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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