Benefits of the CNCDP-K12 Award

Benefits:

• Customized, frequent mentoring tailored to the scholar’s chosen research project and coordinated with the scholar’s clinical activity, including an in-person mentor from the scholar’s home institution and remotely by a National Advisory Committee (NAC) advisor
• In-person site visit by a NAC member to scholar’s institution within the first year of the award
• Option of moving to another institution for the period of research training
• Guided instruction on research principles and applications
• Research presentation at annual CNCDP-K12 retreats to audience of fellow scholars, mentors, NAC and NIH staff; retreats include keynote and didactic talks on research ethics, diversity in the child neurology research community and rigor, transparency and bio-statistics and experimental design
• Annual retreats and joint activities with Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award scholars
• Hands-on training on writing successful NIH and other agency grants; within six months of the end of their third year, scholars will write a K award to be submitted for funding

Funding

Up to $115,000/year salary for minimum of 75% effort/year plus fringe benefits and $38,000/year for research-related expenses, including travel, for up to a total of three years. Indirect Costs for this award are reimbursed at 8% of modified total direct costs. The research plan and scholar progress will be reviewed annually by the CNCDP leadership, with continued funding dependent on appropriate scholarly progress and adherence to program requirements.