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 Scientific Advisory and Review Committee (SARC) Advisor
• In-person site visit by a SARC 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, SARC and NIH staff; retreats include keynote and didactic talks on research ethics, reproducibility, experimental design, and other topics to support research and career development endeavors
• Work-in-progress meetings for support developing, refining, and designing your specific aims
• Biannual interactive webinars to address current issues in the field, to connect with colleagues, and to hear from NINDS staff

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.