@article{164d3110fb604251b8c89c63c575d39f,
title = "National institutes of health career development awards for cardiovascular physician-scientists recent trends and strategies for success",
abstract = "Nurturing the development of cardiovascular physician-scientist investigators is critical for sustained progress in cardiovascular science and improving human health. The transition from an inexperienced trainee to an independent physician-scientist is a multifaceted process requiring a sustained commitment from the trainee, mentors, and institution. A cornerstone of this training process is a career development (K) award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These awards generally require 75% of the awardee's professional effort devoted to research aims and diverse career development activities carried out in a mentored environment over a 5-year period. We report on recent success rates for obtaining NIH K awards, provide strategies for preparing a successful application and navigating the early career period for aspiring cardiovascular investigators, and offer cardiovascular division leadership perspectives regarding K awards in the current era. Our objective is to offer practical advice that will equip trainees considering an investigator path for success.",
keywords = "awards and prizes, biomedical research, early-career investigators, fellowships and scholarships, grants, mentors",
author = "Lindman, {Brian R.} and Tong, {Carl W.} and Carlson, {Drew E.} and Balke, {C. William} and Jackson, {Elizabeth A.} and Madhur, {Meena S.} and Ana Barac and Marwah Abdalla and Brittain, {Evan L.} and Nihar Desai and Kates, {Andrew M.} and Freeman, {Andrew M.} and Mann, {Douglas L.}",
note = "Funding Information: Examples of Additional Funding to Complement a K Award American Heart Association (Grant-in-Aid, Mentored Clinical and Population Research Award, Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award) American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF/William F. Keating Endowment Career Development Award, ACCF/Merck Research Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiometabolic Disorders) Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Clinical Scientist Development Award) Burroughs-Wellcome Fund (Career Awards for Medical Scientists) NIH Investigator Research Supplement Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Cardiovascular Disease Institutional pilot awards Related foundations (American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Career Development Award, Susan G. Komen Foundation, and so on) Funding Information: NOT-OD-08-0605: Revision of NIH Policy Concerning Concurrent Support from Mentored Career Development (K) Award and a Research Grant. National Institutes of Health. 2009. Available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-065.html . Accessed August 25, 2015. Funding Information: Dr. Lindman is supported by NIH grant K23 HL116660, a Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award (#2014106), and an American Heart Association (AHA) Clinical Research Program Award (#13CRP17080096). Dr. Tong is supported by NIH grant K08 HL114877 and a shared (co-principal investigator) AHA grant-in-aid 14GRNT20490025. Dr. Madhur is supported by NIH grant K08HL121671 and a Gilead Cardiovascular Scholars Award. Dr. Barac is supported by Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical Translational Science (GHUCCTS) KL2 Award, 5KL2TR000102-04. Dr. Abdalla is supported by NIH grant HL117323-02S2. Dr. Brittain is supported by an AHA Fellow-to-Faculty Award (#13TF16070002) and an Actelion ENTELLIGENCE Young Investigator Award. Dr. Desai is supported by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant K12HS023000. Dr. Mann is supported by NIH grants R01 HL111094 and U10 HL110309. Dr. Lindman has received research support from and served on the scientific advisory board for Roche Diagnostics. Dr. Jackson has consulted for McKesson and the American College of Cardiology; and served as an expert witness for Motley Rice, LLC. Dr. Madhur has received research funding from Gilead Sciences. Dr. Barac has received research support and honoraria for lectures from Genentech; and has received consultancy fees from Cell Therapeutics. Dr. Desai is a recipient of a research grant through Yale University from Johnson and Johnson to develop methods of clinical trial data sharing and from the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop and maintain performance measures that are used for public reporting. Dr. Freeman has served as a consultant for Gilead; and has served as a speaker for Medtronic. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. The opinions expressed in this article are the authors{\textquoteright} own and do not reflect the view of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or the United States Government. Drs. Lindman and Tong contributed equally to the work. Funding Information: CDA career development award CTSA Clinical and Translational Science Award NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute NIH National Institutes of Health Funding Information: Research is expensive, and the project support provided in a CDA is very limited. It is assumed that one{\textquoteright}s mentor will help support the proposed work (emphasizing the importance of choosing a mentor or mentors who are well-funded). However, even with mentor support, there is often a need for more money to support work that will provide a foundation for an independent R01 award. Recipients of CDAs are candidates for numerous potential awards before obtaining R01 funding (sometimes explicitly called “bridging awards”), many offered by foundations and some offered by industry ( ). It is vital to not overlook applying for awards that are related to one{\textquoteright}s area of research, even though they are not specifically cardiovascular (e.g., funding agencies for research on diabetes, older adults, oncology, among others). To increase the chance of getting an idea/proposal funded by some agency, the same idea (with appropriate adaptations pertinent to the particular award guidelines) may be submitted to multiple funding agencies. This is a more efficient strategy than submitting distinct grants to each potential funding agency. If multiple agencies fund a particular idea, the best award can generally be chosen. Table 5 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 American College of Cardiology Foundation.",
year = "2015",
month = oct,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.858",
language = "English",
volume = "66",
pages = "1816--1827",
journal = "Journal of the American College of Cardiology",
issn = "0735-1097",
number = "16",
}