Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) · NIH Institute/Center · PA-24-185
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- AwardWhat a single award can be worth — the funder's published per-award amount or floor–ceiling range.
- Amount not listed
- DeadlineFinal application due date.
- May 7, 2027
- Letter of intentDue date for the letter of intent (a short pre-application some funders require or request before the full proposal).
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- MechanismNIH activity code — the grant type (R01 research project, R21 exploratory, K series career development, F series fellowship, …).
- K23
- DurationMaximum project period for a single award.
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- Expected awardsHow many awards the funder anticipates making under this opportunity.
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- Funding cycleHow often the program accepts applications (annual, multiple cycles per year, rolling, or one-time).
- Standard NIH dates
- Open dateWhen applications open (or opened).
- Apr 9, 2024
- Total fundingThe overall pool the funder expects to commit across ALL awards under this opportunity — not what one project receives.
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- Clinical trialWhether proposed projects must, may, or must not include a clinical trial.
- Not allowed
Funding context
Based on FY2024 NIH (all institutes) K23 applications (268 of 766 applications awarded).
Institute-specific data wasn’t available — showing the NIH-wide rate for this mechanism.
Payline: NIH discontinued percentile paylines for 2026 under its Unified Funding Strategy ↗ — scores are now weighed in context rather than against a fixed cutoff.
NIH-wide K23, all institutes.
Aggregate historical data by institute, mechanism, and fiscal year — context for planning, not a prediction for this opportunity. Source ↗
Research areas
Auto-classified from the title and description (keyword-based) — may be imperfect.
Description
The purpose of the NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) is to support the career development of individuals with a clinical doctoral degree who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research.
Data notes: award amount not published in the source feed; administering NIH institute could not be identified from the opportunity number.