Grant Mechanisms and Descriptions
Grant codes, application types and descriptions.
| Code | Type of Application | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Research Career Development Program | ||
| K01 | Research Career Programs | For support of a scientist, committed to research, in need of both advanced research training and additional experience. |
| K02 | Independent Research Scientist Development Award | For support of a scientist, committed to research, in need of additional research training. |
| K08 | Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award | To provide the opportunity for promising medical scientists with demonstrated aptitude to develop into independent investigators, or for faculty members to pursue research aspects of categorical areas applicable to the awarding unit, and aid in filling the academic faculty gap in these shortage areas within health profession's institutions of the country. |
| K12 | Research Career Programs | For support to a newly trained clinician appointed by an institution for development of independent research skills and experience in a fundamental science within the framework of an interdisciplinary research and development program. |
| Research Program Projects and Centers | ||
| P01 | Research Program Project (RFA Only) | To contribute (through each project supported) or be directly related to the common theme of the total research effort. These scientifically meritorious projects should demonstrate an essential element of unity and interdependence, i.e., a system of research activities and projects directed toward a well-defined research program goal. |
| P20 | Exploratory Grants (RFA Only) | To support planning for new programs, expansion or modification of existing resources, and feasibility studies to explore various approaches to the development or interdisciplinary program that offer potential solutions to problems of special significance to the mission of AHRQ. These studies may lead to specialized or comprehensive centers. |
| P30 | Research Program Projects and Centers | To support shared resources and facilities for categorical research by a number of investigators from different disciplines who provide a multidisciplinary approach to a joint research effort or from the same discipline who focus on a common research problem. The core grant is integrated with the center's component projects or program projects, though funded independently from them. This support, by providing more accessible resources, is expected to assure a greater productivity than from the separate projects and program projects. |
| Research Projects | ||
| R01 | Research Project | To support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing his specific interest and competencies. |
| R03 | Small Research Project Grants | To provide research support specifically limited in time and amount for studies in categorical program areas. Small grants provide flexibility for initiating studies which are generally for preliminary short-term projects and are non-renewable. |
| R13 | Conference Grants | To support recipient sponsored and directed international, national or regional meetings, conferences and workshops. |
| R18 | Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects | To provide support designed to develop, test and evaluate health service activities, and to foster the application of existing knowledge for the control of categorical diseases. |
| R21 | Exploratory/Development Grants | To encourage new exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. |
| R24 | Resource-related Research Project | To support research projects that enhance capabilities to contribute to extramural research of the Public Health Service (PHS) and the development of a translational research capability. As an applicant, you will be solely responsible for planning, directing, and executing the proposed project. |
| R36 | Dissertation Grants | To support health services research (with emphasis placed on methodological and research topics that address the mission of AHRQ) undertaken as part of an academic program to qualify for a doctorate. |
| Fellowship Programs | ||
| F31 | Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (Minority Program) | To provide predoctoral individuals with supervised research training in specified health and health-related areas leading toward the research degree (e.g., Ph.D.). |
| F32 | Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award | To provide postdoctoral research training to individuals to broaden their scientific background and extend their potential for research in specified health-related areas. |
| Training Programs | ||
| T32 | Institutional National Research Service Award (RFA Only) | To enable institutions to make National Research Service Awards to individuals selected by them for predoctoral and postdoctoral research training in specified shortage areas. |
| Cooperative Agreements | ||
| U01 | Research Project/Cooperative Agreements (RFA Only) | To support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing his specific interest and competencies. |
| U18 | Research Demonstration/Cooperative Agreements | To provide support for testing, by means of a research design, the effectiveness of the transfer and application of techniques or interventions derived from a research base for the control of diseases or disorders or for the promotion of health. These are usually cooperative programs between participating principal investigators, institutions, and the sponsoring Institution(s). |
| U19 | Cooperative Agreements | To support a research program of multiple projects directed toward a specific major objective, basic theme, or program goal, requiring a broadly based, multidisciplinary and often long-term approach. A cooperative agreement research program generally involves the organized efforts of large groups, members of which are conducting research projects designed to elucidate the various aspects of a specific objective. Substantial Federal programmatic staff involvement is intended to assist investigators during performance of the research activities, as defined in the terms and conditions of award. The investigators have primary authorities and responsibilities to define research objectives and approaches, and the plan, conduct, analyze, and publish results, interpretations, and conclusions of their studies. Each research project is usually under the leadership of an established investigator in an area representing his/her special interest and competencies. Each project supported through this mechanism should contribute to or be directly related to the common theme of the total research effort. The award can provide support for certain basic shared resources, including clinical components, which facilitate the total research effort. These scientifically meritorious projects should demonstrate an essential element of unity and interdependence. |
