Status: Accepting applications
Announcement(s)
Program Overview
The International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) provides support and protected time (three to five years) to advanced postdoctoral U.S. research scientists and recently-appointed U.S. junior faculty (applicants must be at least two years beyond conferral of doctoral degree) for an intensive, mentored research career development experience.
The experience will be in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) as defined by the World Bank . Low-income, lower-middle-income and upper-middle-income countries are included.
Applications are invited from early career investigators from any health-related discipline who propose career development activities and a research project that is related to the health priorities of the LMIC.
Inquiries
Programmatic Inquiries:
Christine Jessup, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, B2C39
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Phone: 301-496-1653
Fax: 301-402-0779
Email (preferred): Christine.Jessup@nih.gov
Grants Management:
Mollie Shea
Grants Management Specialist
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room B2C29
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-9750
Fax: 301-594-1211
Email: Mollie.Shea@nih.gov
Partners
The announcements related to this program are issued by Fogarty in collaboration with the following NIH Institutes:
Archives
News
- These UCLA surgeons are redefining global health
Global Health Matters
Sept/Oct 2025 - Culturally relevant meal plans lead to better health
Global Health Matters
Jul/Aug 2025 - Facilitators and barriers to home blood pressure monitoring among pregnant women in Ghana: a mixed-methods analysis of patient perspectives, co-authored by Fogarty International Research Scientist Emma Lawrence
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, March 19, 2024 - Performance of a stool-based quantitative PCR assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in adolescents and adults: a multinational, prospective diagnostic accuracy study, co-authored by Fogarty International Research Scientist Alexander Kay
The Lancet Microbe, March 7, 2024 - Development, acceptability and usability of culturally appropriate survivor narrative videos for breast cancer treatment in Botswana: a pilot study, co-authored by Fogarty International Research Scientist Yehoda M. Martei
BMJ Open, January 2024 - Utilizing river and wastewater as a SARS-CoV-2 surveillance tool in settings with limited formal sewage systems, co-authored by Fogarty International Research Scientist Kayla G. Barnes
Nature Communications, November 30, 2023 - Researchers probe HIV-associated stroke in Zambia
Global Health Matters
Mar / Apr 2023 - A quest for molecular and agricultural solutions to prevent konzo
Global Health Matters
Nov/Dec 2022 - Addressing mental health abroad helps US communities
Global Health Matters
Nov/Dec 2022 - Oral health researchers welcome here! – Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass
Global Health Matters
Sept/Oct 2022 - IRSDA grantee studies the moringa plant’s medicinal, nutritional benefits
Global Health Matters
Jan / Feb 2020 - Fogarty awards $10M for early-career researchers to establish independent careers in global health
Global Health Matters
Sep / Oct 2019 - IRSDA grantee news: Children in developing countries can benefit from proton therapy
medicalphysicsweb, Feb 22, 2018 - Early-career scientists receive $3.3M to help establish independent research careers
Global Health Matters
Nov / Dec 2017 - Focus on IRSDA: investment in early-career scientists pays off
Global Health Matters
Jul / Aug 2017 - IRSDA Program Evaluation
Published July 2017 - IRSDA grantee news: Untangled web: Mapping environmental, economic and health factors may point the way to sustainable development
Harvard Medical School news, Aug 7, 2017 - Expired funding announcement: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) (PAR-17-002), released October 4, 2016
- New awards provide mentored career development for promising global health researchers
Fogarty news, Jan 31, 2017 - Child dehydration diagnostic tool validated
Global Health Matters
Sep / Oct 2016 - New career development program launched for LMIC scientists
Global Health Matters
Jul / Aug 2015 - Expired announcement: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) (PAR-15-291), released July 7, 2015
- IRSDA grantee news: University of Georgia researcher receives NIH grant to improve women's health in Liberia
Athens Banner-Herald, Oct 22, 2013
Previous Announcements and Awards
- Expired announcements:
- International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed (PAR-21-104)
- Archive: Grants awarded through PAR-21-104 in NIH RePORTER
- International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) Independent Clinical Trial Required (PAR-21-105)
- Archive: Grants awarded through PAR-21-105 in NIH RePORTER
- Expired announcements:
- International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed (PAR-18-539)
International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) Independent Clinical Trial Required (PAR-18-540) - Expired announcement: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (PAR-13-072) (K01) - January 2013
- Archive: Grants awarded through PAR-13-072 in NIH RePORTER
- International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed (PAR-18-539)
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Related NIH Notices
- Related NIH Notice: Notice of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Participation in PAR-15-291 "International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01)" (NOT-CA-16-002) , released December 22, 2015
- Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity to Reissue PAR-10-066, the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) Program (K01) , released September 7, 2012