Postdoctoral and Residency Training and Career Development Opportunities

NIA provides multiple options for training and career development at the postdoctoral and residency career stages. These opportunities are designed to enable the transition to the status of an independent researcher. Specific grants with links to more detailed descriptions are listed below.

To search for NIA-funded investigators at your institution, use NIH RePORTER and filter results by states.

Individual Support for Postdoctoral and Residency Career Stages

Activity CodeTitleDescription
K22Career Transition AwardTo support postdoctoral researchers in aging and Alzheimer’s disease research as they transition to tenure track positions.For the differences between career transition awards, see Choose the Right Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Award from NIA
K99/R00Career Transition AwardsTo support postdoctoral researchers in their final years of postdoctoral training as they transition to becoming independent scientists.For the differences between career transition awards, see Choose the Right Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Award from NIA
K25Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development AwardsTo support postdoctoral researchers or higher with expertise in quantitative disciplines (e.g., engineering) who wish to develop careers in biomedical research.
F32Individual postdoctoral fellowshipsTo support training of postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
K01Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI) programTo support the transition to research independence with multiple potential career options, including research and teaching faculty, as well as entrepreneurial, industry, science policy, and research administration positions.
Administrative SupplementResearch Supplements to Promote Re-Entry, Re-integration into, and Re-training in Health-Related Research CareersTo provide full or part-time mentored research training experiences for individuals to re-enter, re-integrate into, or re-train in an active research career after an interruption for family responsibilities or other qualifying circumstances.
Administrative SupplementAdministrative Supplements to Promote Research Continuity and Retention of NIH Mentored Career Development (K) Award Recipients and ScholarsTo enhance retention of investigators facing critical life events that might affect research productivity, as these investigators transition from mentored research to career independence.
LRPLoan Repayment Programs (LRPs)To recruit and retain health professionals in biomedical and biobehavioral research careers by repaying up to $50,000 annually of qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research.

Institutional Support for Postdoctoral and Residency Career Stages

ActivityTitleDescription
R25INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) | NOFO: PAR-22-195To support creative and innovative short courses that train the next generation of Down syndrome researchers in state-of-the-art clinical research skills.
R25REDI Entrepreneurship Enhancement AwardTo develop entrepreneurial education programs to prepare graduate students and postdocs for a wide range of career paths, including outside the normal research environment.
R38RFA-HL-23-006: Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) (R38) (nih.gov)To support programs for clinical residents who will transition to individual career development awards.
D43International Research Training GrantsTo support research training programs for US and foreign professionals and students to strengthen global health research and international research collaboration.
T32Ruth L. Kirtschstein National Research Service AwardTo support domestic institutions to enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral research training.