Institutional Training Grants (T32/K12)

Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant

• Access: Parent T32 Announcement
• NICHD and Other NIH Institute/Center-Specific Requirements for the Parent T32: Select the “Table of IC-Specific Information, Requirements, and Staff Contacts” link within the parent announcement to find NICHD-specific information.

T32 Clinical Pharmacology Training Network (CPTN)

• Read: Program Overview
• Access: CPTN Program Announcement. Applications are accepted through this RFA or the Parent T32 RFA in the preceding listing.
• Visit: CPTN webpage

K12 Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH)

• Purpose: Provides bridge support to physician-scientists as they move between completion of clinical or research fellowship training and an independent research career
• Eligibility: Open to all types of clinicians and non-clinicians
• Addresses the spectrum of women's health topics
• Led by: NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH); administered by: NICHD Fertility and Infertility Branch (FIB)
• Visit: ORWH BIRCWH Web site to learn more and to find the most recent funding opportunity announcement.

K12 Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA) Program

• Purpose: Supports institutional career development programs for fellows and new investigators who have recently completed postgraduate clinical training in pediatrics and who are committed to launching an independent research career
• Eligibility: Fellows and new investigators who recently completed pediatrics postgraduate clinical training
• Access: Current CHRCDA K12 announcement
• Administered through: NICHD Pediatric Growth and Nutrition Branch (PGNB)
• Visit: CHRCDA webpage
• NICHD Contact: Karen Winer

K12 Pediatric Critical Care and Trauma Scientist Development Program (PCCTSDP)

• Purpose: Develops successful pediatric critical care and pediatric trauma physician scientists
• Eligibility: Supports mentored advanced career development and training in research for junior faculty in pediatric critical care medicine and pediatric trauma surgery at research-intensive institutions
• Access: Current PCCTSDP announcement
• Administered through: Pediatric Trauma and Critical Illness Branch
• NICHD contacts: Tammara L. Jenkins

K12 Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP)

• Purpose: This national network provides mentored career development opportunities for pediatricians who intend to pursue independent research careers in academic settings.
• Eligibility: Pediatricians who have completed clinical training and have promising research potential
• Access: Current PSDP announcement
• Administered through: NICHD PGNB
• Visit: PSDP Website  (maintained by the Duke University Medical Center)
• NICHD Contact: Karen Winer

K12 Reproductive Scientist Development Program (RSDP)

• Purpose: This national network aims to develop a cadre of reproductive physician-scientists based in academic departments who use cutting-edge cell and molecular technologies to address important problems in the field of obstetrics and gynecology
• Eligibility: Junior faculty who have an M.D. or equivalent and have completed a postgraduate residency training in general Ob/Gyn or an Ob/Gyn subspecialty area
• Access: Current RSDP Announcement
• Administered through: NICHD FIB
• NICHD Contact: Susan Taymans

Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Program

• Purpose: Supports programs for eligible junior faculty who are committed to an independent research career in women's reproductive health
• Eligibility: Junior faculty who have recently completed postgraduate clinical training in obstetrics and gynecology
• The current announcement for the program has expired; you can access the expired WRHR announcement for reference.
• Administered through: NICHD Gynecologic Health and Disease Branch
• NICHD Contact: Steven Kaufman