Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Per-recipient award not stated for alaska native and native hawaiian serving institutions, asian american native american pacific islander serving institutions (aanapisiss), business, city or township governments, county governments, eligible agencies of the federal government, faith-based or community-based organizations, for profit organizations other than small businesses, hispanic-serving institutions, historically black colleges and universities (hbcus), independent school districts, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofit, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, other legal entity, private institutions of higher education, public agency, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, public housing authorities/indian housing authorities, small businesses, special district governments, state governments, tribal government, tribally controlled colleges and universities (tccus), u.s. territory or possession, closing May 7, 2027.

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Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to alaska native and native hawaiian serving institutions, asian american native american pacific islander serving institutions (aanapisiss), business, city or…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
Not confirmed
The award provides three to five years of salary support and "protected time" but no specific dollar amounts are stated on this page.
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
May 7, 2027
Deadline type
fixed
Opens
Apr 24, 2024
Status
Open
Eligible entities
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions · Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs) · Business · City or township governments · County governments · Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government · Faith-based or Community-based Organizations · For profit organizations other than small businesses · Hispanic-serving Institutions · Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) · Independent school districts · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Nonprofit · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Other Legal Entity · Private institutions of higher education · Public Agency · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities · Small businesses · Special district governments · State governments · Tribal Government · Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) · U.S. Territory or Possession
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not stated

Source wording: “The award provides three to five years of salary support and "protected time" but no specific dollar amounts are stated on this page.

Who can apply?

industry

Education, Health

Source field: industries
use

Research, Salary support

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

May 7, 2027248 daysfixed deadline

Listed as "Response date" on the page

What can the money be used for?

ResearchSalary support

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No
Cost sharing is false

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

When is the application deadline?
May 7, 2027. Listed as "Response date" on the page
Who is eligible to apply?
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs), Business, City or township governments, County governments, Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government, Faith-based or Community-based Organizations, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofit, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Other Legal Entity, Private institutions of higher education, Public Agency, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments, Tribal Government, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), U.S. Territory or Possession.
What can the funding be used for?
Research, Salary support, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-01
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-01

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.