Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Required)

This program supports mentored research career development for junior faculty scientists at academic or research institutions in low- or middle-income countries. It provides salary and research project support for work that is mainly carried out in the LMIC and is meant to help awardees move toward independent research careers. The text does not state the number or size of awards, and it does not mention a cost-share requirement. Some participating NIH institutes and centers focus on specific topics such as cancer, heart/lung/blood/sleep disorders, genomics, aging, drug use and addiction, hearing and communication disorders, environmental health, neurology, mental health, HIV, and women’s health; NIDCD notes that institutions in the same-language geographic regions may offer special opportunities for regional collaboration.