PKG00285055.pdf

This is an application guide document for the National Institutes of Health FORMS-H application package, providing instructions for submitting grant applications to federal funding opportunities. Applicants must use either the General Instructions or the filtered Career Development Instructions (PDF), with additional form-specific guidance required for Career Development applications. The guide references the NIH's main application instructions portal and directs users to relevant instruction documents, including general FORMS-H guidelines and career development-specific FORMS-H guidelines. Application form packages may contain optional forms, and applicants are instructed to refer to the specific funding opportunity and application instructions to determine submission requirements.

This application guide supports the NIDCD Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists (K01 Clinical Trial Required), which is administered by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders under CFDA 93.173 (Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders). The award is designed to support comprehensive postdoctoral research and career development for promising audiologists with Au.D. or Ph.D. credentials who demonstrate potential to become independent investigators in fields relevant to NIDCD's mission. Applications are due May 7, 2027, and eligible applicants include HBCUs, tribal institutions, faith-based organizations, and other specified institution types, though foreign organizations and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible. The award funds postdoctoral research activities through the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health.