Program Overview
Since its inception in 2013, MUSC's NIDA K12 has provided an intensive program of mentored clinical research training and career development activities to promote early investigators' research independence in the substance use field. Our scholars are junior faculty members who have recently completed clinical training or postdoctoral fellowships and have mentorship and a solid plan for training in clinical substance use research.
As part of the program, scholars have access to:
- Didactic instruction in responsible conduct of research, experimental design, biometry, statistical analysis, research methods, and basic research skills related to drug abuse and addiction, in order to provide a strong, comprehensive base of relevant knowledge, and skills.
- Seminars and journal clubs in drug abuse and addiction research in order to promote information exchange and interdisciplinary interaction in the context of current findings and new implications.
- Ongoing activities providing continuing review and consultation in critical areas such as biostatistical consultation, research ethics, human subject protection and privacy issues, and grantsmanship, in order to ensure continuous learning, sound judgment, and awareness of changing dynamics in scientific research.
- Program faculty mentors who are prominent clinician-scientists, neuroscientists, and other biomedical scientists with expertise in substance use research.
Leadership Team
Principal Investigators
Program Manager
Key information
- 2 years, optional 3rd year depending on satisfactory progress
- 75 percent minimum effort (remaining 25 percent effort can be divided among other research, clinical and teaching activities if these activities are consistent with the proposed goals of the K12 program)
- $100,000 maximum salary
- $25,000 per year in non-salary research support
- At the time support begins, scholars may not have served as the principal investigator (PI) or equivalent on an NIH research project or as PI of mentored career development grant. Candidates may not have served as the PI on an NIH research project grant or equivalent non-PHS peer-reviewed research grant over $100,000 direct costs per year. Scholars may not hold any other PHS award that duplicates the provisions of this career award. During the period of this award, scholars are encouraged to apply for, and may accept and hold, independent research grant support.
Eligibility
Junior faculty (Assistant Professor or below) and senior fellows/post-doctoral trainees pending faculty appointment with a doctorate and less than 5 years of research training who are committed to a career in clinical research in drug abuse and addiction. Scholars are scientists with doctoral-level professional degrees who represent a broad range of disciplines, professions, specialties and sub-specialties, and who can develop into future leaders of clinical research. Examples include M.D., Ph.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., and Pharm.D. All candidates with clinical doctorates are expected to have completed the specific requirements leading to clinical certification. By the time of award, the individual must be a US citizen, non-citizen national or permanent resident.
Applications are not currently being accepted.
For more information on the NIDA K12, please contact Amanda Wagner.
Additional Information
NIH Career Development Awards (K Kiosk page)
