Fostering Innovation New Investigators - NIH NIH K22/R22 Career Transition Program Problem: Increasing gap between Postdoc training to fully independent research.* Strategies: (a) facilitate ability to receive first R01, and (b) maintain a healthy cohort of new investigators Plan: Standardized transition program across NIH: 1-2 years of mentored support, followed by 1-3 years of independent support contingent on securing an independent research position * Recent reports: (1) NRC Report, Bridges to Independence: Fostering the Independence of New Investigators in Biomedical Research (2005), and (2) NRC Report, Advancing the Nation s Health Needs: NIH Research Training Programs (2005).
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