Funding Opportunity: National NIH K12 DiabDocs Career Development Program

Here is the information from the DiabDocs:

"The DiabDocs mentored career development program is now soliciting letters of intent for applications from early career physician scientists engaged in research relevant to diabetes and within the scope of NIDDK including basic, translational, clinical, epidemiology/biostatistical, informatics, health services or health policy projects. Most funded scholars will focus on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, and limited slots are available for persons working in other areas of diabetes. Awards provide promising investigators the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive settings at their home institutions to create the research foundation to compete successfully for NIH K08/23 or similar Career Development Awards.

DiabDocs supports training towards careers in clinically relevant research. DiabDocs may fund projects that provide research experience in clinical trials led by a mentor or co-mentor. However, as per PA-27-030, DiabDocs cannot fund projects that involve scholars leadning independent clinical trials (research studies which individuals are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes).

LOI due date: Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 5:00pm (ET)

Submission link: REDCap form

Following review of LOIs, selected individuals will be invited to submit full applications by January 20, 2027, at 5:00pm (ET). Persons invited to submit full applications will also be invited to a full-day in-person program retreat in Washington, D.C. between March 31-April 1, 2027, that will include interviews. Full applications will then be reviewed by the DiabDocs Scientific Review Committee in a study section for funding anticipated July 1, 2027.

Note: Proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status (e.g., a copy of a passport or green card) is required at the time of LOI submission.

Resubmission Guidelines

• Applicants resubmitting their proposal must submit an LOI by November 17, 2025.
• The LOI must include: The original Aims/Research Plan pages from the prior application. A revised Aims/Research Plan page demonstrating planned improvements.

• In addition, if invited to submit a full application, applicants must submit a 1-page response to the comments/feedback received from the study section in the previous recruitment cycle. (This response is required at the full application stage, not the LOI stage)."

Contact:

David Maahs, MD, PhD, Multi-Center Program Director

Linda DiMeglio, MD, MPH, Multi-Center Program Director

Franziska Bishop, MS, CPHS, CDCES, Staff Scientist

Komal Dasani, MPH, Program ManagerSofia Aurora Herrera-Padilla, Associate Program Coordinator

National NIH K12 “Diabetes-Docs: Physician-Scientist Career Development Program” (DiabDocs)

[email protected]

Source and more information: https://med.stanford.edu/pedsendo/physician-scientist-diabdocs-k12-program.html