Early-career scientists receive $3.3M to help establish independent research careers

November / December 2017 | Volume 16, Issue 6

Fogarty plans to provide up to $3.3 million over five years to support five additional early-career researchers through the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA). These NIH Career Development Awards - also known as K awards - allow recipients to carve out time for research and career development activities as they are establishing their independent research careers in global health.

Since 1999, IRSDA's K01 awards have supported early-career U.S. researchers from across health-related disciplines. Grantees spend at least half their time conducting research at institutions based in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC). The companion Fogarty program, the Emerging Global Leader Award, offers similar support for LMIC scientists.

2017 International Research Scientist Development Awards

• Dr. Silvia Shinpei Chiang
  Rhode Island Hospital
  Teens on TB Treatment: Predicting Adherence Through Clinical Decision Analysis
• Dr. Liping Feng
  Duke University
  Effects of Perfluorobutane Sulfonate (PFBS) Exposure on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Fetal Development
• Dr. Scott B. Ickes
  Wheaton College
  Identifying Risk Factors for Sub-optimal Breastfeeding and Opportunities for Breastfeeding Promotion among Working Mothers in Kenya
• Dr. Joan Price
  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  A Career Development Award in HIV-associated Preterm Birth and its Prevention
• Dr. Amy Sims Sanyahumbi
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Improving Adherence to Penicillin Among Children with Rheumatic Heart Disease in Malawi, Africa

More Information

• International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)
• Emerging Global Leader Award
• NIH Research Career Development Awards

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