Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 17 001
The Emerging Global Leader Award (K43), offered through the NIH Fogarty International Center, is a career development grant designed to help promising early career scientists based in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) build a strong, independent research trajectory. The core aim is to provide substantial research support along with protected time for three to five years so that an LMIC investigator who is already in a junior faculty role can deepen their expertise, produce meaningful research outputs, and move toward becoming a self-sustaining, independently funded researcher. The program is structured as an intensive, mentored experience that is meant to translate into long-term research leadership at the applicant's home LMIC institution or, more broadly, within another LMIC setting.
A defining feature of this opportunity is its focus on researchers who are employed at LMIC academic or research institutions, with LMIC status determined using the World Bank country income classifications (low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income). The grant is meant for scientists who are still early in their faculty careers but ready to take a major step forward through dedicated time for training, research execution, and career development planning. The expectation is that awardees will not simply complete a short project, but will use the award period to develop a clear niche, publish competitively, strengthen methodological and leadership skills, and assemble the early evidence needed to secure future research funding.
The K43 is open to applicants from any health-related discipline, emphasizing that impactful health research can come from a wide range of fields, including clinical research, public health, epidemiology, implementation science, behavioral and social sciences, health systems research, laboratory science, and other relevant areas. Applicants are expected to propose a research project that aligns with the health priorities of their country, ensuring that the work is locally relevant and capable of generating practical benefits or policy-relevant insights. Alongside the research plan, candidates must outline career development activities that help them grow into independent investigators, such as advanced training, skill-building experiences, mentorship plans, and professional development milestones.
Mentorship is central to the award. Applicants must structure their proposal around guidance from both LMIC and U.S. mentors, creating a supportive environment that combines local context and needs with complementary technical expertise and resources. This dual-mentorship model is intended to strengthen the applicant's training and expand their professional network while still keeping the work grounded in the LMIC setting and focused on building durable capacity where the investigator is based. The overall trajectory envisioned by the program is a transition from mentored development to independent funding and leadership in research.
In terms of eligibility and organizational participation, applications may be submitted by non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations), reflecting the program's explicit goal of investing in scientists and institutions in LMICs. At the same time, non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply as the applicant organization. Foreign components, as NIH defines them in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed, which provides flexibility for certain cross-border collaborations while keeping the primary applicant institution anchored in an eligible LMIC context. The funding opportunity is listed as a discretionary grant under NIH, with the funding opportunity number PAR-17-001, and it falls under multiple CFDA program numbers associated with NIH research and training activities.
Overall, the Emerging Global Leader Award (K43) is best understood as a long-form investment in the next generation of LMIC scientific leadership. Rather than funding a one-off study, it supports a structured period of protected time, mentored research, and professional development intended to position the awardee to compete successfully for independent research funding and to sustain a productive research career that addresses important health challenges in LMIC settings.Apply for PAR 17 001
- The National Institutes of Health in the education, environment, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Emerging Global Leader Award (K43)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.113, 93.121, 93.172, 93.242, 93.313, 93.398, 93.853, 93.989.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-10-04.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-12-04. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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| Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations (R21) Apply for PA 17 042 Funding Number: PA 17 042 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (R21) Apply for PA 17 044 Funding Number: PA 17 044 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| Expanding Genome Integrity Assays to Population Studies (U01) Apply for RFA ES 17 006 Funding Number: RFA ES 17 006 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $400,000 |
| Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomics Small Research Grant Program (R03) Apply for PA 17 324 Funding Number: PA 17 324 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $50,000 |
| Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomics Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21) Apply for PA 17 323 Funding Number: PA 17 323 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $275,000 |
| Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomics Research Project Grant Program (R01) Apply for PA 17 325 Funding Number: PA 17 325 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Administrative Supplements for the U.S.-Japan Brain Research Cooperative Program (BRCP) - U.S. Entity (Admin Supplement) Apply for PA 17 326 Funding Number: PA 17 326 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
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| Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): Basic Mechanisms of Health Effects (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Apply for PAR 17 475 Funding Number: PAR 17 475 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| Collaborative Minority Health and Health Disparities Research with Tribal Epidemiology Centers (R01) Apply for PAR 17 484 Funding Number: PAR 17 484 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $350,000 |
| Collaborative Minority Health and Health Disparities Research with Tribal Epidemiology Centers (R21) Apply for PAR 17 483 Funding Number: PAR 17 483 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| Research to Improve Native American Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) Apply for PAR 17 464 Funding Number: PAR 17 464 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
| Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Apply for PAR 17 496 Funding Number: PAR 17 496 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Apply for PA 18 284 Funding Number: PA 18 284 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) Apply for PA 18 285 Funding Number: PA 18 285 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Health Funding Amount: $200,000 |
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