Grant opportunity

Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Required)

NIH/Fogarty career development award for early-career scientists in low- and middle-income countries proposing independent clinical trial research.

GrantHealthEarly careerClinical trialsGlobal South / LMICs
Funder
Fogarty International Center
Deadline
Dec 3, 2026
Award
See NIH NOFO for salary, research support, and award limits
Applicant
Early-career researchers
Discipline
Health & Biomedical Sciences
Region
Global South / LMICs
Posted
May 16, 2026

Call summary

Overview

Official NIH Grants Guide program announcement for the Emerging Global Leader Award K43, Independent Clinical Trial Required.

Who can apply

  • Early-career scientists from eligible low- and middle-income country institutions should review the NIH NOFO for citizenship, appointment, institution, mentor, and clinical trial requirements.
  • Applicants must follow NIH K award requirements and any Fogarty-specific eligibility rules.

What it supports

  • Career development and mentored research leading to independent global health research leadership.
  • This version requires an independent clinical trial; applicants should confirm all clinical trial, human subjects, budget, and institutional requirements in the NOFO.

Funding and duration

Salary, research development support, project period, and other award limits are specified in the NIH NOFO.

Application deadline

Dec 3, 2026

How to apply

Use the official NIH Grants Guide NOFO and submit through the NIH application route by 3 December 2026.

Call details

About the opportunity

Official NIH Grants Guide program announcement for the Emerging Global Leader Award K43, Independent Clinical Trial Required.

Fogarty International Center lists this opportunity for Early-career researchers, Health & Biomedical Sciences, Global South / LMICs.

This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for Health & Biomedical Sciences grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in Global South / LMICs contexts.

Eligibility

Early-career scientists from eligible low- and middle-income country institutions should review the NIH NOFO for citizenship, appointment, institution, mentor, and clinical trial requirements.

Applicants must follow NIH K award requirements and any Fogarty-specific eligibility rules.

Funding and benefits

Salary, research development support, project period, and other award limits are specified in the NIH NOFO.

Themes and supported activities

Career development and mentored research leading to independent global health research leadership.

This version requires an independent clinical trial; applicants should confirm all clinical trial, human subjects, budget, and institutional requirements in the NOFO.

Deadline and timeline

Application deadline: Dec 3, 2026.

Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.

How to apply

Use the official NIH Grants Guide NOFO and submit through the NIH application route by 3 December 2026.

Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.