NIH K01 Grants — Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award

Recent K01 awards from NIH RePORTER

Examples of funded K01 projects across the last two fiscal years. The matching-award count comes from the full result set; funding totals, averages, rankings, and examples use the first 500 records returned by NIH RePORTER. Figures reflect a snapshot last refreshed on June 9, 2026.

Example K01 projects from the sample

• The role of monocyte metabolism and migration in inflammation-related reward circuit deficits and symptoms of anhedonia in people with HIV

  5K01MH136861-03
  Mandakh Bekhbat · EMORY UNIVERSITY, GA · $146,986 · awarded Jun 5, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY The goal of this K01 is to determine the role of monocytes in HIV-related depressive symptoms with a focus on immunometabolic mechanisms that may fuel monocyte activation and trafficking to the brain and serve as therapeutic targets. Simultaneously, this mentored clinical research experience will provide me with essential training in…

• Dietary Predictors of New-Onset Diabetes following Acute Pancreatitis in the DREAM Study.

  5K01DK140625-03
  Djibril Ba · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR, PA · $162,459 · awarded Jun 3, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary/Abstract: This is an application for a K01 award for Djibril M. Ba, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor at the Penn State College of Medicine in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Ba is uniquely qualified to conduct this research project based on a strong foundation in nutritional epidemiology for examining diets in relation to…

• The Role of Patient Capacity in Chronic Kidney Disease Trajectories

  5K01DK133643-04
  Kasey Boehmer · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, MN · $149,958 · awarded Jun 3, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Several forms of renal replacement therapy (RRT) exist to help patients with ESKD, but they are not equally desirable, with in-home dialysis and kidney transplantation being generally preferable to in-center hemodialysis. The best evidence available indicates that, compared to in-center dialysis, pre-emptive kidney transplantation…

• The role of maladaptive VEGFR2 signaling in renal stroma for chronic kidney disease

  5K01DK133635-04
  Takuto Chiba · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA · $119,857 · awarded Jun 3, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT A dire consequence of acute kidney injury (AKI) is a dramatically increased risk to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD). CKD accounts for 6.7% of Medicare expenses. Understanding the mechanisms by which AKI progresses to CKD is essential for developing therapies, for which none currently exist. Renal microvasculature, including…

• Evaluating maternal and newborn health disparities at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and disability in the U.S

  5K01MD018638-04
  Alka Dev · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, NH · $136,350 · awarded Jun 3, 2026 · NIH

  Revised Abstract Section ABSTRACT Although women with disabilities experience pregnancy at the same rate as women without disabilities, they face disproportionately higher rates of adverse outcomes including pregnancy, labor and delivery complications, severe maternal morbidity, maternal death, preterm birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, and infant…

• Norepinephrine modulates medial prefrontal cortex neural ensembles that control cocaine seeking behavior

  5K01DA055068-06
  Ali Gheidi · MERCER UNIVERSITY MACON, GA · $187,137 · awarded Jun 3, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This K01 application aims to prepare Dr. Ali Gheidi for an independent faculty position by providing specialized training in rodent models of drug self-administration (IVSA), chemogenic manipulation of neurons and targeted deletion of neuronal ensembles. Therefore, Dr. Gheidi will work with a carefully selected Training Team of…

• IL-15 mediated immune programming in nonhuman primates to improve vaccine efficacy

  1K01AI200007-01A1
  Isaac Barber-Axthelm · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, WA · $189,000 · awarded Jun 1, 2026 · NIH

  ABSTRACT: Interleukin (IL)-15, a proinflammatory cytokine, has garnered significant interest for its immunotherapeutic potential, and recently for its role in mediating a protective immune response to a candidate HIV vaccine. IL-15 is a predicted upstream regulatory for the protective immune response elicited by a cytomegalovirus vector- based vaccine…

• PrEP Implementation Science in Resource-Limited Settings

  5K01TW012173-05
  Anne Fehrenbacher · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CA · $182,088 · awarded Jun 1, 2026 · NIH

  Anne E. Fehrenbacher, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Disease Prevention, Policy and Global Health in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr. Fehrenbacher’s long-term career goal is to become an independent investigator with expertise in implementation science for HIV prevention interventions. The…

• Opioid Use Disorder and Residential Treatment in Medicaid

  5K01DA057391-04
  Carrie Fry · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, TN · $183,864 · awarded Jun 1, 2026 · NIH

  ABSTRACT Carrie E. Fry PhD, MEd is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy in the Vanderbilt School of Medicine. She is a health services and policy researcher whose portfolio is focused on improving health and social outcomes for Americans with a substance use disorder (SUD) or mental illness through rigorous observational and…

• Estimating the Seroincidence of Melioidosis, Typhoid Fever and Scrub Typhus from Cross-sectional Serosurveys

  5K01TW012177-05
  Kristen Aiemjoy · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS, CA · $180,252 · awarded May 29, 2026 · NIH

  Infectious diseases such as scrub typhus, melioidosis, and typhoid fever remain difficult to measure through routine surveillance because many infections are undiagnosed or lack laboratory confirmation. These bacterial pathogens produce dynamic antibody responses that rise and decay following infection, creating opportunities to estimate infection incidence…

• Dissemination Strategies to Increase Access to Timely Information About Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Medicaid

  5K01DA056838-06
  Erika Crable · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA · $193,365 · awarded May 29, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The purpose of this proposed K01 Mentored Research Career Development Award is to support the applicant in advancing and maximizing her research skills in order to launch an independent research career in the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based substance use treatment for safety net populations. Safety net…

• Investigating Mitochondrial DNA as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Chronic Kidney Disease

  1K01DK147652-01
  Armin Ahmadi · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, CA · $148,596 · awarded May 28, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary This is a submission of a K01 application by Dr. Armin Ahmadi, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at University of California San Diego (UCSD). Through this proposal Dr. Ahmadi intends to establish himself as an independent investigator studying the intersection of mitochondrial dysfunction, microvascular health, and physical functioning in chronic…

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