NIH K08 Grants — Mentored Clinical Scientist Career Development Award

Recent K08 awards from NIH RePORTER

Examples of funded K08 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 September 5, 2026.

Example K08 projects from the sample

• Role of stromal inflammatory signaling in the aging of lung resident lymphocytes

  5K08HL169723-04
  Nancy Allen · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA · $169,020 · awarded Aug 24, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY Immune system dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several age-related lung diseases. Interestingly, multiple recent studies have identified the tissue microenvironment as playing a critical role in the pathogenesis of some of these age-related immune system changes. The lung mesenchyme provides a supportive niche for the…

• Digital Twins for Accelerating Clinical Trial Innovation in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis

  1K08AA033404-01
  Joseph Ahn · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, MN · $202,176 · awarded Aug 21, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is a severe form of liver disease and a leading cause of liver-related mortality in the U.S., yet the therapeutic landscape remains critically underserved. Clinical trials for new AH therapies are profoundly impaired by low patient enrollment and poor retention, creating a major bottleneck that has stalled…

• Immunosuppressive Neutrophils Modulate Alloimmune Responses After Lung Transplantation

  5K08HL181281-02
  Amit Bery · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MO · $166,364 · awarded Aug 21, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary/Abstract This proposal outlines a 5-year research and career development plan to support Dr. Amit Bery’s transition to independence as a physician-scientist studying how innate immune cells affect adaptive immunity after lung transplantation. The proposed research project, which focuses on how interleukin-1β (IL-1β) promotes the…

• Partitioned polygenic risk scoring and machine learning-derived imaging phenotypes for discovery of novel mechanisms of cardiometabolic disease in people of South Asian ancestry

  1K08HL183778-01A1
  Romit Bhattacharya · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA · $169,348 · awarded Aug 19, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary / Abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasingly understood to be driven by metabolic dysfunction, as exemplified by the global epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) and the risk conferred for myocardial infarction and heart failure. Individuals of South Asian ancestry face disproportionately high risks of myocardial…

• Determining Protective Features of Human Memory T-cells to Inform Mycobacterium tuberculosis Vaccine Development

  5K08AI163407-05
  Stephen Carpenter · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, OH · $193,320 · awarded Aug 19, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary / Abstract Tuberculosis (TB), caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is a disease that kills 1.4 million people every year. There is no reliable vaccine to prevent TB, yet many latently-infected individuals are protected from progressing to active TB despite heavy Mtb exposure living in an endemic setting. CD4+ T cells…

• Characterizing the immune infiltrate in muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma

  5K08CA277016-04
  Katharine Collier · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, OH · $273,561 · awarded Aug 19, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary Urothelial carcinoma is a common, aggressive, morbid, and understudied disease. Many patients are not cured with the current standard of care for localized muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma, which is neoadjuvant combination cisplatin-based chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy. But overall survival is significantly longer in…

• Comparison of the Dysregulated and Regulated Host Responses to Infection

  5K08AI193352-02
  Grace Fisler · FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, NY · $162,000 · awarded Aug 18, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary/Abstract: Comparison of the regulated and dysregulated host response to infection Brief Background: Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by an extensively studied but poorly understood dysregulated host response to infection. Specific therapy has focused on modifying the sepsis- associated immune response; the failures of…

• Novel mechanisms of acute myeloid leukemia resistance to cell therapy

  1K08CA304485-01A1
  ANAND BHAGWAT · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA, PA · $263,656 · awarded Aug 17, 2026 · NIH

  Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a rapidly progressive cancer that occurs in children and adults and has no effective therapies for refractory disease. Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CART) therapy has achieved impressive rates of response for some leukemias, but CART for AML has not been successful. We lack understanding of the ways AML evades killing by…

• Muscle health and impaired glucose tolerance in adolescent and young adult hematopoietic cell transplantation survivors

  1K08CA304491-01A1
  RUSHA BHANDARI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE, CA · $280,931 · awarded Aug 17, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY Adolescents and young adults (AYAs, 15–39 years old) with cancer undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) are a growing population who have experienced inferior improvements in outcomes compared to younger non-AYAs. AYAs undergoing HCT are at high risk of developing treatment-related complications, attributed to the…

• Role of the Choroid Plexus in Neutrophil Recruitment After Traumatic Brain Injury

  1K08NS148716-01
  Prajwal Ciryam · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE, MD · $229,625 · awarded Aug 14, 2026 · NIH

  This is a proposal for a five-year research career development program focused on the role of the choroid plexus in neutrophil entry into the brain after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The principal investigator, Dr. Prajwal Ciryam, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and attending neurointensivist in the Department of Neurology and Program in Trauma at…

• Clinical and biologic health trajectories after early life adversity

  5K08MH129657-05
  Barbara Chaiyachati · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA, PA · $178,620 · awarded Aug 13, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary/Abstract This career development award details a 5-year training plan to facilitate the transition of Dr. Barbara H. Chaiyachati to an independent career as a physician-scientist studying predictors of mental and physical health of children after trauma with an objective to identify actionable targets of intervention. Experiences of child…

• The Interaction of Estradiol and Platelet Biology: A Mechanistic Exploration of Sex Dimorphisms in Coagulation

  5K08HL179469-02
  Julia Coleman · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, OH · $163,296 · awarded Aug 10, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Dr. Julia Coleman is establishing herself as an early-career, translational surgeon-scientist with expertise in trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC), sex dimorphisms in platelet function, and their mechanistic underpinnings to improve the care of injured patients. This K08 award will provide her with the support necessary to accomplish…

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