K Award ACKNOWLEDGEMNT Form
Faculty: _Type of K Award:
Department: _SPS#:
** Please submit this completed and signed form with all competing K award applications to the Office of Research Administration. **
NIH K awards have varying requirements for committed effort, but consistently require a defined percentage of full-time professional effort. According to the Duke policy established by the Office for Research Costing Compliance, the committed effort must be at least 75% (or the level specified by the award document) of DukeUniversity effort. In addition, the investigator must commit at least 30 hours per week for K awards requiring 75% effort or at least 20 hours per week for K awards requiring 50% effort. These minimum effort requirements must be met only through DukeUniversity effort; neither PDC nor VA effort can be used to meet these requirements. Additional NIH information is available at
By accepting a Kaward, you agree to adhere to the relevant effort requirements ofDukeUniversityfor the entire project period. The salary support for a K is limited to a percentage of University salary (Institutional Base Salary). The purpose of this form is to document your agreement with these requirements.
By signing below, you acknowledge the DukeUniversity effort requirement of the Kaward, which is defined as: %
I further understand and agree that if my K award application is funded, any non-K award effort (e.g., clinical) will be limited to % of my DukeUniversity effort.Please note:
- K-23 awards generally require some level of patient care effort as a component of the required K effort, but the investigator may not bill for services for this component of effort.
- K awardees can have a maximum of 3/8 appointment at the VA.
Signatures / Date
Faculty
Mentor
Chair
Business Mgr
K Award ACKNOWLEDGEMNTForm - Instructions
Federally-sponsored career development awards (K awards) are highly valued opportunities for faculty to have a funded level of "protected research time"; these awards also have strictly defined effort requirements.
Policy:
The Duke University School of Medicine requires that all K award applicants understand and accept the requirements of NIH’s K award programand specifically that the required effort is a percentage of the applicant’s University Effort.
** Please note that the combined DukeUniversity effort on the K award and on non-K award duties as listed on this form must equal 100%. **
Procedures:
At Time of Application:The attached K Award Acknowledgement Formshould be completed and signed by the investigator and their primarymentor, as well as the Department Chair and Business Manager. For applications to non-mentored K programs, the mentor’s signature field should be left blank. If provided, the Office of Research Administration (ORA) will acknowledge the receipt of the completed form. The signed forms will be retained in Internal docs in the SPS record.
** Institutional K Awards –DukeUniversity manages several institutional K awards (i.e., K12s). The related effort requirements mirror those of other mentored K awards.Faculty appointed as scholars to an institutional K award are required to complete this K Award Acknowledgement Form, as well as the K Award Total Professional Effort Survey, at time of appointment to the K award.
Form revised August 2018