NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA)

Weekly Funding Opportunities and Policy Notices from the National Institutes of Health.
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Notice of Technical Webinar: NCATS Translational Science Education and Training Challenge Competition
Notice NOT-TR-25-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Development of Animal Models and Related Biological Materials for Research (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-25-273 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) encourages innovative research to develop, improve, characterize, and preserve animal models as well as animal model related biological materials, technologies, and new approach methodologies (NAMs) for studies relevant to human health and disease. This NOFO also seeks projects aimed at improving the diagnosis and control of diseases that could confound or interfere with animal use in biomedical research. The proposed project must have broad applicability to multiple NIH Institutes or Centers (ICs) to align with the NIH-wide mission of the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP). The proposed studies must include animal models and explore multiple body systems or multiple categories of diseases. Applications that develop models focused on a specific disease or area of research, or only propose studies primarily relevant to a single NIH IC, will be considered not acceptable to this NOFO and will be withdrawn.
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Notice of NCI Key Date Changes for PA-23-189, "Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-CA-25-009 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Notice of Participation of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in NOT-OD-24-179, "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Health of Women of Underrepresented, Underserved, and Underreported (U3) Populations"
Notice NOT-NR-25-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MH-26-170 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is to encourage applications that will develop and validate novel tools to facilitate the detailed analysis of complex circuits and provide insights into cellular interactions that underlie brain function. The new tools and technologies should inform and/or exploit cell-type and/or circuit-level specificity. Plans for validating the utility of the tool/technology will be an essential feature of a successful application. The development of new genetic and non-genetic tools for delivering genes, proteins and chemicals to cells of interest or approaches that are expected to target specific cell types and/or circuits in the nervous system with greater precision and sensitivity than currently established methods are encouraged. Tools that can be used in a number of species/model organisms rather than those restricted to a single species are highly desired. Applications that provide approaches that break through existing technical barriers to substantially improve current capabilities are highly encouraged.
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Developing novel theory and methods for understanding the genetic architecture of complex human traits (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-25-256 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of this NOFO is to support R21 applications for novel theory and methods development that better delineate how genetic and non-genetic factors contribute to complex trait variation across individuals, families, and populations. Approaches should be interdisciplinary across the natural and social sciences, account for interdependencies across scales of biological, social, and ecological organization, and make extensive use of theory, simulations, and validation using available large-scale datasets
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Developing novel theory and methods for understanding the genetic architecture of complex human traits (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-25-255 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of this NOFO is to support applications for novel theory and methods development that enable better understanding of how genetic and non-genetic factors contribute to complex trait variation across individuals, families, and populations. Approaches should be interdisciplinary drawing from the natural and social sciences, account for interdependencies across scales of biological, social, and ecological organization, and make extensive use of theory, modeling, and validation with available large-scale datasets.
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Notice of Change to First Application Due Date for PAR-24-268 "Biomedical Research Environment and Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) Program (UC2- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-GM-25-010 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Early Stage Investigator HIV/AIDS Research Using Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Models (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-25-165 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support preclinical HIV/AIDS research using NHP models performed by Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) who are within 10 years of their terminal degree or completion of their residency training but who have at least two years of postdoctoral experience. The goal of this support is to help advance HIV/AIDS researchers using NHP models in preclinical research by providing a degree of independence for these ESIs to develop new research directions and to position these researchers to be competitive for new research funding (e.g., R01). Proposed projects must use NHPs as preclinical models for HIV/AIDS research. This funding initiative encompasses all priorities of the fiscal year (FY) 2021-2025 NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research (https://www.oar.nih.gov/hiv-policy-and-research/strategic-plan): reduce the incidence of HIV; develop next-generation HIV therapies; conduct research toward HIV cure; address HIV-associated comorbidities, coinfections, and complications; and advance cross-cutting areas of research.
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Showcase Opportunities for NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Awardees
Notice NOT-OD-25-023 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Notice of Pre-submission Webinar for the ODP and CDC Quit and Thrive Challenge: Community-Derived Solutions to Reduce Menthol Cigarette Smoking
Notice NOT-OD-25-032 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
Funding Opportunity PA-25-168 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and/or enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral research training, including short-term research training, to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to meet the needs of the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. Research training programs are expected to incorporate engaging, didactic, research, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. Programs proposing only short-term predoctoral research training should not apply to this announcement, but rather to the Kirschstein-NRSA Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant Program (T35) exclusively reserved for predoctoral, short-term research training. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) does not allow appointed Trainees to lead an independent clinical trial but does allow them to obtain research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor.
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Analytical and Clinical Validation of Biomarkers for Alzheimers Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-25-209 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to accelerate the establishment ofeffective and reliable biomarkers of Alzheimers disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) for usein therapy/medical product discovery and development, clinical trials and/or clinical practice. Specifically, this NOFO willsupport analytical and/or clinical validationof a biomarker, composite biomarker or biomarker signature, withrigor comparable with the expectations described in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Biomarker Qualification Program (BQP) or recommended by other FDA regulatory pathways.
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Notice of NIBIB Participation in RFA-NS-25-021: "BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)"
Notice NOT-EB-24-019 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Updated Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements
Notice NOT-OD-25-025 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Implementation Science for Climate Change and Health
Notice NOT-CA-25-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Technology Development Research for Establishing Feasibility and Proof of Concept (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-25-202 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)supports exploratory research leading to proof of concept for the development of new technologies relevant to the NIGMS mission. Projects should entail a high degree of risk and/or novelty, and have a high future potential impact in biomedical research.
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Focused Technology Research and Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-25-203 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports projects relevant to the NIGMS mission that focus solely on the development of technologies with potential to enable acquisition of biomedical knowledge. Projects should be justified in terms of technical innovation and utility of such technical innovation for impacting future biomedical research. Outcomes or products of the proposed project should significantly advance the current state of the art and be sufficiently characterized for application in addressing a broad range of biomedical research questions.
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Notice of Correction to Key Dates for RFA-MD-24-010, Environmental Health Disparities Centers (P50) Clinical Trial Optional (R01- Clinical Trial Optional)
Notice NOT-MD-25-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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Notice of Change to Participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices in PAR-25-117 "Research With Activities Related to Diversity (ReWARD) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) "
Notice NOT-GM-25-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
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