PAR-25-323: The Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist. No preliminary data allowed. Applications must include a separate attachment describing the change in research direction. The proposal must relate to the programmatic interests of ≥1 participating NIH Institute and Center (IC). This Funding Opportunity is for basic science experimental studies involving humans (per NOT-OD-18-212, “prospective basic science studies involving human participants”). These studies fall within the NIH definition of a clinical trial and also meet the definition of basic research. Studies that are NOT conducted with specific applications toward processes or products in mind and which also do not meet the clinical trial definition should submit under the appropriate Clinical Trial Not Allowed NOFO.
Posted August 25, 2025. Expires August 26, 2028.