Category: Other NIH Funding

Collaborative Program Grant for Interdisciplinary Teams (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)

Supports interdisciplinary research teams to tackle a single focused scientific goal with a highly integrated, synergistic approach. Program goals should not be achieveable through individual efforts or a collection of projects. [Expires 9/27/29.]

Human Tissue and Organs for Research Resource Pilot Award Program

2-year award includes: (1) 10 biological samples from any body system (2) All costs including tissue preservation reagents and shipping costs (3) Letter of support and budget justification help for required subsequent NIH grant application(s) and (4) Technical support for tissue procurement protocol design. Open to ESIs OR established investigators transitioning to using human biospecimens. [Application deadline: 11/1/26.]

Blueprint MedTech Funding Opportunity

Up to $100K in total costs for 20 weeks with the potential to receive $1.28m for 1y to support the development of commercially viable, clinically focused medical device technologies that prevent, diagnose, or treat disorders of the nervous system. [Preproposal deadline: 10/21/26.]

Infectious Diseases Clinical Trials Network (IDCTN) (UM1 Clinical Trial Required)

Up to $450K (direct costs) per year for Clinical Trial Evaluation Units and an additional $2m (direct costs) for a Network Coordinating Center to evaluate interventions for emerging and chronic infections. [Deadline: 11/10/26.]

Clinical Research Network on Antimicrobial Resistance (UM1 Clinical Trial Required)

Up to $12m / y in direct costs for 7 years to support a program aiming to design, implement, and manage clinical research that addresses pivotal clinical questions related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). [Deadline: 11/10/26.]

Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Up to $225K / y in direct costs for 5y to support early-stage clinician-scientists in advancing their research and leadership skills in their specialty and in the broader field of aging research. [Deadline: 11/10/26.]

Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

Up to $125K / y for 2y for early-career clinician-scientists trained in medical or surgical specialties to conduct transdisciplinary aging research that will yield pilot data and experience for subsequent aging research projects. [Expires 7/17/2028.]

Academic Career Excellence (ACE) Award (K32 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Up to three years support for early-stage postdoctoral scholars to fund rigorous, mentored scientific research and career development. [Expires 7/13/29.]

Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

For groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single state-of-the-art commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system. [Expires 7/2/28.]

Seed Instrumentation Support (SIS) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Supports the purchase of a single commercially available biomedical research instrument currently unavailable in the institution. Instruments must be shared among the users to create new research opportunities, enable reproducible data generation, encourage collaborative research and training, and strengthen long-term research capabilities. [Due dates: 9/25/26, 7/1/27, 7/1/28.]