The purpose of the Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant is to provide a new pathway for Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) who wish to propose research projects in a new direction for which preliminary data do not exist. This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is open to a broad range of scientific research relevant to the mission of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). Proposed projects must represent a change in research direction for the ESI and should be innovative and unique. A distinct feature for this NOFO is that applications must not include preliminary data.
[Posted 8/25/2025. Expires 8/26/2028.]
NIDDK Funding
NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. [Posted 12/20/2023. Expires 1/31/2026]
Innovations for Healthy Living – Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Innovations for Healthy Living – Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Optional) This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications that propose to develop a product, process or service for commercialization with the aim of improving minority health and/or reducing and ultimately eliminating health disparities in one or more populations that experience health disparities. [Posted 3/8/2024. Expires 12/10/2026]
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed The purpose of the NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) is to support the career development of individuals with a clinical doctoral degree who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research. [Posted 4/9/2024. Expires 5/8/2027]
Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The purpose of the Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25) is to attract to NIH-relevant research those investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research has thus far not been focused primarily on questions of health and disease. [Posted 4/23/2024. Expires 5/8/2027]
Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Required) The purpose of the Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25) is to attract to NIH-relevant research those investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research has thus far not been focused primarily on questions of health and disease. [Posted 4/23/2024. Expires 2/12/2027]
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The purpose of the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) program is to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral researchers with a research and/or clinical doctorate degree from mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. [Posted 4/24/2024. Expires 5/8/2027]
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required)
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required) The purpose of the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) program is to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral researchers with a research and/or clinical doctorate degree from mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. [Posted 4/24/2024. Expires 5/8/2027]
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The primary purpose of the NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Awards (K08) program is to prepare qualified individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. [Posted 8/24/2024. Expires 5/8/2027]
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The purpose of the NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide support and “protected time” (three to five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. [Posted 4/24/2024. Expires 5/8/2027]