NIDDK Funding

Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 – Independent Clinical Trial Required) 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]

Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aim to foster the advancement and accelerate the growth of early-career scientists transitioning to entrepreneurship by simultaneously supporting their entrepreneurial development and the conduct of research and development under their direction. [Posted 4/26/2024. Expires 4/6/2027]

NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08 – Clinical Trials Required) The purpose of this NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08) (Clinical Trials Required) is to support the career development of individuals with clinical doctoral degrees to create a group of new and well-trained, independent investigators. [Posted 6/28/2024. Expires 7/13/2027]

NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development award (K23 – Clinical Trial Required) The purpose of the NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development award (K23) (Clinical Trial Required) is to support the career development of individuals with clinical doctoral degrees to create a group of new and well-trained, independent investigators. [Posted 6/28/2024. Expires 7/13/2027]

NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to provide salary support for exceptional Research Software Engineers (RSEs) that contribute their skills to the development and dissemination of biomedical, behavioral or health related software, tools, and algorithms as well as to the training of prospective users of these tools. [Posted 7/17/2024. Expires 12/5/2026]

HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) aims to encourage research grant applications for initial translational efforts that will enable a drug discovery program for novel, non-opioid, and non-addictive treatments for pain. The program provides funding to develop and validate assays to support a distinct testing funnel and conduct screening efforts to identify and characterize potential therapeutic agents including small molecules, biologics, and natural products. [Posted 9/18/2024. Expires 1/16/2027]

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support studies that will identify, develop, and/or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, sustainability, scale-up, and spread of evidence-based interventions, practices, programs, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies (hereafter referred to as evidence-based interventions). [Posted 10/30/2024. Expires 1/8/2028]

Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The purpose of this Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for undergraduate students, and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions. [Posted 11/26/2024. Expires 1/8/2028]

High Impact, Interdisciplinary Science in NIDDK Research Areas (RC2 Clinical Trial Optional) The purpose of the High Impact, Interdisciplinary Science grants program is to support high impact ideas that may lay the foundation for new fields of investigation within the mission of NIDDK.  The interdisciplinary approach encouraged by this NOFO is envisioned to generate a research resource and/or foster discovery-based or hypothesis-generating science that can have a significant impact on the broader scientific community. [Posted 12/11/2024. Expires 10/16/2027]

NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required) The NIH Research Project Grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project in areas representing the specific interests and competencies of the investigator(s). This Parent Notice of Funding Opportunity requires that at least 1 clinical trial be proposed. The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on their scientific missions. [Posted 12/18/2024. Expires 1/8/2028].