CAIRIBU
Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology

Extramural Funding Opportunities

The CAIRIBU U24 Interactions Core curates and maintains a collection of funding opportunities for CAIRIBU-affiliated investigators. This includes grants from the National Institutes of Health, institution-specific funding aimed at enhancing stakeholder engagement in research, and various funding sources that support non-malignant urologic research.

[IMPORTANT NOTICE] New NIH Policy: Annual Application Cap and AI Use

The NIH issued a new policy (NOT-OD-25-132) that will impact proposal submissions beginning September 25, 2025. Key points:

  • Application Cap: Each PI (or MPI team) will be limited to six applications per calendar year across all NIH deadlines.
  • AI Use: NIH emphasizes that applications must reflect original scientific thought. Use of generative AI tools is permitted for drafting support, but final content must be authored by the PI/team.

Read the full notice here

All extramural funding opportunities are now listed below in a table format. Open the table in Google Sheets to filter by each column.

NIDDK Funding Announcements

  • Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

    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 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]

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Other NIH Funding Announcements

  • Development of Novel or Improved Infertility Technologies (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)

    The purpose of this NOFO is to support and facilitate multidisciplinary research approaches for the development or improvement of technologies - including drugs, devices, products, or clinical practices - designed to improve fertility outcomes in patients dealing with infertility, particularly in the context of assisted reproductive technologies (ART).  This NOFO aims to position innovative and validated technologies for future clinical development. [Posted 9/23/25. Expires 11/21/25.]

  • NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience: Coordination Center for Interoception Research (BPCCIR) (U24, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

    This NOFO aims to foster interactions within the broad community of interoception researchers rather than focusing on disease-specific subdisciplines. Proposed efforts should: 1) establish and maintain a multidisciplinary team of interoception researchers to oversee and guide NBCCIR activities; 2) create and support digital communication platforms to facilitate networking, collaborations, and information dissemination; 3) plan, organize, and host at least one scientific meeting per year that will include NIH-funded interoception researchers, trainees, and other stakeholders; 4) identify challenges and future technological and scientific opportunities for the field of interoception and develop common terminology, data standards, and common data elements; and 5) generate metrics of success and plans to ensure the sustainability of the interoception research community. [Posted 9/2/2025. Due 11/10/2025.]

  • NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (Parent R21 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)

    PA-25-307: The NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant supports exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications that could have a major impact on a field of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research. This Parent Notice of Funding Opportunity is for basic science experimental studies involving humans (per NOT-OD-18-212, “prospective basic science studies involving human participants”). [Posted 12/18/2024. Expires 01/08/2028.]

  • Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required)

    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). [Posted August 25, 2025. Expires August 26, 2028.]

  • Supporting Talented Early Career Researchers in Genomics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

    Supporting Talented Early Career Researchers in Genomics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) This Notice of Funding Opportunity is intended to identify and support research projects by exceptionally promising Early Stage Investigators with a long-term career interest in pursuing innovative research in genomics. This opportunity is open to research in all areas relevant to the mission of NHGRI, including genomic sciences, genomic medicine, genomic data science, and ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomics. [Posted 12/16/2024. Expires 2/27/2027]

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AUA Funding Announcements

  • Science and Quality Fellow Program

    The Science and Quality Fellow Program advances the fields of guidelines, quality, and data. It also helps residents and fellows develop insight into how the AUA develops and promotes the advancement of evidence-based science.

  • Residency Research Awards

    Residency Research Awards provide urology residents with research training to enable them to build momentum toward a career that includes research. Awards are $10,000 each, restricted to research supplies and other resources needed to conduct a 3-12 month research project during the resident's research training period. The 2026 competition is now open! [Letters of intent due 11/3/2025. Full proposals due 1/5/2026.]

  • LEAD Program

    The LEAD Program supports urology residents who conduct mentored research, engage in AUA research education opportunities and are championed through networking events as they develop successful research careers and better serve the urology patient community. Full application opens 11/7/2025 and closes 1/6/2026. Please contact grantsmanager@auanet.org for more information.

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Other Funding Announcements

  • Accelerating Research Translation (ART) – NSF

    The overarching goal for the Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program is to advance the U.S. scientific and economic leadership by building capacity and increasing the number of robust translational research ecosystems in Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). The ART program seeks proposals involving institutional leadership; research translation programs, institutes or centers; technology transfer offices; units responsible for managing research intellectual property (IP); entrepreneurial training teams; and researchers from all scientific, technological and engineering fields in collaboration with one or more of the other target categories. The ART program framework is built around five distinct Tracks that are interconnected. These Tracks are differentiated by the research translation readiness level (RTRL). [The deadline to apply for Tracks 1 & 5 is 01/15/2026. The deadline to apply for Tracks 2,3, and 4 is 03/12/2026.]

  • Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience

    The Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience supports early-career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Priority is given to candidates who may not have received substantial funding from other private awards yet have highly promising scientific careers. [Applications are due February 1, 11:59pm EST.]

  • Basic Research in Neurobiology Research Grants – Whitehall Foundation

    The Whitehall Foundation seeks to fund basic research in vertebrate (excluding clinical) and invertebrate neurobiology in the United States. Investigations should specifically concern neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior with an overall goal to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. Research grants of up to three years will be provided with two-year renewals competitively awarded. [Letters of intent due 01/15/2026. Full applications due 06/01/2026.]

  • Clinical Research Grants for Robotic-assisted Surgery (Intuitive Foundation)

    The Intuitive Foundation offers grants to support clinical research at non-profit institutions worldwide focused on the field of robotic-assisted surgery. Principal Investigators are encouraged – although not required – to submit proposals that fall into one or more of the following areas: Clinical Outcomes-Based Research, Imaging, Vision and/or Navigational Research, Health Economic and Outcomes Research including Cost-effectiveness and Cost-utility Studies related to Robotic-assisted Surgery, New Procedure Exploration and Development Research. Applicants may apply for grant funding total costs up to $75,000 (US) per project for a period of up to one year (July 2026-June 2027). [Deadline to submit letter of intent: 01/05/2026. Deadline to submit a full, invited grant application: 04/10/2026]

  • Swiss Continence Foundation Award

    One of the goals of the Swiss Continence Foundation is to advance and support the career of young academics in the field of Neuro-Urology, such as through financial support. The Swiss Continence Foundation Award comes with a prize money of CHF 10'000.00 and will be awarded annually at the Annual Congress of the International Neuro-Urology Society (INUS) to the best contribution of a young Neuro-Urology talent. Applicants must be a young academic (≤ 35 years at submission) with a high interest in Neuro-Urology and keen to pursue a career in Neuro-Urology. [Application deadline: 11/30/2025]

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Aging-Related Funding Announcements

  • Basic Mechanisms of Aging Research Grants (American Federation for Aging Research)

    American Federation for Aging Research Grants for Junior Faculty and Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (GFMR) Grants for Junior Faculty provide up to $160,000 for a one- to two-year award to early career faculty (MDs and PhDs) to conduct research that will serve as the basis for longer term research efforts on the biology of aging. These investigators study a broad range of biomedical and clinical topics related to aging. [The Letter of Intent deadline is December 15, 2025. The deadline for full applications is late April 2026.]

  • 2025 IBSA Foundation Fellowships

    IBSA Foundation for scientific research offers 6 Fellowships of €32'000 in the following research field: dermatology, endocrinology, fertility/urology, pain medicine/orthopaedics/rheumatology, and healthy aging/regenerative medicine. Two grants will be awarded to the scientific area with the highest number of projects received. Applicants of any nationality must be under 40 years old on the deadline for the submission of proposals. They must have a degree in medicine, biology, pharmacy, biotechnology or bioengineering. Open to PhD students, PhD, Post-Doc and residents. Permanent positions such as Professors cannot apply. [Application deadline: 1/31/26]

  • NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience: Coordination Center for Interoception Research (BPCCIR) (U24, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

    This NOFO aims to foster interactions within the broad community of interoception researchers rather than focusing on disease-specific subdisciplines. Proposed efforts should: 1) establish and maintain a multidisciplinary team of interoception researchers to oversee and guide NBCCIR activities; 2) create and support digital communication platforms to facilitate networking, collaborations, and information dissemination; 3) plan, organize, and host at least one scientific meeting per year that will include NIH-funded interoception researchers, trainees, and other stakeholders; 4) identify challenges and future technological and scientific opportunities for the field of interoception and develop common terminology, data standards, and common data elements; and 5) generate metrics of success and plans to ensure the sustainability of the interoception research community. [Posted 9/2/2025. Due 11/10/2025.]

  • NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (Parent R21 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)

    PA-25-307: The NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant supports exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications that could have a major impact on a field of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research. This Parent Notice of Funding Opportunity is for basic science experimental studies involving humans (per NOT-OD-18-212, “prospective basic science studies involving human participants”). [Posted 12/18/2024. Expires 01/08/2028.]

  • Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required)

    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). [Posted August 25, 2025. Expires August 26, 2028.]

  • More Aging-Related Funding Posts

Institution-Specific CTSA Stakeholder Engagement Funding Announcements

NIH Data Book – The NIH Data Book (NDB) provides basic summary statistics on extramural grants and contract awards, grant applications, the organizations that NIH supports, the trainees and fellows supported through NIH programs, and the national biomedical workforce.