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

  • 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]

  • Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

    Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) The Joint NINDS/NIMH Exploratory Neuroscience Research Grant program supports exploratory and innovative research projects, which fall within the missions of the NINDS and NIMH. Awards will provide support for the early and conceptual stages of projects. [Posted 1/8/2025. Expires 1/8/2028]

  • Joint NINDS/NIMH Exploratory Neuroscience Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

    Joint NINDS/NIMH Exploratory Neuroscience Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The Joint NINDS/NIMH Exploratory Neuroscience Research Grant program supports exploratory and innovative research projects, which fall within the missions of the NINDS and NIMH. [Posted 1/8/2025. Expires 1/8/2028]

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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.

  • 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

  • Astellas General Research Grants

    Astella's Grants for General Research (GRG) fund an independent research program or project, which does not include specific analysis and/or a protocol to address a research question. Requests must be unsolicited and must be made at least 60 days before the program start date. Astellas cannot be the sole external financial supporter of a GRG. 

  • Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center)

    The Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (WiNSC) is accepting applications for their Pilot Awards (up to $30,000 for 12 months) supporting new ideas in the basic biology of aging and the role of metabolism in aging phenotypes. Applications from early-stage investigators or established investigators pivoting their research toward mechanisms of aging from all institutions are encouraged. All applications must include experimental design/analyses that incorporate WiNSC Research Cores and services and platforms. [LOI due: 11/30/2025. Full application due: 12/15/2025.]

  • Aging-Related -Omics Research Funding for Junior Faculty (American Federation for Aging Research)

    The Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty provides up to $160,000/yr for 1-2 yrs to junior faculty (MDs and PhDs) to conduct aging-related -omics research. [LOI due 12/15/2025.]

  • 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. [Application deadline is Feb. 1 at 11:59 PM ET each year.]

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Aging-Related Funding Announcements

  • Underlying Biology of Aging Awards for Established Investigators (American Federation of Aging Research, Glenn Foundation for Medical Research)

    The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (GFMR) Discovery Award is a three-year award that offers $555,000 (payable in annual installments of $185,000) to fund research projects with strong potential to develop pioneering discoveries for understanding the underlying biological mechanisms that govern normal human aging and its related physiological decline. Established investigators may propose relevant projects from any branch of biology. [LOI Deadline: 2/18/2026, Full Application Deadline: 6/2026.]

  • Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research (American Federation for Aging Research)

    Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research provide support for postdoctoral fellows (MD, MD/PhD and PhD) who specifically direct their research towards basic aging mechanisms and/or translational findings that have direct benefits to human aging and healthspan. Postdoctoral fellows at all levels of training are eligible. Up to twelve one-year fellowships of $80,000 will be awarded in 2026. Applicants must be a postdoctoral fellow (MD and/or PhD degree or equivalent) by the LOI submission deadline, January 27, 2026. The full application deadline is late May 2026.

  • Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center)

    The Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (WiNSC) is accepting applications for their Pilot Awards (up to $30,000 for 12 months) supporting new ideas in the basic biology of aging and the role of metabolism in aging phenotypes. Applications from early-stage investigators or established investigators pivoting their research toward mechanisms of aging from all institutions are encouraged. All applications must include experimental design/analyses that incorporate WiNSC Research Cores and services and platforms. [LOI due: 11/30/2025. Full application due: 12/15/2025.]

  • Aging-Related -Omics Research Funding for Junior Faculty (American Federation for Aging Research)

    The Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty provides up to $160,000/yr for 1-2 yrs to junior faculty (MDs and PhDs) to conduct aging-related -omics research. [LOI due 12/15/2025.]

  • 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.]

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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.