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. See below for the latest NIH and other extramural research funding opportunities
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NIDDK
See funding announcements from NIDDK.
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Other NIH Institutes
See funding announcements from other NIH institutes.
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AUA & Societies
See funding announcements from AUA and other Urological Societies.
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Aging related
See funding announcements from various sources related to aging.
NIDDK Funding Announcements
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George M. O’Brien Urology Cooperative Research Centers Program (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)
$750K direct costs per year for 5y. U54 Urology O’Brien Centers foster impactful, multi-disciplinary research through collaborations within and outside the Centers and serve as a national resource for the urology research…
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Institutional Mentored Career Development Award (Parent K12) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
To support institutional career development programs for later-stage postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty scholars for career advancement and transition to independence. [Expires 7/13/29.]
Funding Announcements From Other NIH Institutes
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Translational Centers Using Microphysiological Systems for Infectious Diseases (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Up to 5y support for translational centers organized around an investigator-selected theme focused upon use of microphysical systems as preclinical models of infectious diseases for product development. [Deadline: 1/29/27.]
AUA Funding Announcements
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AUA 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…
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AUA Research Scholar Awards
$40,000 per year for one- and two-year mentored training for clinical and postdoctoral fellows who are no more than five years beyond completing a doctorate or residency and early career investigators who…
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AUA Data Research Program
Access to AUA Quality Registry and/or population-representative AUA Annual Census data plus $2K stipend to conduct clinical and/or workforce studies and disseminate research.
Funding Announcements From Societies and Other Sources
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The Societies for Pediatric Urology (SPU) Research Grant Program
Up to $40K direct costs for 1y for basic science, translational, or clinical pediatric urologic research for early career SPU members. [2-page proposal deadline: 1/13/27.]
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Society of Women in Urology (SWIU) Elisabeth Pickett Research Award
The 2026 Elisabeth Pickett Research Award provides $10,000 for basic, translation or clinical urologic research. The awards may be used to continue or supplement a current project or to initiate new study. Application…
NIH policy information
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[Effective June 1, 2026] NIH Implements Changes to Domestic Subawards
Effective June 1, 2026, per NOT-OD-26-062, all prime recipients are required to obtain NIH prior approval when adding a new domestic subaward to a project post-award, when the arrangement was not originally a…
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CAIRIBU IC New NIH Data Management Document
See below for a 1-page CAIRIBU Interactions Core document that spells out the requirements and provides links to resources. These include a site for creating your own DMS plan and various dkNET resources…
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NIH Data Book (NDB)
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…
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[Updated Sep 2025]: NIH Simplified Review Framework
NIH has implemented a simplified framework for the peer review of the majority of competing research project grant applications, beginning with submissions with due dates of January 25, 2025. Under the simplified…
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[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: (1) Application Cap: Each PI (or MPI team) will be limited to six applications…