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Funding Opportunities
The Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) shares a monthly Funding Opportunities newsletter, featuring a curated selection of federal (NIH) and non-federal (private and nonprofit) funding opportunities relevant to neuroscience, brain health, and mental health research. Below are the featured NIH RFAs for March 2026. Visit our website to explore the full list and discover more funding opportunities.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Chemical Countermeasures Research Program (CCRP) Initiative: Basic Research on The Deleterious Effects of Acute Exposure to Ultra-Potent Synthetic (UPS) Opioids (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Relevant to the Rutgers Addiction Research Center
R01 | RFA-DA-26-034 | 11/19/27 | Learn more
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Relevant to the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research and Cognitive and Sensory Neuroscience FAWG
R01 | RFA-NS-25-018 | 6/16/26 | Learn more
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Relevant to the Rutgers Center for Autism Research, Education, and Services and Neurodevelopment FAWG
F99/K00 | RFA-OD-24-007 | 7/2/26 | Learn more
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Relevant to the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research
UG3/UH3 | RFA-NS-25-021 | 9/29/26 | Learn more
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed
Relevant to the Cognitive and Sensory Neuroscience FAWG
R61/R33 | RFA-NS-25-023 | 1/16/27 | Learn more
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