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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 May 2026. Visit our website to explore the full list and discover more funding opportunities.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Accelerating the Pace of Substance Use Research Using Existing Data (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Relevant to RARC
R01 | RFA-DA-26-055 | 12/4/27 | Learn more
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Relevant to CAHBIR
R01 | RFA-MH-26-170 | 2/9/27 | Learn more
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
BRAIN Initiative: Production and distribution facilities for brain cell type-specific access reagents (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Relevant to CCNP, CAHBIR and ND-FAWG
U24 | RFA-MH-25-105 | 7/2/26 | Learn more
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Relevant to KKARC and NDI-FAWG
R25 | RFA-AG-26-010 | 5/27/27 | 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 RUCARES and ND-FAWG
F99/K00 | RFA-OD-24-007 | 7/2/26 | Learn more
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