See the Pioneer Award website for more information, including FAQs and an application guide with sample applications. Prospective applicants are invited to a pre-application webinar on June 25, 2024, from 12:00-1:30 PM ET. NIH staff will discuss the initiative and answer questions about the application and review process. Questions for the webinar should be submitted ahead of time to PioneerAwards@mail.nih.gov by 11:59 PM local time on June 20, 2024. Additional questions may be taken during the webinar if time allows. Register for the webinar and join on Webex. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the Pioneer Award website.
$1.5 million in direct costs disbursed in two multi-year-funded segments of three-years and two-years
PHS 2590 Non-Competing Continuation Progress Report (not a Multi-Year Funded Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)) must be submitted in year three for funding the second award segment
Detailed Budget pages must be completed according to the special instructions in the funding opportunity announcement
Applications due: August 19, 2024
See the New Innovator Award website for more information, including FAQs and an application guide with sample applications. Prospective applicants are invited to a pre-application webinar on June 25, 2024, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET. NIH staff will discuss the initiative and answer questions about the application and review process. Questions for the webinar should be submitted ahead of time to NewInnovatorAwards@mail.nih.gov by 11:59 PM local time on June 20, 2024. Additional questions may be taken during the webinar if time allows. Register for the webinar and join on Webex. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the New Innovator Award website.
No preliminary data or detailed experimental plan required
Anonymized Specific Aims page and Research Strategy section
Flexible budget
Application deadline: September 3, 2024
The Transformative Research Award initiative is piloting an anonymized review process.Applicants should carefully read and follow the instructions in the funding opportunity to ensure responsiveness.
See the Transformative Research Award website for more information, including FAQs and an application guide with sample applications. Prospective applicants are invited to a pre-application webinar on June 26, 2024, from 3:30-5:00 PM ET. NIH staff will discuss the initiative and answer questions about the application and review process. Questions for the webinar should be submitted ahead of time to Transformative_Awards@mail.nih.gov by 11:59 PM local time on June 21, 2024. Additional questions may be taken during the webinar if time allows. Register for the webinar and join on Webex. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the Transformative Research Award website.
The Early Independence Award enables rigorous and promising early career investigators to bypass the traditional postdoctoral training period and launch an independent research career. Applicants must have recently completed or will soon complete their doctoral degree or clinical training and have the support and guarantee of an independent research position from a host institution.
Single-PI applications only
Complete doctoral degree or clinical training between May 1, 2023, and September 30, 2025
In non-independent research position at time of application
Cannot have served in a postdoctoral position for more than 12 months before completion of terminal doctoral degree or clinical training
Requires significant institutional commitment
Limited to two applications per institution
No preliminary data required
Up to $250,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years
Application deadline: September 6, 2024
See the Early Independence Award website for more information, including FAQs and an application guide with sample applications. Prospective applicants are invited to a pre-application webinar on June 26, 2024, from 1:00-2:30 PM ET. NIH staff will discuss the initiative and answer questions about the application and review process. Questions for the webinar should be submitted ahead of time to EarlyIndependence@od.nih.gov by 11:59 PM local time on June 21, 2024. Additional questions may be taken during the webinar if time allows. Register for the webinar and join on Webex. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the Early Independence Award website.
Althea Sheets, Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Development Manager, Office of Sponsored Programs, althea.sheets@unlv.edu, 702-895-1880
