03/22/2024 Edition 120
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NIH Director's Pioneer Award

  • Open to all career stages
  • Single-PI applications only
  • No preliminary data required
  • Must be new scientific research direction
  • $700,000 direct costs per year for 5 years
  • Application deadline: September 9, 2024
 
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 [email protected] 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.
NIH Director's New Innovator Award

  •  Single-PI applications only
  • PI must have Early Stage Investigator status
  • No preliminary data required
  • $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 [email protected] 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.
NIH Director's Transformative Research Award


  • Open to all career stages
  • Accepts single-PI or multi-PI applications
  • 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 [email protected] 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.
NIH Director's Early Independence Award

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 [email protected] 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, [email protected], 702-895-1880