Reminder: The FORMS-I Grant application forms and instructions must be used for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. Early submission is encouraged for applicants to have time to work through any unforeseen issues.

This notice is intended to remind the research and research training community of multiple changes that are affecting the application and peer review processes impacting grant applications submitted for due dates on or after January 25, 2025, and on or after May 25, 2025.

The extramural community is informed this Guide Notice about NIH's adoption of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support to be used with all applications and Research Performance Progress Report(s) (RPPRs) by May 25, 2025.

This notice provides an update on the NIH policy on the salary limitation for NIH grants and cooperative agreement awards.

This notice is for all AHRQ grant recipients who received grant funding from AHRQ between 10/1/2019 and 9/30/2020 to check the Program Support Center (PSC) Payment Management System (PMS) website for information regarding the last day to draw funds on awards issued using fixed appropriation funds for FY2020.

The deadline for drawing funds is usually before September 30, 2025.

F99/K00 applicants and F99 award recipients have the option to request $3,000 per budget period to cover childcare expenses. A licensed childcare provider is required for childcare. All supporting documentation (e.g., proof that the provider is licensed) must be maintained by the recipients and made available to NIH officials upon request. NIH does not mandate that recipients submit this supporting documentation with every request.

The receipt of childcare expenses is not associated with payback obligations, and it should not be reported as such.

Effective from October 1, 2024, foreign recipients (either serving as a direct or subrecipient of NIH grants and cooperative agreements) who expend $750,000 (cumulative amount) or more in Federal awards during their fiscal year will be required to conduct either a single audit, performed in accordance with the requirements outlined in 2 CFR 200 Subpart F, or a program-specific audit.

On January 25, 2025, the NIH is going to update two practices under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy to continue to promote responsible data management and access. The goal of these changes is to make sure that GDS Policy implementation keeps up with the changing practices of collecting, sharing, and using controlled-access human genomic data, which includes - (1) modernizing security standards provided in the NIH Security Best Practices for Controlled-Access Data Subject to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy and (2) establishing minimum expectations for developers' access to controlled-access data.

Are you in the process of submitting your application for a fellowship or career development award? Please share the updated reference letter guidance with your referees! The latest updates provide more guidance on which candidate skills to include and which areas for development to consider as part of the proposed training plan.

A centralized resource of policies, best practices, and regulations has been released by our NIH colleagues to guide and govern advancing science and emerging technologies in a responsible manner involving the development and utilization of AI technologies in research.

The Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Research Program (PRARP) released a pre-announcement for the following funding opportunities:

·       Transforming Care Award

·       Transforming Diagnosis Award

·       Transforming Research Award

The pre-announcement is available here.

Due: December 1, 2024 (LOI)

Amount: Up to $300,000 over 3 years

Foundation supports “educational projects that improve health by advancing the

education and training of future health professionals.” Priority Areas include: Promoting diversity, equity, and belonging; Increasing collaboration among future health professionals, with an emphasis on developing exemplar teams; Preparing future health professionals to navigate ethical dilemmas.

Link: The Macy Foundation - Our Grantees

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

• Due: December 1, 2024 (LOI)

• Amount: $300,000/3 years

• CRI established CLIP to support investigators who are studying critical topics at

the intersection of laboratory and clinical research. They are seeking research projects that can be directly applied to optimizing cancer immunotherapy in the clinic. Must hold a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor or higher at time of award. CRI has no citizenship restrictions.

• Link: CLIP RFP

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

• Due: December 2, 2024 @ 4 pm

• Amount: $240,000/3 years

• Open to computational scientists with an interest in the intersection between quantitative biology, data science and cancer research. The purpose is to identify computational scientists who innovatively combine quantitative analyses and modeling to solve biological questions. This award encourages scientists, trained in fields such as mathematics, computer science, physics, or engineering to pursue research careers in computational biology and to bring their skills to bear on important questions in cancer biology.

Applicants must have two Mentors (one from dry lab and one from wet lab) and must not have been in their Mentors’ labs for more than 24 months prior to the application deadline. Preference will be given to mentorship teams where the labs are in close physical proximity to encourage frequent in person training. Must demonstrate the innovation of the computational methods. Physician-scientists must devote their principal time (at least 80 percent) to Damon Runyon-supported research activities. Activities constituting the remaining 20 percent of time should be clearly specified in the application and in the annual progress report.

Applicants must have completed one or more of the following degrees or its equivalent: MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM, DO.



• Link: Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award Overview

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

• Due: December 2, 2024 @ 4 pm

• Amount: $460,000/4 years

• Damon Runyon wishes to encourage more physicians to pursue research careers. To do

so, the Foundation established a program designed to recruit outstanding U.S. Specialty Board eligible physicians into cancer research careers by providing them with the opportunity for protected research training under the mentorship of a highly qualified and gifted mentor after they have completed all their clinical training. Must have a Mentor. Applicants (MDs and DOs only) must have completed residencies and clinical training, be U.S. Specialty Board eligible prior to the award start date, and be able to devote at least 80% time and effort to research.

MD/PhDs are not eligible to apply. Applicants cannot be pursuing a PhD. Applicants may apply at any time prior to their initial assistant professorship appointment (or equivalent). Postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and clinical instructors are eligible to apply. Candidates holding or awarded NIH K awards at the time of application are not eligible to apply.



• Link: Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

• LOI Due: December 3, 2024

• Amount: $1,150,000 over five years

• The award will support PIs who are outstanding early- to mid-career biomedical

researchers who—through their outreach, mentoring, teaching, and leadership—have a record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in their scientific communities. They will have made significant research contributions to the biomedical sciences, show promise for continuing scientific achievement, and demonstrate leadership in efforts to diversify the sciences. The grant is to support the awardee’s research program with reasonable flexibility on how these funds are utilized, provided that funds are used to support the awardee’s overall academic program. Preference will be given to research programs that align with CZI Science and/or programs with diversity as a research component. Must hold an MD, PhD, ScD, MD/PhD, DDM, DVM, or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or equivalent independent investigator status. Non-tenured and tenured faculty are eligible to apply.

• Link: Science Diversity Leadership RFP

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

Due: December 4, 2024

• Amount: $300,000 over 3 years

• The intent of this award is to foster the scientific independence of junior investigators to support early-career investigators working toward independent and productive research careers in digestive diseases by ensuring that a major proportion of their time is protected for research (i.e., a minimum of 50 percent effort dedicated to the proposed project). Applicants for this award must hold an MD, PhD and/or equivalent degree. Applicants may select clinical or basic/translational focus. Applicants are required to have a sponsor and mentor for the award

• Link: AGA Research Scholar Award (RSA) - American Gastroenterological Association

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

• Due: December 4, 2024

• Amount: $300,000 over 3 years

• To support early-career investigators working toward independent and productive

careers in pancreatic cancer research… Applicants performing any type of research (basic, translational or clinical) relevant to digestive disorders are eligible to apply.

• Link: AGA-Bern Schwartz Family Fund Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer (Fund A) - American Gastroenterological Association

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) - KidneyCure (the ASN Foundation) funds clinical and basic research and provides grant support to members at various points in their careers. Submit your innovative ideas and research plans to the following programs funded by KidneyCure to advance a world without kidney disease. Women and those who are underrepresented in medicine are encouraged to apply.

PhD Students: The Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program aims to attract PhD students to nephrology as a research area in the early stages of their career.

Fellows: The Ben J. Lipps Fellowship Program helps fund fellows to conduct original, meritorious research projects, conducted under the guidance of a sponsor.

Educators: The William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program supports a clinician educator to conduct projects to advance all facets of nephrology education and teaching.

Investigators: The Transition to Independence Grants Program provides funding for young faculty to foster evolution to an independent research career and a successful, competitive application for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant or equivalent.

The Transition to Independence Grant and William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program eligibility requirements and funding stipulations have been updated. Applicants can now:

• Be within 10 years of initial faculty appointment at the time of the award activation.
• Have extramural (NIH, KidneyCure, or other) mentored career development grant funding (e.g., NIH K08). However, total grant funding, including the KidneyCure Transition to Independence Grant, cannot exceed $250,000 in annual direct costs, if there is scientific overlap of the specific aims of the proposal with current funding.

Please note that the submission deadline is Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. EST. For any questions, contact KidneyCure at grants@asn-online.org.

• Due: December 5, 2024 (at 2:00 ET)

• Amount: $156,000 over 3 years

The Gilliam Fellows Program aspires to build a more inclusive scientific ecosystem by supporting scientists at two levels — graduate students and their faculty thesis advisors. The program invests in graduate trainees who are committed to advancing equity and inclusion in science. Thesis advisors enhance their mentorship skills and act as change-makers to develop more inclusive and healthy scientific training environments. Student must be currently enrolled in the second or third year of a PhD program. Must be studying biomedical sciences, life sciences, or biological questions in a related discipline. Students in a dual-degree program are not eligible. No indirect costs.

• Link: Gilliam Fellows Program

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

Career Development Award

Proposal deadline: Wednesday, December 5, 2024

Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals in the early years of first professional appointment to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist in the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease research.

Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Science

Proposal deadline: Thursday, February 6, 2025

To enable current AHA awardees to identify and serve as mentors for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups in science and medicine.

Translating scientific results into clinical practice is a major focus of the SCOR grant program. It is expected that a SCOR application will propose a combination of basic and translational laboratory research that will ultimately lead to clinical translation.

• The maximum total award is $5,000,000.00
• The maximal total annual award is $1,000,000.00 for each year of the five-year grant.
• The maximum annual indirect cost is $150,000.00 (15% of total annual costs). You may claim less than 15% of the indirect costs and apply those costs to the direct costs.
• Letter of Intent Due - December 6, 2024, 3:00 PM (EST)

• Due; December 10, 2024 @ 1pm

• Amount: $120,000/2 years

• The award is designed to encourage and support postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to conduct highly novel and provocative research in regenerative cancer medicine and to establish a successful career path in this field. Research projects may be translational, clinical, or epidemiological in nature and must have direct applicability and relevance to enhancing the physiology of cancer survivors using regenerative medicine techniques (e.g., how to treat or prevent cancer treatment-induced neurotoxicity or chemoradiation- induced severe mucositis and xerostomia in head and neck cancer). Must have PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent completed within the past 5 years. Must hold a mentored research position titled postdoctoral fellow, clinical research fellow, or equivalent. No citizenship requirements.

• Link: Scholar Award in Regenerative Cancer Medicine

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for additional information and/or assistance.

Due: December 11,2024

Amount: $150k/3 years

Awards are for early-career investigators pursuing innovative research that focuses on basic science mechanisms of pain. Proposed research projects should be directed toward investigating the molecular biology of pain and/or basic science topics related to developing new analgesics for managing pain. Two “or more” grants awarded annually.

Eligibility: Have received committed start-up funds and independent laboratory space. Be within 3 years of the start date of a tenure track position or equivalent (senior postdocs and associate professors are not eligible, but extenuating circumstances considered); Demonstrate a commitment to the field of pain research. Eligible candidates will have completed their training and provided persuasive evidence of distinguished achievement or extraordinary promise for a career in basic research in pain. Candidates should be in the early stages of their career, with an appointment at the faculty level.

• Link: Scholars Award in Pain

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for additional information and/or assistance.

• Due: December 12, 2024

• Amount: $180,000 over 3 years (direct costs only)

• Funding designed to support early career researchers, such as postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows or instructors, pursuing promising childhood cancer research ideas. Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD or equivalent and must not have achieved an appointment higher than Instructor. Assistant Professors are not eligible. PI cannot already hold NIH R,P, K or F awards.

• Link: Young Investigator Grant

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for additional information and/or assistance.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) acknowledges the importance of a diverse scientific workforce in accomplishing their mission of curing all blood cancers. Minority medical students can participate in cutting-edge research alongside experienced blood cancer scientists through their Underrepresented Minority Medical Student Research Program.

Students will spend one year conducting laboratory research and receive $75,000 for living expenses and up to $5,000 for relocation costs.

Completed Applications Due: December 15, 2024 (by 3:00 PM EST)

Due: December 15, 2024

Amount: $150,000 for 1 year

The Elsa U. Pardee Foundation funds research to investigators in United States non-profit institutions proposing research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. Project relevance to cancer detection, treatment, or cure should be clearly identified. Priority is given to researchers at non-profit institutions in the United States who are new to the field of cancer research, or to established research investigators examining new approaches to cancer cure.

• Link: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation (Cancer)

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for information and/or assistance.

Emily’s Entourage (EE) is currently accepting applications for its grant program. EE provides critical funding to accelerate research and drug development for new treatments and a cure for people with cystic fibrosis (CF) who do not benefit from the currently available CFTR modulator therapies, whether due to ineligible genetic mutations, side effects from modulators, or suboptimal responses to modulators.

Support is available for $100,000 per year (plus 10% for indirect costs). Typically, funding will last for two years. The submission requirements are detailed in our 2024 grant application guidelines. Applications are due by 11:59 pm (ET) on December 20, 2024.

Key areas of research supported by EE’s grant program include:

1. Nucleotide based therapies
2. Viral and non-viral gene delivery technologies
3. Treatment and prevention of Staphylococcus aureus and other clinically important pathogens in the CF patient
4. Drug repurposing
5. Promising early-stage research  



If you have any questions or would like to discuss your interest in EE’s funding opportunities, please contact Chandra directly at chandra@emilysentourage.org.

Long-term funding for mid-career scientists pursuing high-risk, high-reward research at the forefront of discovery and innovation in cancer immunotherapy. CRI STARs (Scientists TAking Risks) are expected to be the future leaders in the field. The Lloyd J. Old STAR program provides up to $1.25 million over a five-year period to tenure-track assistant professors (minimum of three years) and associate professors (maximum of three years).

The application is due by January 15, 2025.

Click here to find the details about this funding opportunity.