NIH Director's Pioneer Award
Department of Health and Human Services
Description
The NIH Director's Pioneer Award is for exceptionally creative scientists who propose groundbreaking research projects with the potential for major impact in important scientific areas. The research should represent a new direction that differs substantially from current projects. This award welcomes applications across a wide range of topics relevant to NIH's mission, including behavioral, social, biomedical, applied, and formal sciences, as well as basic, translational, or clinical researc…
The NIH Director's Pioneer Award supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. To be considered pioneering, the proposed rese…
Source
Grant ID
RFA-RM-25-001
Agency
Department of Health and Human Services
Subcategory/Subagency
National Institutes of Health
Eligibility
The following categories of applicants are invited to apply:
- Higher Education Institutions – Public/State-Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Higher Education Institutions – Private Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofit Organizations with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofit Organizations without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- For-Profit Organizations – Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations – Other than Small Businesses
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Local Governments (general category)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government (excluding the NIH Intramural Research Program)
- U.S. Territory or Possession
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
Awards & Funding
Total Funding
$8M
Award Ceiling
$3.5M
Award Floor
$3.5M
Funding Amount
Discretionary
Links
Documents
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