Small Grants for New Investigators to Broaden Participation in Health-Related Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Agency:
- National Institutes of Health
The NIH recognizes that the entry of new investigators into the ranks of independent, NIH-funded researchers is essential to improving the overall capacity of this country's biomedical research enterprise. While scientific workforce diversity supports the NIH mission, expanding the pool of investigators in the biomedical research workforce remains an elusive goal. Even with long-standing congressional support for early research independence, NIH funding, and government-wide efforts to promote STEM workforce diversity, early career scientists find it increasingly difficult to obtain support for a first research award, and retain that support in subsequent years. See, Policy Supporting the Next Generation Researchers Initiative, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-101.html.
This NOFO is intended to provide support for new investigators from diverse backgrounds, including investigators from nationally underrepresented groups in the biomedical sciences, who are interested in conducting research projects within the scientific mission areas of the NIDDK or the participating institutes. The goal of this NOFO is to enable a pool of investigators from diverse backgrounds to submit subsequent R01 or equivalent applications through the support of these small research grants, as well as receive additional independent research grant awards, produce research results, and author publications. This NOFO provides up to three years of funds for applicants to base a subsequent research grant application (i.e., R01 or equivalent) within the scientific mission areas of the NIDDK or the participating institutes.
The direct costs are limited to $125,000 per year, excluding consortium facilities and administrative (F&A) costs.
February 16, 2025, June 16, 2025, October 16, 2025
Katrina J. Serrano, Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Telephone: 301-480-7855
Email: katrina.serrano@nih.gov
Michael J Pazin
NHGRI - NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Phone: 301 496-7531
E-mail: pazinm@mail.nih.gov
Albert Avila, PhD
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Telephone: 301-496-8804
Email: albert.avila@nih.gov