Funding Opportunities

Explore funding opportunities for December 2019. Areas of research are listed in alphabetical order. For more information or assistance about applying, please contact the Office of the Vice Dean of Research. 

AGING, ALZHEIMER’S, AND DEMENTIA RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• Lucidity in Dementia (R21/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Drug Discovery Program  
• Prevention Beyond the Pipeline  
• Marijuana, Prescription Opioid, or Prescription Benzodiazepine Drug Use Among Older Adults (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) 
• Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Stimulating Hematology Investigation: New Endeavors (SHINE) (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Dementia Consortium - Target validation and drug discovery projects funding  
• Grants for Research on Progeria  
• Dementia Care: Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• NIA Behavioral and Social Research Leaders in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias (NIA BSR LEADR) (DP1 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Dementia Care: Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Innovations to Foster Healthy Longevity in Low-Income Settings (R03 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• A Collaborative Network to Optimize Emergency Care of Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (R61/R33 - Clinical Trials Optional)  
• Pragmatic Trials of Managing Multimorbidity in Alzheimer's Disease (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Required)  
• Translational Bioinformatics Approaches to Advance Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy Development for Alzheimer’s Disease (R01)  
• Integrative Research to Understand the Impact of Sex Differences on the Molecular Determinants of AD Risk and Responsiveness to Treatment (R01)  
• Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research: Area of Focus Basic Science (R03 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)  
• Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research: Area of Focus Archiving and Leveraging Existing Data Sets for Analyses (R03 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research: Area of Focus Systems Biology (R03 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Analyses of CALERIE Data and Biospecimens to Elucidate Mechanisms of Caloric Restriction (CR)-Induced Effects in Humans (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• A Collaborative Network to Optimize Emergency Care of Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (R61/R33 - Clinical Trials Optional)  
• Sensory and motor system changes as predictors of preclinical Alzheimer's disease (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 
• Research Grants Using the Resources from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 
• BRAIN Initiative: Research Resource Grants for Technology Integration and Dissemination (U24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 
• CREATE Bio Development Track: Nonclinical and Early-Phase Clinical Development for Biologics (U44 - Clinical Trial Optional) 
• NIH SIREN Neurologic Clinical Trials (U01 - Clinical Trial Required)  
• NINDS Postdoctoral Mentored Career Development Award (K01 - Clinical Trial Required)  
• NINDS Postdoctoral Mentored Career Development Award (K01 - No Independent Clinical Trial Allowed) 
• Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Impact of Alcohol on the Onset and Progression of Alzheimers Disease and Its Related Dementias (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) 
• Promoting Research in Basic Neuroscience (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• NeuroNEXT Clinical Trials (U01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Cellular and Molecular Biology of Complex Brain Disorders (R21)  
• Neuroimaging and CSF Biomarker Development Program  
• Emotion Regulation, Aging and Mental Disorder (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Leveraging Existing Cohort Studies to Clarify Risk and Protective Factors for Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias (R01) 
• Role of Age-Associated Metabolic Changes in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) (R01)  
• Human Cell Biology of Alzheimer's Disease Genetic Variants (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  

BURN, SHOCK & TRAUMA RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• APF Trauma Psychology Grant  

CANCER, HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• Discovery Grant  
• Clinical Investigator Award  
• Biology of Lung, and Head and Neck Preneoplasias (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Cancer Prevention and Control Clinical Trials Grant Program (R01 - Clinical Trial Required)  
• Improving Outcomes in Cancer Treatment-Related Cardiotoxicity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)  
• SWOG/Hope Foundation Impact Award  
• Assay Validation of High Quality Markers for Clinical Studies in Cancer (UH3 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed) 
• Assay Validation of High-Quality Markers for Clinical Studies in Cancer (UH2/UH3 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 
• Conferences and Workshops  
• Independent Medical Education Grants  
• Research Grants  
• Improving Outcomes in Cancer Treatment-Related Cardiotoxicity (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• AACR-Ocular Melanoma Foundation Fellowship, in Honor of Robert C. Allen, MD  
• Improving Outcomes for Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors (U01 - Clinical Trial Required) 
• National Cancer Institute Program Project Applications (P01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  

CARDIO OR HEART RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• ISHLT/O.H. Frazier Award in MCS Translational Research Sponsored by Medtronic  
• ISHLT/Enduring Hearts Transplant Longevity Research Award  
• New Research Directions that Advance the NHLBI Strategic Vision Normal Biology (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 
• Independent Medical Education Grants  
• Improving Outcomes in Cancer Treatment-Related Cardiotoxicity (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Young Investigator Research Opportunities  
• Keith Michael Andrus Cardiac Research Award  
• Robert W. Hobson, II, MD, Early Career Investigator Award  
• Grants for Research on Progeria  
• The Mechanistic Role of the Microbiome in the Pathobiology of Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Continuation of Existing Grant Based Epidemiology Cohort Studies in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases and Disorders (U01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)   
• NHLBI Program Project Applications (P01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  

IMMUNOLOGY/INFECTIOUS DISEASES/HIV FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Mechanisms of Mycobacterial-Induced Immunity in HIV-Infected and/or Uninfected Individuals to Inform Innovative Tuberculosis Vaccine Design (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) l  
• Modeling Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Research Projects to Improve Prevention Research and Healthcare Delivery (MInD Healthcare)  
• Implementing the Most Successful Interventions to Improve HIV/AIDS Outcomes in U.S. Communities (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Getting To Zero: Understanding HIV Viral Suppression and Transmission in the United States (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) 
• Assessing the Effects of Cannabinoids on HIV-Induced Inflammation (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) 
• Research on Comparative Effectiveness and Implementation of HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Interventions (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)   
• Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Symptom Management in HIV-Infected Individuals with Comorbid Conditions (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) 
• Novel approaches to understand, prevent, treat, and diagnose coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) and other select endemic fungal infections (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)   
• Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Through a Comprehensive Understanding of the Natural History of Infection (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Genomics of HIV/AIDS Drug Response and Co-Morbidities (R01)  
• Innovations in HIV Testing, Adherence, and Retention to Optimize HIV Care Continuum Outcomes (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional)   
• Eradication of HIV-1 from Central Nervous system Reservoirs (R01)  

INFLAMMATION RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• Assessing the Effects of Cannabinoids on HIV-Induced Inflammation (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) 
• Cellular and Molecular Biology of Complex Brain Disorders (R21)

METABOLIC RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials Targeting Diseases within the Mission of NIDDK (R01 - Clinical Trial Required) 
• Conference Grants  
• Administrative Supplements for Research on Dietary Supplements (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 
• Role of Age-Associated Metabolic Changes in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) (R01)  

PARKINSON’S RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• Clinical Research Award  
• Grants for Parkinson's Research  
• Impact Awards  
• Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition  

STROKE OR VASCULAR RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• CREATE Bio Development Track: Nonclinical and Early-Phase Clinical Development for Biologics (U44 - Clinical Trial Optional) 
• NIH SIREN Neurologic Clinical Trials (U01 - Clinical Trial Required)  
• NCMRR Early Career Research Award (R03 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Data Harmonization, Curation and Secondary Analysis of Existing Clinical Datasets (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• NINDS Postdoctoral Mentored Career Development Award (K01 - Clinical Trial Required)  
• Limited Competition: Consortium on Biomarker and Outcome Measures of Social Impairment for Use in Clinical Trials in Autism Spectrum Disorder (U19 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)   
• NINDS Postdoctoral Mentored Career Development Award (K01 - No Independent Clinical Trial Allowed) 
• NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials and Biomarker Studies for Stroke Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention (U01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Impact of Alcohol on the Onset and Progression of Alzheimers Disease and Its Related Dementias (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• NINDS Efficacy Clinical Trials (U01 - Clinical Trial Required)  
• NINDS Exploratory Clinical Trials (U01 - Clinical Trial Required)  
• Improving Outcomes in Cancer Treatment-Related Cardiotoxicity (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)  
• Young Investigator Research Opportunities  
• Robert W. Hobson, II, MD, Early Career Investigator Award  

SUBSTANCE ABUSE RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES  

• Identification, Validation, and Manipulation of Neural Circuits Related to Mental Illness and Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders in Non-human Primates (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Promoting Research in Basic Neuroscience (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)  
• Scientific Research Grants