Funding Opportunities for the FY 2017 NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards, NIH Director’s New Innovators Awards, and NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards

Funding Opportunities for the FY 2017 NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards, NIH Director’s New Innovators Awards, and NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards

Funding Opportunities for the FY 2017 NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards, NIH Director’s New Innovators Awards, and NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards

The NIH Common Fund announces funding opportunities for the FY 2017 NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards, NIH Director’s New Innovators Awards, and NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards. These award initiatives are part of the NIH Common Fund High-Risk High-Reward Research Program, which provides unique opportunities for exceptionally creative scientists to pursue highly innovative approaches to address major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research. Any research topic relevant to the broad mission of NIH is welcome. NIH especially encourages women and members of groups that are underrepresented in NIH-funded research to apply.

2017 NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards: RFA RM-16-005

·       Open to scientists at any career stage; single PI applications only

·       Up to $3.5 million in direct costs over a period of 5 years

·       Application instructions and additional details are provided in the RFA

·       For Pioneer Award program information, see Pioneer website and Pioneer FAQs

·       For other questions, email to pioneerawards@mail.nih.gov

·       Application deadline: September 2, 2016

2017 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards: RFA RM-16-004

              

·       Open to Early Career Stage scientists (defined as those who have not received an NIH R01 or similar grant and are within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or medical residency); single PI applications only

·       Up to $1.5 million in direct costs over a period of 5 years (multi-year funded, funds for entire project period disbursed from FY 2017 appropriation)

·       Application instructions and additional details provided in the RFA

·       For New Innovator Award program information, see New Innovator website and New Innovator FAQs

·       For other questions, email to newinnovatorawards@mail.nih.gov

·       Application deadline: September 9, 2016

2017 NIH Director’s Transformative Awards Research: RFA RM-16-007

              

·       Open to scientists at any career stage; single-PI applications and multi-PI applications welcome

·       Flexible budgets, commensurate with scope of proposed research

·       Application instructions and additional details provided in the RFA

·        For Transformative Research Award program information, see TRA website and TRA FAQs

·        For other questions, email to transformative_awards@mail.nih.gov

·       Application deadline: October 7, 2016

The High-Risk High-Reward Program and other Common Fund programs are managed by the Office of Strategic Coordination, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives in the NIH Office of the Director, in partnership with the component NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices. The NIH Common Fund encourages collaboration and supports a series of exceptionally high impact, trans-NIH programs.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) –“The Nation's Medical Research Agency” – includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit the NIH website.