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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
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Open to scientists at any career stage;
single PI applications only
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Up to $3.5 million in direct costs over a
period of 5 years
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Application instructions and additional
details are provided in the RFA
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For Pioneer Award program information,
see Pioneer website
and Pioneer
FAQs
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For other questions, email to pioneerawards@mail.nih.gov
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Application deadline: September 2,
2016
2017 NIH Director’s New
Innovator Awards: RFA RM-16-004
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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
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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)
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Application instructions and additional
details provided in the RFA
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For New Innovator Award program
information, see New Innovator website and New
Innovator FAQs
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For other questions, email to newinnovatorawards@mail.nih.gov
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Application deadline: September 9,
2016
2017 NIH Director’s
Transformative Awards Research: RFA RM-16-007
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Open to scientists at any career stage;
single-PI applications and multi-PI applications welcome
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Flexible budgets, commensurate with scope
of proposed research
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Application instructions and additional
details provided in the RFA
· For Transformative Research Award program information,
see TRA website and TRA
FAQs
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For other questions, email to transformative_awards@mail.nih.gov
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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.
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