Get the Latest on an NIH Institute or Center ’s Funding Strategies
Interested in the latest funding policies from your favorite NIH Institute or Center (IC)? Find funding strategies for each NIH IC, in addition to NIH fiscal policies and budget overview, on our NIH Funding Strategies page. Use this information as you prepare your application to better understand NIH’s approach to grant funding and stay updated on key budget policies. For quick summary statistics on NIH-funded research by IC (and much more), explore the newly-redesigned NIH Data Book. (Source: NIH Extramural Nexus)
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - April 1, 2019 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources funding strategies Source Type: funding

Notice of Budget Change in PAR-18-632 NIAID SBIR Phase II Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (U44 Clinical Trial Required)
Notice NOT-AI-19-053 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 28, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

New “ All About Grants ” Podcast on Using RePORT Web Tools Throughout the Grants Process
You probably know the NIH RePORT suite of tools as a useful hub of information where you can find reports, data, and analyses of NIH-funded research and answers to the most commonly asked questions on the NIH budget and extramural research programs. But do you know RePORT can be a helpful tool as you are developing your grant application? Dr. Cindy Danielson, OER Dr. Brian Haugen, OER In this next installment of the NIH’s All About Grants podcast series, Dr. Brian Haugen and Dr. Cindy Danielson from the NIH Office of Extramural Research join us to share their advice on applying these tools to help you througho...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 18, 2019 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources All About Grants RePORT RePORTER Source Type: funding

NIH Annual Snapshot – FY 2018 By the Numbers
We recently released our annual web reports and success rate data with updated numbers for fiscal year (FY) 2018. These web products represent annual snapshots of NIH research investments, which are highlighted in this post. Before delving into the numbers, we want to draw your attention to the new and modernized NIH Data Book recently released. This easy to navigate tool enables users to access and interact with a wealth of data ranging from NIH funding, research grant types, success rates, and much more (see this NIH Open Mike post for more). Now, let’s look at the numbers.  In FY 2018, NIH’s budget incre...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 13, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike FY 2018 Success Rate Source Type: funding

Notice of Correction to Award Budget in RFA-NS-19-009 "Promoting Research on Music and Health: Fundamentals and Applications (R21 Clinical Trials Optional) "
Notice NOT-NS-19-039 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 4, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Change to Funds Available and Award Budget for PAR-16-099 "NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Enhance and Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens (U01)"
Notice NOT-FD-19-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 8, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Year in Reflection 2018
Suppose I offer you a bet based on a coin toss: you win $150 if the coin lands on heads, but you lose $100 if the coin lands on tails.  Will you take the bet?  Think for a second before reading on. If you think this through objectively, of course you should take the bet.  There’s a 50% chance you will win $150 and a 50% chance you will lose $100 – the “expected value” of taking the bet is that you’ll be ahead by $25.  (Here’s the math: 0.50*150 + 0.50*(-100) = 75 – 50 = 25).  Yet the reality is that most people (maybe you too?) will decline.  Most people consider the hurt ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 28, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: Open Mike 2018 Source Type: funding

Frontier Research in Earth Sciences (FRES)
Full Proposal Target Date: February 20, 2019 If a PI intends to submit after the target date, s/he must get approval in advance from one of the Cognizant Program Officers to ascertain if a late proposal can be reviewed in the upcoming competition. Program Guidelines: NSF 19-531The FRES program will support research in Earth systems from its core through the critical zone. The project may focus on all or part of the surface, continental lithospheric, and deeper Earth systems over the entire range of temporal and spatial scales. FRES projects will typically have a larger scientific scope and budget than those considered...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - January 26, 2019 Category: Science Source Type: funding

NCCIH Policy Change to Budget Limit and Grant Durations for SBIR/STTR Phase I and Phase II Applications
Notice NOT-AT-19-014 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 16, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Correction to Award Budget for PA-18-916 AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Notice NOT-DA-19-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 7, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIH Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) Awards (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-OD-19-014 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to establish 5 new awards for the Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) program to address the problems that hinder the critical, early steps necessary to translate novel scientific advances and discoveries into commercially viable diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, and tools that improve patient care and advance public health. The five awardees will participate in a technology development consortium that incorporates best pra...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 17, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIH Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) Awards (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to establish 5 new awards for the Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) program to address the problems that hinder the critical, early steps necessary to translate novel scientific advances and discoveries into commercially viable diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, and tools that improve patient care and advance public health. The five awardees will participate in a technology development consortium that incorporates best practices from current pilot programs and fulfills the objectives of the Phase 0 Proo...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - December 17, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Notice of Changes in the Eligibility of Candidates and Budget Supported by the NIMH Administrative Supplement Program to Enable Continuity of Research Experiences of MD/PhDs during Clinical training (Admin Supp)
Notice NOT-MH-18-074 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 11, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Change in Award Budget for RFA-MH-19-411 "Promoting Reductions in Intersectional StigMa (PRISM) to Improve the HIV Prevention Continuum (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Notice NOT-MH-19-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 4, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement for Fiscal Year 2019
NIH has released a revised Grants Policy Statement that applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2018. This revised version does not introduce new policies, but it does incorporate all policy changes or updates made throughout the previous year and includes significant enhancements to improve the user interface, navigation, and search.  Let us know what you think of the usability enhancements. We welcome suggestions for continued improvement! Read the full announcement for details. (Source: NIH Extramural Nexus)
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - November 9, 2018 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories GPS grants policy statement Source Type: funding