The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Education Program (R25) supports support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/07/2027
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this NOFO will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:
The proposed program needs to align with the mission of the IC to which the application is submitted and not have a general STEM focus. ICs will not support projects, regardless of the results of merit review, if they do not fulfill current programmatic priorities. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that potential applicants consult scientific/research staff at the intended IC listed in Section VII before preparing an application. For the specific ICs, the following represents mission focus areas:
- NEI supports basic, translational, and clinical research on vision and diseases of the visual system. In order to enhance the workforce and a sustained pipeline of future vision researchers, NEI will support applications for undergraduate summer research experiences to prepare future scientists with contemporary, multidisciplinary expertise that is able to leverage recent advances in vision research as detailed in the NEI Strategic Plan. In addition to encouraging individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue further studies in biomedical research, NEI also seeks to recruit individuals without prior opportunities to participate in research in the visual sciences
- NIDA will support applications focusing on identifying the biological environmental, behavioral, and social causes and consequences of drug use and addiction across the lifespan, including research in basic science. Applications should seek to develop new and improved strategies to prevent drug use and its consequences; new and improved treatments to help people with substance use disorders achieve and maintain a meaningful and sustained recovery, as well as increase the public health impact of NIDA research and programs.
- NIDCR supports basic, translational, and clinical research to advance fundamental knowledge about dental, oral, and craniofacial health and disease, and to translate the knowledge into prevention, early detection, and treatment strategies that improve overall health for all individuals and all communities across the lifespan. NIDCR encourages data intensive projects focused on developing, disseminating, and using data and data science resources, methods, and tools for dental, oral, and craniofacial (DOC) research. NIDCR expects these projects to maximally integrate and reuse research, health, and clinical data for knowledge discovery and translation.
- NIEHS will support applications focusing on summer research experiences in the environmental health sciences. Applications to NIEHS should provide research experiences that address or seek to understand how exposures to toxic environmental insults impact health, alter biologic processes, are linked to disease initiation, progression or morbidity, or activities that lead to the development of prevention and intervention strategies to reduce environmentally induced diseases.
- NINDS will support applications focusing on summer research experiences that address or seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and contributes knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. NINDS also encourages activities focused on understanding and addressing disparities in neurologic health, healthcare, and health outcomes in disparate populations, including racial and ethnic minority groups, people with lower socioeconomic status, underserved rural communities, sexual and gender minority groups, and people with disabilities (to learn more about health disparities and health equity.
Funding Information
Summer Research Program proposed, budgets cannot exceed $125,000 direct costs per year.
Project Period
A project period of up to five years may be requested.
Eligibility Criteria
Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal
- Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
Federal Governments
- U.S. Territory or Possession
Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
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