The Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) program is designed to provide resident clinicians in training with in-depth research experiences early in their careers, in order to recruit, retain and accelerate independence of a pool of clinician-investigators with both clinical and research experience necessary to perform basic, clinical and/or translational research.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/14/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to recruit and retain outstanding, postdoctoral-level health professionals who have demonstrated potential and interest in pursuing careers as clinician-investigators. To address the growing need for this critical component of the research workforce, this funding opportunity seeks applications from institutional programs that can provide outstanding mentored research opportunities for Resident-Investigators and foster their ability to transition to individual career development research awards. The program will support institutions to provide support for up to 2 years of research conducted by Resident-Investigators in structured programs for clinician-investigators with defined program milestones.
To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this NOFO will support educational activities with a primary focus on:
- Courses for Skills Development
- Research Experiences
- Mentoring Activities
- Curriculum or Methods Development.
Funding Information
The following NIH components intend to commit the following amounts:
- NHLBI intends to commit total costs $5,854,638 in fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to support up to 7 competitive new awards in each fiscal year over 3 years.
- NIAID intends to commit total costs of $4,310,352 in fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to support up to 4 competitive new awards in each fiscal year over 3 years.
- NIA intends to commit total costs of $1,672,754 in fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to support up to 2 competitive new awards in each fiscal year over 3 years.
- NEI intends to commit total costs of up to $2,509,131 in fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to support up to 3 competitive new awards in each fiscal year over 3 years.
Grant Period
Awards for institutional programs are for project periods up to five years in duration; an individual Resident-Investigator must be supported for a minimum of one and a maximum of two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions – Includes all types
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- 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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
