Rob's Grant Information Page
A list of granting sources and links to grant applications. The choices
reflect my biomedical bias and is in no way comprehensive.
Quick Links:
- NIH General Information
- NIH Study Sections
- American Heart Association (AHA) information
- Other Agencies
- Specific Grant Programs
- Proposal Writing Tips
Granting Agency Policy and Program Information
Other good grants sites
- ERA Commons for
tracking grants and submitting reviews.
- The "LikeThis" System through ERACommons
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Reporter, the replacement of CRISP.
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NIH Grant Submission Dates
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Sign up for NIH grant announcement mailing lists here.
- NCRR P41 submission dates: January 25, May 25, September 25.
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NCRR Council meeting dates (February 12, May 28, September 15)
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NIGMS Biomedical Technology Research Center (P41) (only
good to September, 2013).
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P41 Program Announcement for Biomedical Technology Research
Resources.
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X02 Program Announcement for Biomedical Technology Research
Resources
- NIH Electronic
Grant submission information.
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RO1 Parent RFA, the RFA to refer to for any unsolicited application
in the RO1 format.
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R21 parent RFA, for all NIH Exploratory Developmental Research
Grant Program.
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NIH Intramural Nexis newsletter on electronic grant submission
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NIH BISTI Consortium information
- NIBIB Home page
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NIH BECON information
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NHLBI Clinical Research Guide website.
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NHLBI FY 2012 Funding and Operating Guidelines
- NIH Roadmap, a
plan for the future of NIH funding.
- Erik Jakobsson slides on CS people getting
money from NIH
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NIH 2012 Stipend levels
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NIH Salary caps, the maximum that investigators can be paid from
NIH grants.
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Funding and Operating Guidelines
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NIH Grants by State.
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Award data by organization (scroll or refine query from this
window.
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Success rates by NIH Institute
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Medical Research with Animals, an information site for researchers.
- ARRA Information
- CSR Memo from June, 2012
including topics like a) How to handle a resubmission of a rejected A2,
b) What is human subject research, c) Early Career Reviewer program,
and d) Hybrid study section format.
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Enhancing Peer Review at NIH, general information on new review
process.
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Implementation of new scoring system in 2009.
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Implementation of new review criteria in 2009
- Desscription of scoring scheme (PDF)
- Master
Study section list
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Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences [BTSS]
Applications reviewed by the Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical
Sciences Scientific Review Group integrate physical, chemical, or
mathematical sciences and engineering principles to study physiology,
medicine, behavior, or health.
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Biomedical Imaging Technology [BMIT] reviews grant applications
involving basic, applied, and pre-clinical aspects of the design and
development of medical imaging systems, their components, software,
and mathematical methods; as well as related technologies, for
studies at the organ, small or large animal, and human scale.
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Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics [BCHI]reviews grant
applications involving both basic research and applications of
computational science to knowledge and information in biomedicine,
health care and their integration. The focus is on the development and
application of computational modeling and computational sciences to
biomedical and clinical problems.
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Video of the review process (with cameo by Dave Grainger).
Quick Links:
- NIH Biomedical Engineering programs
- NIH Software/computational programs
- NIH Health information technology (IT) program
- NIH Imaging and Image Analysis programs
- NIH Clinical Trials programs
- NIH Mechanisms in collaboration with industry
- NIH Clinical And Translational Science Awards
(CTSA) programs
- NIH P41 Programs
- NIH Miscellaneous Opportunities
- Animals model development
- NIH NCBC programs
- NSF Programs
- AHA Programs
- Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) AHA Programs
- University of Utah Programs
NIH
- Programs
web page a good starting point for searching for suitable RFAs
and grant programs.
- Biomedical Engineering programs
- Smart and Connected Health NSF
announcement and the
NIH Guide Notice The purpose of this interagency program
solicitation is the development of next generation health and
healthcare research through high-risk, high-reward advances in
the understanding of and applications in information science,
technology, behavior, cognition, sensors, robotics, bioimaging,
and engineering. Deadline: May 28, 2013 for Exploratory (EXP)
Proposals and June 03, 2013. for Integrative (INT) Proposals,
continuing annally after this.
- Instrument Development for Biomedical Applications (R21)
One time, deadline Oct 30, 2012, focused on the development of
new or improved instrumentation.
- Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research
Grants (EBRG) [R21] The purpose of this FOA is to
encourage Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research
Grants (EBRG) applications which establish the feasibility of
technologies, techniques or methods that: 1) explore a unique
multidisciplinary approach to a biomedical challenge; 2) are
high-risk but have a considerable pay-off; and 3) develop data
which can lead to significant future research.
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Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG)(R01) for basic and
applied multi-disciplinary research that addresses important
biological, bioengineering or medical research problems.
Standard application dates
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Bioengineering Research Partnerships. RO1 mechanism and
standard submission dates. "... to encourage collaborations
and partnerships among the allied quantitative and biomedical
disciplines. A BRP must bring together the necessary physical,
engineering, and computational science expertise with
biological or clinical expertise and resources to address a
significant area of bioengineering research within the mission
of the NIH. "
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Transforming Biomedicine at the Interface of the Life and
Physical Sciences (R01) a joint program with NSF and NIBIB
to bring basic science and biomedical scientists together.
Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): April 18, 2010; April 18,
2011; April 18, 2012. Applications due one month later. The
focus here in on translational research.
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New Biomedical Frontiers at the Interface of the Life and
Physical Sciences (R01) A partner program to the one above
with a more basic science focus. Letter of Intent Receipt
Date(s): April 18, 2010; April 18, 2011; April 18, 2012.
Submissions one month later.
- Software/Computation type grants:
- Smart and Connected Health NSF
announcement and the
NIH Guide Notice The purpose of this interagency program
solicitation is the development of next generation health and
healthcare research through high-risk, high-reward advances in
the understanding of and applications in information science,
technology, behavior, cognition, sensors, robotics, bioimaging,
and engineering. Deadline: May 28, 2013 for Exploratory (EXP)
Proposals and June 03, 2013. for Integrative (INT) Proposals,
continuing annally after this.
- Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data
Science & Engineering (BIGDATA) a new (March, 2012)
initiative between NSF and NIH to support small and mid scale
projects in managing big data. Submissions are due June 13,
2012 for mid scale and July 11, 2012 for small scale
proposals.
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Summary of BISTI funding opportunities. This is a nice
one-stop shop for computational grant opportunities.
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NIBIB funding opportunities, a collection of the current
RFAs from NIBIB.
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Continued Development and Maintenance of Software
- NLM Advanced Informatics for Health (R01) Letter of
intent: June 25, 2011. Submission date: July 25, 2011. This
FOA is for support of new projects, not continuation of
projects that have already been initiated. It does not support
pilot projects, i.e., projects of limited scope that are
designed primarily to generate data that will enable the PD/PI
to seek other funding. Rather, it is anticipated that projects
will begin and be completed during the funding period.
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NLM Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and
Bioinformatics (R01) Very broadly scoped program for
biomedical information management. E.g., High-performance
computing and communications relating to biomedical
applications, including efficient machine-machine interfaces,
transmission and storage, real-time decision support.
- Algorithms, Adapters & Data Distribution Outreach 2010:
Increasing the Impact of the Insight Toolkit (ITK) . The
objective of this program is to evaluate and demonstrate the
effectiveness of revisions and improvements planned for
ITK-v4. The emphasis of this new effort will be testing the
software framework, broadening application development efforts,
and data sharing to promote open science.
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ITK Update The purpose of this procurement is to obtain
contract development services in support of the Insight Toolkit
(ITK), the image processing tools initiative of the Visible Human
Project. The goal is to revise ITK to attempt to allow it to
perform for the research community for another ten years.
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Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS)
a joint initiative, Collaborative Research in Computational
Neuroscience (CRCNS), among four National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorates and seven participating National Institutes of Health
(NIH) Institutes
Submission dates: February 26, 2008, October 30, 2008, and
November 17, 2009. Also see
adminstrative changes
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Predictive Multiscale Models of the Physiome in Health and
Disease (U01) The goal of this solicitation is to move
the field of biomedical computational modeling forward
through the development of more realistic and predictive
models of health and disease. Note:
FAQs to be published by Nov 15. Word on the street is that
that this RFA comes without real funding and so the proposals
get reviewed by a very general study section (MABS)and then have to be
shopped around to other institutes, a chronic problem with NIBIB
programs. MABS appears to be very systems biology centric with
mostly chemical eng. members.
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NHLBI Systems Biology Collaborations (R01) No idea what to
make of this one but it has strong simulation components.
January and September 14 submissions dates until 2015.
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Sharing Data and Tools: Federation using the BIRN and caBIG
Infrastructures (R01) proposal linked to
CaBIG Community for
cancer institute and the
BIRN project.
- Update to Data Sharing grants for NHLBI and
the CVRG CardioVascular
Research Grid.
- Neuroimaging Informatics Software Enhancement for Improved
Interoperability and Dissemination available both as
Administrative Supplement and as a
RO3 grant.
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Neuroimaging Informatics Software Enhancement for Improved
Interoperability and Dissemination (R03) a continuation of the
RO3 program, above. Total costs $100,000 for one year.
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Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology
(R01) "...promoting research and developments in
computational science and technology that will support rapid
progress in areas of scientific opportunity in biomedical
research." Just extended beyond September, 2009. There are
associated
R21 and
SBIR versions of this program as well.
- Health information technology (IT) programs
- Imaging and Image Analysis programs
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NIBIB funding opportunities, a collection of the current
RFAs from NIBIB.
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Technologies for Image-Guided Interventions (R01) This is the
second phase of a program that started with R21 awards but is open
to all. $750k RO1 is the mechanism, 4-6 awarded from NIBIB. LOI
by Dec 20, 2009 and applicationn submission by Jan 20, 2010.
- Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions:
Exploratory Grants (R21) This Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) is intended to support clinical trials
conducting preliminary evaluation of the safety and efficacy of
imaging agents, as well as an assessment of imaging systems,
image processing, image-guided therapy, contrast kinetic
modeling, and 3-D reconstruction and other quantitative
tools. Submission dates: Aug 11, 2010, December 10, 2010; April
11, 2011.
- Clinical Trials and Translation Programs
- Mechanisms in collaboration with Industry
- The NIH Centers for Accelerated Innovations (U54) from
NHLBI. Very novel program: "The NIH Centers for Accelerated
Innovations (NCAI) will develop Centers that (1) solicit and select
promising emerging technologies, such as therapeutics (e.g., drugs,
biologics), preventatives, diagnostics, devices, tools, etc. and
(2) facilitate their translation to commercialized products that
improve patient care and enhance health."
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SBIR = Small Business Innovation Research and STTR = Small
Business Technology Transfer. The starting point for all
searches of these opportunities.
- FAQ and general information on the SBIR/STTR programs
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must be US for-profit companies with less than 500 employees.)
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Omnibus solicitation for SBIRs
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Omnibus solicitation for STTRs
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New Approaches to Arrhythmia Detection and Treatment (SBIR
[R43/R44]) Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant
applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to
improve our ability to detect, prevent, and treat all forms of
cardiac arrhythmias. This initiative encourages SBCs to develop
improved diagnostic and therapeutic tools, products, or devices for
cardiac arrhythmia monitoring, detection and treatment.
- Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) encourages Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant
applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to
improve our ability to detect, prevent, and treat all forms of
cardiac arrhythmias. This initiative encourages SBCs to develop
improved diagnostic and therapeutic tools, products, or devices for
cardiac arrhythmia monitoring, detection and treatment.
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CTSA Program for the Clinical And
Translational Science Awards program.
- P41 Programs
- Animal models for research
- Miscellaneous Opportunities
- US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme and the specific
directions for NIH submissions
under this program.
- NIH Director's Transformative Research Awards (R01), "The
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards complements NIH’s
traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by
supporting individual scientists or groups of scientists
proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original
and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new
scientific paradigms. Little or no preliminary data are
expected. Projects must clearly demonstrate potential to
produce a major impact in a broad area of biomedical or
behavioral research. " Letter of intent: December 12, 2011 and
submission by January 12, 2012. Frequently Asked Questions
about the Transformative Research Projects Program is available
here . Send
questions to Transformative_Awards@mail.nih.gov.
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NIH Director's Early Independence Awards (DP5). December
21, 2010: letter of intent deadline.
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Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge
Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01) (Note: this mechanism is not
supported by NHLBI or NCRR. )
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High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) (PAR-13-101),
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP). Appears to
replace the former NCRR Instrumentation grant program.
Receipt/Submission Date(s): September 13, 2013
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NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Funding Archive
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NCBC Program
Note: all collaborative mechanisms with NCBCs have expired!
NIH Training Awards
- NIH Director’s Biomedical Research Workforce Innovation Award:
Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) (DP7)
Due May 10, 2013, apparently a one time deal.
- Short Courses on Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational
Tools for Studying Biological Systems (R25) Due Jan 25, May 25,
Sept 25.
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Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25)
"In this FOA, the NIBIB and NICHD intend to provide support for new or
existing design courses that require students to work in teams on
open-ended biomedical design projects."
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Permitted stipend levels for 2010
- General
information about NIH training grants.
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Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)
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NRSA Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) (newly issued
on Aug 1 2008.
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Short term training grant (T35) for supporting programs such as
summer training of students in biomedical research techniques.
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NHLBI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for
Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30) Note: students have
to be in or applying for an MD/PhD program to qualify.
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F32 Postdoctoral fellowships
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Career Development (K) Awards
- Neuroscience training
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Institutional Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics
(T15) Letter of intent, Feb 17. Grant submission, March 17,
2006.
- NIH Loan Repayment Programs
for health professionals who work in research.
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Dear Colleague Letter - IGERT-CIF21 Track for big computing IGERT
based training, March, 2012.
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Dear Colleague Letter: Data-Intensive Education-Related Research
Funding Opportunities, March, 2012.
- Smart
Health and Wellbeing Just reissued for 2012. "The goal of the
Smart Health and Wellbeing program is to seek improvements in safe,
effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered health and
wellness services through innovations in computer and information
science and engineering."
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) November deadlines.
Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent
resident aliens of the United States.
- NSF Software Development for
Cyberinfrastructure
- Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI^2)
Includes two levels of support for 2010 with larger scale possible in
2011 and beyond.
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Science and Engineering Information Integration and
Informatics (SEIII) from NSF. Full proposal due March 4, 2004,
December 15, 2004, and each December 15 after that.
- NSF
IGERT program
- Sixth Framework Programme
from the European Union. Note
the Networks
of Excellence.
- Burroughs
Wellcome Fund Grants
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Burroughs Wellcome: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
Preproposal Application Deadline: September 4, 2012 by 4:00
p.m. Eastern Time.
- The Leducq Foundation
(Fondation Leducq)
- American Stroke Association-Bugher Foundation Centers of Excellence In
Stroke Collaborative Research for Regeneration, Resilience and Secondary
Prevention .
- Letter of intent: April 1, 2013. Application
deadline: June 1 2013.
- Full RFP (pdf).
- Western States Affiliate Opportunities:
- Undergraduate Student Research Program , due February 7, 2013.
- Predoctoral fellowships, due Jan 29, 2013.
- Medical student program, due Feb 7, 2013. (Note: only exists
for Western states.
- Postdoctoral fellowships, due Jan 29, 2013.
- Clinical Research program, due Jan 29, 2013.
- Beginning Grant in Aid, due Jan 20, 2013.
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Success rates for AHA grant proposals.
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Main link to Program
- Detailed submission instructions (pdf)
- Program requirements
- Must have an MD, PhD, DO, DVM, or equivalent degree by June in
the year of award activation
- May not be enrolled in a graduate or medical school by June in
the year of award activation
- May not have completed three cumulative years of postmedical
school or graduate school research
- Sponsor must be a member of the Heart Rhythm Society by
activation of award
- Award is a one-year stipend of $50,000 and complimentary
registration to the Heart Rhythm Society's Annual Scientific
Sessions.
Other Sources
Some of these are specific to grants, others simply useful for any writing
project.
NIH Forms for Grant Applications
Grant Review Guidlines
Links to Specific SCI/CVRTI Grants
Last update: Wed Apr 28 05:07:42 2004 by Rob MacLeod