Nov 18, 2026
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
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Nov 5, 2027
Limited Competition: Renewal of Existing NINDS-Supported Clinical Trial Cooperative Agreement Awards (U01 - Clinical Trials Required)
Grantor
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Award Amount
$50,000
Nov 19, 2026
Seamless Early-Stage Clinical Drug Development (Phase 1 to 2a) for Novel therapeutic Agents for the Spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-related Dementias (ADRD) (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
Grantor
National Institute on Aging
Award Amount
$50,000
Oct 15, 2027
Pilot Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials for Mental Health Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Grantor
Grantor not listed
Award Amount
$50,000
May 8, 2027
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Nov 7, 2028
Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NHLBI Career Development Recipients (Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
Grantor not listed
Award Amount
$50,000
NJRolling
New Jersey Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program for Black and Hispanic/Latinx Providers
Grantor
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
Award Amount
$50,000
minority_ownedindividual
View GrantMay 26, 2027
NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institute on Aging
Award Amount
$50,000
VARolling
Virginia Small Business Investment Grant Fund (SBIG) – Health Businesses
Grantor
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority (VSBFA)
Award Amount
$50,000
small businessVirginia business
View GrantOct 20, 2028
Using Archived Data and Specimen Collections to Advance Maternal and Pediatric HIV/AIDS Research
Grantor
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Award Amount
$50,000
TXRolling
Austin Community Foundation Forever Austin Fund
Grantor
Austin Community Foundation
Award Amount
$50,000
nonprofitcommunity_organization
View GrantJul 12, 2027
NHLBI Career Transition Award for Intramural Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Trainees (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
NHLBI
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 26, 2027
National Centers for Cryo-electron Tomography (cryoET) (R24 -Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 7, 2028
Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Translation of Technologies for Diagnosis and Treatment (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
KYRolling
Kentucky State Loan Repayment Program (KSLRP)
Grantor
Kentucky Office of Rural Health / University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
Award Amount
$50,000
licensed health professionalrural practice
View GrantMay 12, 2028
Animal and Veterinary Innovation Centers (U18)
Grantor
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Award Amount
$50,000
IARolling
Iowa Jobs Training Program (260F) — Health Workforce Training
Grantor
Iowa Economic Development Authority / Iowa Community Colleges
Award Amount
$50,000
Iowa basedemployer
View GrantOct 20, 2027
Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Neurotherapeutic Agent Characterization and In vivo Efficacy Studies (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 7, 2027
Academic-Industrial Partnerships (AIP) to Translate and Validate In Vivo Imaging Systems (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Jun 15, 2028
INCLUDE Project: Exploratory/Developmental Research Awards for Down syndrome (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Award Amount
$50,000
May 7, 2029
Biological Testing Facility for Contraception & Reproductive Health
Grantor
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Award Amount
$50,000
nonprofitstartup
View GrantRolling
Biophotonics
Grantor
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Award Amount
$50,000
MTRolling
Montana State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)
Grantor
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Award Amount
$50,000
Montana basedprimary care provider
View GrantJan 28, 2027
BRAIN Initiative: Preclinical Proof of Concept for Novel Recording and Modulation Technologies in the Human CNS (R18 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
N/A
Award Amount
$50,000
NHRolling
Norwin S. and Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation Grants
Grantor
Norwin S. and Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation
Award Amount
$50,000
nonprofitfoundation
View GrantIARolling
Johnson County Quality of Life Grants
Grantor
Johnson County
Award Amount
$50,000
nonprofitcommunity
View GrantOct 15, 2027
Effectiveness Trials to Test Mental Health System Interventions (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
Grantor
National Institute of Mental Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Nov 17, 2026
Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Cancer Institute
Award Amount
$50,000
Nov 6, 2026
Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Cancer Institute
Award Amount
$50,000
Sep 28, 2028
Resource-Related Research Projects for Development of Models and Related Materials for Studying Human Health and Diseases (R24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
May 7, 2027
Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 9, 2027
Title X Family Planning Services Grants
Grantor
Office of Population Affairs
Award Amount
$50,000
Nov 23, 2026
HEAL Initiative: Pain Research Enhancement Program (PREP) (R15 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
NJRolling
Kessler Foundation Community Employment Grants
Grantor
Kessler Foundation
Award Amount
$50,000
disability_ownednonprofit
View GrantJul 12, 2029
Institutional Mentored Career Development Award (K12)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Rolling
Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI) - Dementia Capability in Indian Country
Grantor
N/A
Award Amount
$50,000
nonprofit
View GrantMar 6, 2027
High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 7, 2028
Molecular Imaging of Inflammation in Cancer (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Cancer Institute
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 7, 2028
Innovative Pilot Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institute of Mental Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Oct 25, 2027
Cancer Prevention and Control Clinical Trials Planning Grant Program (R34 Clinical Trials Optional)
Grantor
National Cancer Institute
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 7, 2028
Utilizing Invasive Recording and Stimulating Opportunities in Humans to Advance Neural Circuitry Understanding of Mental Health Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institute of Mental Health
Award Amount
$50,000
NJRolling
New Jersey Home and Community-Based Services Provider Loan Redemption Program
Grantor
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
Award Amount
$50,000
seniordisability_owned
View GrantJul 31, 2028
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) for Extramural Biomedical and Human Performance Research and Development Department of Defense
Grantor
Grantor not listed
Award Amount
$50,000
AZRolling
Arizona Microbusiness Loan Program – Health Businesses
Grantor
Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity
Award Amount
$50,000
fewer than 5 employeesArizona based business
View GrantApr 1, 2027
NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens
Grantor
Grantor name if different from agency
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 28, 2027
Translational Neural Devices (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Award Amount
$50,000
Apr 5, 2027
NIH, CDC and FDA Small Business Innovation Research Grant (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Award Amount
$50,000
small_business
View GrantJan 25, 2027
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)
Grantor
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Award Amount
$50,000
May 25, 2029
Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence: Expansion/Sustainability Phases (COBRE E/S)
Grantor
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Award Amount
$50,000
May 25, 2029
NIAID Investigator Initiated Program Project Applications (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
Grantor not listed
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 7, 2028
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Jan 7, 2028
Effectiveness Trials for Post-Acute Interventions and Services to Optimize Longer-term Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Oct 16, 2027
NEI Research Grant for Vision-Related Secondary Data Analysis (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Nov 12, 2027
NIDA Research Education Program for Clinical Researchers and Clinicians (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
Grantor not listed
Award Amount
$50,000
May 8, 2027
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
Nov 10, 2026
Early-Stage Innovative Technology Development for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Cancer Institute
Award Amount
$50,000
OHRolling
Greater Toledo Community Foundation Equity and Access Initiative
Grantor
Greater Toledo Community Foundation
Award Amount
$50,000
nonprofitequity
View GrantJan 7, 2027
Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
National Cancer Institute
Award Amount
$50,000
Nov 5, 2028
CCRP Initiative: Promoting a Basic Understanding of Chemical Threats to Skin (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Grantor
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Award Amount
$50,000
Mar 6, 2027
Opportunities for Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grantor
National Institutes of Health
Award Amount
$50,000
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