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NEH: Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, July 11th, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: September 4, 2025

Recurring Deadline: January 15, 2026

Award Information

Award Type: Publishing/Editorial

Estimated Number of Awards: up to 30

Anticipated Award Amount: up to $750,000

Link to Award: https://www.neh.gov/program/rediscovering-our-revolutionary-tradition

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

  • (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
  • (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition program. The purpose of this program is to preserve and improve access to primary source materials that document the history of America’s founding era and of American government in federal, state, and local contexts. Supported activities include conservation treatment and rehousing, digitization and description, transcription and translation, and updating existing digital resources to ensure long-term public availability. This program is offered in honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.

1) The history of American independence and establishment and/or expansion of the nation, including the experiences of states, territories, and communities-in the original colonies and beyond joining the nation;

or

2) The history of American government in federal, state, and local contexts, including the federal Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, state constitutions, governors’ papers, charter documents, court and legislative records, and other foundational documents.

Applications may be submitted for projects that address one or more of the following activities:

  • providing conservation treatment for and/or rehousing original items or groups of items;
  • cataloging or arranging and describing collections of archival records, documents, and rare publications; art and material culture; and photographs, sound recordings, and other primary sources;
  • digitizing collections and making them available for public use through websites, portals, or local, state, or national repositories;
  • using advanced imaging and associated data to promote the research value of primary sources;
  • transcribing or translating primary source materials, including through crowdsourced means;
  • updating previously digitized resources to improve access and preserve digital surrogates or other digital assets; and
  • developing indexes, databases, or other project-specific digital resources to codify information on a subject or to aggregate selected humanities materials.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) FY 2025 Arts and Music Envoy

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Wednesday, July 9th, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: August 25th, 2025

Award Information

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement

Estimated Number of Awards: 1

Anticipated Award Amount: $3,010,000

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359749

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

  • (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
  • (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Office of Citizen Exchanges, Cultural Programs Division (ECA/PE/C/CU) is announcing an open competition for the FY 2025 Arts and Music Envoy Program. This program will send American artists and arts experts of high artistic merit overseas in programs developed in partnership with U.S. Missions to support foreign policy goals and advance American interests. Programs will showcase American artistic and cultural excellence to build strategic partnerships to enhance American global competitiveness, promote freedom of speech, and foster regional stability through cultural exchange and person-to-person diplomacy.

The Semiquincentennial, known as “America250”, will be the overarching theme for programming in 2026 and will highlight our nation’s rich history in music and the creative arts. Programs may include high-profile engagements, performances, workshops, and masterclasses, which serve as essential vehicles to elevate the United States’ global standing and influence through the arts and highlight the arts as a patriotic expression of America’s cultural achievements.

In addition to cultural exchanges, the program will develop multi-media resource toolkit(s) for America250, but not exclusively, to support U.S. diplomats engaging with general audiences, English learners, and emerging musicians and creative artists. The applicant should propose topic areas and toolkit elements that showcase American artistic excellence.

The program will feature cultural exchanges abroad maintaining a focus on countries important to the Department of State’s public diplomacy mission to build mutual understanding. Through this cooperative agreement, approximately 30 cultural exchange programs will be facilitated by engaging approximately 180 professional U.S. artists and cultural experts overseas as envoys.  As part of the America250 commemoration, the applicant should be prepared to facilitate high-level requests from U.S. Ambassadors. The applicant is highly encouraged to go beyond these numbers should their expertise lead to cost-efficiencies.  

The envoys will engage with key foreign audiences through performances, collaborations, workshops, and master classes. The program will provide comprehensive support for the five-day to three-week exchanges.  Virtual and hybrid engagements offer additional flexibility to program offerings.

The cooperative agreement will include a competitive selection process to maintain a robust roster of artists representing the highest artistic merit across genres and creative industries to showcase American excellence and spirit of innovation in the arts.  ECA anticipates that the single award recipient will manage the comprehensive organizational and administrative responsibilities of these programs

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

RFA-AG-26-003: National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, July 18th, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: September 16, 2025

External Deadline: October 17, 2025

Award Information

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement

Estimated Number of Awards: 1

Anticipated Award Amount: $16.56 million

Who May Serve as PI: Standard NIH requirements

Link to Award: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-26-003.html

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

  • (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
  • (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

A National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) is to serve NIA as:

1) a national data resource, collecting data from the ADRCs and their affiliated data and sample repositories; 
2) a facilitator of current and future research on AD/ADRD; and 
3) the central hub for organizing and enabling communication within and outside the ADRC program, including annual meetings and steering committees. 

The goal of the overall ADRC program is to serve as major sources of discovery regarding the nature of AD/ADRD and the development of more effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis, care, and therapy. The ADRCs contribute significantly to the development of shared resources that support dementia-relevant research, and they collaborate to coordinate their research efforts with other NIH-funded programs and investigators. They also provide substantial support to increase the number of researchers engaged in these fields through a variety of research and infrastructure activities.

Structure

NACC will include the following three teams: Administrative, Database and Computing, and Research and Consulting.

Administrative Team

NACC will financially and logistically support semiannual in-person meetings, including support for outside speakers.

NACC will support a wide variety of communication functions for the overall ADRC program, including the following:

  • Serve as the point of contact for NIA, other NIA funded Centers and programs, and the broader scientific community, including the Research Coordinating Center Network (RCCN).
  • Provide a user-friendly web interface to serve the lay public as well as ADRCs and other investigators wishing to access ADRC clinical, neuropathological, neuroimaging, and biomarker data. The website should provide documentation such as coding guidebooks and data dictionaries as well as forms and instructions.
  • Conduct outreach activities to raise awareness of the availability of the data, including providing database training and support instructional webinars that bring new users to the data.
  • Track usage of the website and data resources, maintain a library of ADRC program activities, and follow up to early career investigator awards.
  • Maintain and update, as needed, interest group and Core Leader communications, support core steering committee elections, and organize and coordinate steering committee activities.
  • Maintain and regularly update the ADRC personnel directory.

Support the following additional administrative activities:

  • Solicit and support the review process and funding for peer-reviewed Early Career Investigator projects utilizing NACC data and affiliated resources.
  • Support subcontracts with each of the ADRCs to enable availability of rapid multi-center/national efforts and ensure timely and efficient data submission.
  • Ensure that copyrights for any assessment tools allow for broad sharing of the tools as well as the resulting data.
  • Ensure that data use agreements and safeguards are in place to prevent inadvertent release of personally identifiable information (PII).
  • Provide timely responses to inquiries from interested researchers.
  • Provide administrative support for the NACC Steering Committee, External Advisory Committee, Clinical Task Force, and collaborative activities as described below.
  • Prepare, conduct and analyze survey data as requested by Steering committees.
  • Plan for and advance future research needs for the ADRC program through the collaborative activities as described below.

Database and Computing Team

The Database and Computing Team will be responsible for ensuring the quality and accessibility of data, both for ADRC submission and for outside researcher access, as follows:

  • Maintain high standards of data quality for all new and existing NACC data.
  • Use modern database structures and functions, including streamlining of data submission and access processes, expanding version control, and developing automated processes for users.
  • Provide high-security-compliant, high-capacity informatics infrastructure suitable for data integration, storage, management, and sharing and ensure that the data meet findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) principles.
  • Support collection and facilitate availability of digital biomarker data, as available and connected to other data on each participant.
  • Support collection of a standard set of imaging data as described by the ADRC Imaging Steering Committee, and coordinate with SCAN to analyze and provide data from images collected across the ADRCs (e.g., obtain segmented volumes for existing MRIs).
  • Implement and utilize global unique identifiers (GUID) collection throughout the ADRC program, facilitate deidentified submission to NACC and integration into the NACC database, and coordinate with other related data and sample resources such as NIAGADS and NCRAD.
  • Manage continuous improvements and expedite data distribution, e.g., quick access full data download for users.
  • Provide advanced online query and data visualization capabilities, investigator training, and instructions for data access.
  • Provide a plan for receiving and storing other imaging and biomarker assay data (in anticipation of future NIA, Clinical Task Force (CTF), or NACC Steering Committee directives).
  • Augment the ability to include legacy and other non-UDS data (currently held at individual sites) from participants already included in the national database, particularly access to item-level data.
  • Enhance and support data harmonization and integration with other NIA-funded programs (e.g., SCAN, NCRAD), as well as linkages with administrative data sources.

As a national data resource, NACC must foster communication and collaborative activities within and across ADRCs and interact with other connected national resources, including:

  • The National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD) to allow samples from the ADRCs to be connected with the data at NACC.
  • The National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) and the Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) to connect genetic information with other participant data.
  • Standardized Centralized Alzheimer’s Neuroimaging (SCAN) to develop standardized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) neuroimaging protocols at participating ADRCs, then harmonizing this neuroimaging data so that it can be shared and used by the scientific community. NACC will be responsible for the collection and management of new neuroimaging data by creating a repository, ensuring its integrity, and providing qualified investigators access to the neuroimaging data and any associated non-neuroimaging data.

Research and Consulting Team

  • Promote and conduct research using NACC data.
  • Develop statistical/research methodology important to the research field.
  • Facilitate standardization of data collection and sharing processes throughout the ADRC program, where deemed appropriate by NIA and the NACC Steering Committee.
  • Provide monthly and annual data summaries to individual ADRCs and to NIA; seek novel ways to communicate and display summary information.
  • Plan to support data evaluations for future recommended changes to UDS or added data and data types to be collected.
  • Provide in-depth consultation to researchers interested in utilizing the NACC data for research questions.
  • Support planning and consultation for potential future ADRC applicants.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

2026 Sloan Research Fellowships

Slots: USC may nominate up to three candidates from a department for each of the following: chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, July 11th, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: September 15, 2025

Award Information

Anticipated Award Amount: $75,000

Link to Award: https://sloan.org/fellowships

Who May Serve as PI: Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, earth sciences, physics, or a related field.

Candidates must be members of the faculty of a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada.

Candidates must be tenure-track, though untenured, as of September 15 of this year.

Candidate’s faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation.

Process for This Limited Submission

PIs must submit their application through the “Limited Submissions – Foundations” workspace through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. The direct link to the workspace is also provided here: https://provost.sma.usc.edu/prog/foundations. Our standard template is not being used for this opportunity. Please see below for materials to submit.

Materials to submit include:

  • (1) Sloan Research Fellows are selected on the basis of their independent research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in the scientific community through their contributions to their field. With this in mind, describe your significant scientific work and immediate research plans. (1-2 pages; 1” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt. Submissions exceeding two pages will not be reviewed.)
  • (2) CV (5 pages maximum)
  • (3) Two representative articles by the candidate that highlight his/her/their independent research
  • NOTE: No letters of support are required for the internal selection process.

Purpose

To stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.

Budgetary Requirements: Fellowship funds may be used by the fellow for any expense judged supportive of the fellow’s research including staffing, professional travel, lab expenses, equipment, or summer salary support. Fellowship funds may not be used for indirect costs or overhead charges.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

PAR-25-194: Limited Competition: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Research Training Grant for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, June 27th, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: September 29, 2025;

Recurring Deadlines January 28, 2026; May 28, 2026; September 28, 2026; January 28, 2027; May 28, 2027; September 28, 2027

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

Who May Serve as PI: The PD/PI should be an established investigator in the scientific area in which the application is targeted and capable of providing both administrative and scientific leadership to the development and implementation of the proposed program. The PD/PI will be responsible for the selection and appointment of trainees to the approved research training program, and for the overall direction, management, administration, and evaluation of the program. The PD/PI will be expected to monitor and assess the program and submit all documents and reports as required. The PD/PI has responsibility for the day to day administration of the program and is responsible for appointing members of the Advisory Committee (when applicable), using their recommendations to determine the appropriate allotment of funds.

The UM1 PD(s)/PI(s) may not be a PD(s)/PI(s) on the T32 application or award in order to ensure the PD(s)/PI(s) have adequate time to devote to the respective programs.

Link to Award: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-194.html

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

  • (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
  • (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

Purpose and Background Information

The NRSA program has been the primary means of supporting predoctoral and postdoctoral research training programs since enactment of the NRSA legislation in 1974. Research training activities can be in basic biomedical or clinical sciences, in behavioral or social sciences, in health services research, or in any other discipline relevant to the NIH mission.

Institutional NRSA programs allow the Training Program Director/Principal Investigator (Training PD/PI) to select the trainees and develop a program of coursework, research experiences, and technical and/or professional skills development appropriate for the selected trainees. Each program should provide high-quality research training and offer opportunities in addition to conducting mentored research. Trainees should develop the ability to work effectively in teams with colleagues from a variety of cultural and scientific backgrounds, and to promote inclusive and supportive scientific research environments. The grant offsets the cost of stipends, tuition and fees, and training related expenses, including health insurance, for the appointed trainees in accordance with agency-approved support levels.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) provides an opportunity for the Hub to create, provide, and disseminate clinical and translational science training and career support programs for translational scientists and to support meaningful translational science research projects that address demonstrable needs among stakeholder communities.

Program Objective

The goal of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Predoctoral Research Training Grant for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program is to equip trainees with the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to advance diagnostics, therapeutics, clinical interventions, and behavioral modifications that improve health.

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is transforming the translational science process so that new treatments and cures for disease can be delivered to patients faster. NCATS strives to develop innovations to reduce, remove or bypass costly and time-consuming bottlenecks in the translational research pipeline in an effort to speed the delivery of new drugs, diagnostics and medical devices to patients.

Translation, translational research, and translational science are related but different. Translation turns observations in the laboratory, clinic, and community into diagnostics, therapeutics, medical procedures, and behavioral changes that improve people’s health. Translational research moves a project to the next step in the translational process. Translational science enables these projects to reach their goals faster and more efficiently. At NCATS, we define translational science as the field that generates scientific and operational innovations that overcome the long-standing barriers along the translational research pipeline. With its focus on improving the process, translational science ultimately leads to more treatments for all people more quickly. 

The NCATS Translational Science Principles characterize effective approaches for advancing translational progress. These principles are described on the NCATS website (https://ncats.nih.gov/about/about-translational-science/principles). These principles are intentionally broad and apply to research anywhere along the translational continuum. While they exemplify translational science approaches, they are not intended to be comprehensive. 

The NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program is designed to develop innovative solutions that will improve the efficiency, quality and impact of the process for turning observations in the laboratory, clinic and community into interventions that improve the health of individuals and the public. Sustaining a vibrant clinical and translational research enterprise requires a 21st century workforce that can advance clinical and translational science (CTS) that will, in turn, increase the efficiency and efficacy of translation, with the ultimate goal of getting more treatments to more patients more quickly.

Clinical and translational scientists will possess both deep scientific domain expertise and systems understanding, and their research is expected to be designed to produce discoveries that are simultaneously important for their discipline(s) and contribute to other disciplines, thus intentionally advancing the translational process as a whole. These characteristics will be required to successfully prepare trainees to transition into the many and varied productive career paths available to clinical and translational scientists within the translational science spectrum. Proposed training programs are expected to help trainees develop the following characteristics independent of their particular area(s) of expertise:

  • Domain Expert: Possesses deep disciplinary knowledge and expertise within one or more of the domains of the translational science spectrum ranging from basic to clinical to public health research and domains in between.
  • Boundary Crosser: Breaks down disciplinary silos and collaborates with others across research areas and professions to collectively advance the development of a medical intervention.
  • Team Player: Practices a team science approach by leveraging the strengths and expertise and valuing the contributions of all players on the translational science team. Has the ability to work effectively with colleagues from a variety of cultural and scientific backgrounds, and to promote inclusive, safe and supportive scientific research and training environments.
  • Process Innovator: Seeks to better understand the scientific and operational principles underlying the translational process and innovates to overcome bottlenecks and accelerate that process.
  • Skilled Communicator: Communicates clearly with all stakeholders in the translational process across  social, cultural, economic, and scientific backgrounds, including patients and community members.
  • Systems Thinker: Evaluates the complex external forces, interactions, and relationships impacting the development of medical interventions, including patient needs and preferences, regulatory requirements, current standards of care, and market and business demands.
  • Rigorous Researcher: Conducts research at the highest levels of rigor and transparency within their field of expertise, possesses strong statistical analysis skills, and designs research projects to maximize reproducibility. 

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

PAR-25-195: Limited Competition: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Research Training Grant for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, June 27th, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: September 29, 2025

Recurring Deadlines: January 28, 2026; May 28, 2026; September 28, 2026; January 28, 2027; May 28, 2027; September 28, 2027

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

Who May Serve as PI: The PD/PI should be an established investigator in the scientific area in which the application is targeted and capable of providing both administrative and scientific leadership to the development and implementation of the proposed program. The PD/PI will be responsible for the selection and appointment of trainees to the approved research training program, and for the overall direction, management, administration, and evaluation of the program. The PD/PI will be expected to monitor and assess the program and submit all documents and reports as required. The PD/PI has responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the program and is responsible for appointing members of the Advisory Committee (when applicable), using their recommendations to determine the appropriate allotment of funds.

The UM1 PD(s)/PI(s) may not be a PD(s)/PI(s) on the T32 application or award in order to ensure the PD(s)/PI(s) have adequate time to devote to the respective programs.

Link to Award: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-195.html

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

  • (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
  • (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

This is a limited competition.  The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Institutional Research Training Grants for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program (T32) to eligible institutions to create, provide, and disseminate clinical and translational science training and career support programs that enhance postdoctoral research training of individuals with doctoral degrees (these include, but are not limited to, the following: D.M.D., DC, DO, DVM, OD, DPM, ScD, EngD, DrPH, DNSc, DPT, PharmD, ND [Doctor of Naturopathy], DSW, PsyD, as well as a doctoral degree in nursing research) and help ensure a heterogenous pool of clinical and translational scientists trainees are equipped with the knowledge, skills and abilities to advance diagnostics, therapeutics, clinical interventions, and behavioral modifications that improve health and support meaningful translational science research projects that address demonstrable needs among stakeholder communities.

NCATS will not accept applications proposing combined predoctoral and postdoctoral training under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Applications proposing predoctoral research training should apply to the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Institutional Research Training Grant for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program (PAR-25-194).

Applicants interested in providing short-term research experiences should apply to the companion NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Research Education Grants Programs (R25) (PAR-25-197). A short-term research experience is one where the participant is full-time (40 hours per week) for a period of 10 to 15 weeks, or as specified by the sponsoring institution in accordance with its own policies.

The proposed institutional research training program may complement other ongoing research training and career development programs at the applicant institution, but must be clearly distinct from related programs currently receiving Federal support.

This NOFO does not allow appointed Trainees to lead an independent clinical trial but does allow them to obtain research experience in a clinical trial on which the principal investigator is a mentor or co-mentor.

This NOFO is part of a required set of companion applications: the Clinical and Translational Science Award (UM1) and companion Institutional Career Development Award (K12). The remaining NOFOs in the suite are optional and include the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) institutional training programs (T32 predoctoral and T32 postdoctoral), the Research Education Grant (R25), and the Specialized Innovation Program (RC2). These optional NOFOs are only available to CTSA Program UM1 applicants and award recipients. Applications to the companion NOFOs cannot be awarded until an award has been issued for the UM1 (see Section III. Eligibility Information of this NOFO and the respective NOFOs for more information).

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.