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NIH Forecast: Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional and Graduate Schools

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through several of its institutes, is forecasting a funding opportunity for the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) aimed at Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools. - Government Buyer: - National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Participating Institutes: National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Eye Institute (NEI), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), National Cancer Institute (NCI) - Products/Services Requested: - Investigator-initiated mechanistic and/or minimal risk clinical trials - Biomedical research projects that provide research experiences for health professional, undergraduate, and graduate students - Unique or Notable Requirements: - Focus on institutions with limited NIH funding - Minimal risk clinical trials must not require FDA oversight, are not intended to establish efficacy, and must pose low risk of harm - Emphasis on enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions - No applications are being accepted yet; this is a forecast to allow preparation for the upcoming Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) - No specific OEMs or vendors are mentioned, as this is a grant program for research projects, not a procurement of commercial products.

Description

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) and several other NIH institutes intend to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) targeting Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools. This program supports investigator-initiated mechanistic and/or minimal risk clinical trials aligned with the mission of the participating NIH institutes. The goal is to support small scale research grants at institutions with limited NIH funding, emphasizing biomedical research experiences for health professional, undergraduate, and graduate students. Applications are not currently being solicited; this notice allows potential applicants time to prepare.

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