# Simpler Grants.gov #PAR-27-090

NIH R01 research grants for palliative care across the lifespan

**Buyer:** National Institutes of Health
**Posted:** October 14, 2026
**Respond By:** November 05, 2029
**Identifier:** PAR-27-090
**NAICS:** 541720, 541715

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks R01 research applications advancing palliative care for people with serious illnesses and their care partners across the lifespan.
- **Government buyer:** National Institutes of Health (NIH); no specific institute, sub-agency, or office is identified.
- **Research focus:** Palliative care access, use, and quality.
- **Eligible research approaches:** Clinical trials at NIH Stage Model Stages II–V, or non-clinical-trial studies such as health services, methodological, natural experiment, and observational research.
- **Consortium participation:** Award recipients will participate in the NIH-funded Advancing the Science of Palliative Care Across the Lifespan (ASCENT) Consortium.
- **Important limitation:** Stage I clinical-trial research focused on intervention development, refinement, adaptation, or pilot testing is not appropriate; proposed interventions must already be developed and testable.
- **OEMs, vendors, products, and quantities:** None are identified; this is a research grant opportunity rather than a product procurement.

### Description

This Notice of Funding Opportunity invites R01 applications for research on palliative care across the lifespan for people with serious illnesses and/or their care partners, including research on access, use, and quality. Proposed work may include clinical trials in NIH Stage Model Stages II–V or non-clinical-trial research such as health services, methodological, natural experiment, and observational studies. Selected recipients will join the NIH-funded Advancing the Science of Palliative Care Across the Lifespan (ASCENT) Consortium. Applications proposing Stage I intervention development, refinement, adaptation, or pilot-testing clinical trial research are not appropriate; interventions must already be developed and testable.

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