Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

US Dept. of Health & Human Services: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Next deadline: Jun 16, 2023

Later deadlines: Oct 16, 2023, Feb 16, 2024, Jun 16, 2024, Oct 16, 2024, Feb 16, 2025, Jun 15, 2025, Oct 16, 2025

Grant amount: Up to US $400,000

Funding uses: Research

Location of project: United States, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Show all

Location of residency: United States, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Show all

Overview:

NOTE: All applications are due by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. 

This Trailblazer Award is an opportunity for NIH-defined New and Early Stage Investigators to pursue research programs that integrate engineering and the physical sciences with the life and/or biomedical sciences. A Trailblazer project may be exploratory, developmental, proof of concept, or high risk-high impact, and may be technology design-directed, discovery-driven, or hypothesis-driven. Importantly, applicants must propose research approaches for which there are minimal or no preliminary data. A distinct feature for this FOA is that no preliminary data are required, expected, or encouraged. However, if available, minimal preliminary data are allowed. Preliminary data are defined as material which the applicant has independently produced and not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal. All preliminary data should be clearly marked and limited to one-half page, which may include one figure. Applications including data more than one-half page or more than one figure will be considered noncompliant with the FOA instructions and will not go forward to review.

Application budgets may not exceed $400,000 direct costs over a maximum three-year funding period. No more than $200,000 direct costs may be requested in any single year. The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 3 years.

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