At a glance
The Spinal Cord Injury Research Program’s Investigator-Initiated Research Award funds research that could improve spinal cord injury research, patient care, and quality of life. Eligible applicants include U.S. Department of War organizations and foreign or domestic public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations, and awards are made to eligible organizations, not individuals. The program expects to fund about 6 awards with roughly $4.96 million total, with a cost cap of $0.8 million for a single principal investigator or $0.96 million for the early-career partnership option. The project period can be up to 3 years, and cost sharing is not required. Research must address at least one of four priority areas: acute injury intervention, secondary health effects, psychosocial well-being, or rehabilitation and regeneration.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports studies that have the potential to make an important contribution to spinal cord injury (SCI) research, patient care and/or quality of life. May focus on any phase of research from basic through translational science, though studies that focus solely on identifying intervention targets are discouraged. Distinctive Features: • This funding opportunity contains an Early-Career Partnership Option, which allows for two Principal Investigators (PIs). If this option is selected, at least one of the named PIs must be an early-career investigator. Only the initiating PI will submit a pre-application, but all PIs will need to submit full applications. The partnering PI’s application is an abbreviated package specific to their distinct portion of the research project. If recommended for funding, each PI will be named on a separate award to the recipient organization(s). Be advised, all associated applications for a research project may be withdrawn if the initiating or partnering application is rejected or administratively withdrawn.
Who can apply
- Unrestricted