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HCN Grants Est. 2026
No. PAR-25-298 · National Institutes of Health
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Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

grants.gov listing ↗ Full announcement (NOFO) ↗
Dealbreakers No cost share required Audit: not stated
Not reimbursement-only
“Grant: A financial assistance mechanism providing money, property, or both to an eligible entity to carry out an approved project or activity.” — From the announcement

At a glance

This program funds small-scale research projects led by faculty at eligible health professional schools and graduate schools, and the research must involve health professional, undergraduate, and/or graduate students. It does not support clinical trials, training plans, or research at undergraduate-focused institutions. Eligible applicants are accredited public or nonprofit private health professional or graduate schools; foreign organizations, non-health professional schools, and non-graduate academic institutions may not apply. Applicants may request up to $375,000 in direct costs for up to 3 years, and the institution’s combined NIH support must not have exceeded $6 million per year in 4 of the last 7 years.

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What it funds

  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Income Security and Social Services
  • Capacity Building & Technical Assistance
  • Research & Discovery
  • Researchers & Scholars
  • Students & Learners (K-12 and Postsecondary)
  • Biomedical & Disease Research
  • Higher Education Access, Institutions & Humanities
Official description from grants.gov

The purpose of the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools is to stimulate basic and clinical research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. REAP grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH research programs to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. REAP grants are intended to support small-scale research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions, to expose undergraduate and/or graduate students at health professional schools or graduate schools to meritorious research projects, and to strengthen the research environment of the applicant institution.Eligible institutions must award NIH-relevant baccalaureate or advanced degrees in health professions and have received less than $6 million per year of NIH support (total costs) in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years. In this NOFO, a college is a stand-alone entity and not a component of a university system.

Who can apply

  • Others
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide