At a glance
NIH will fund small-scale biomedical research projects led by faculty at undergraduate-focused institutions, and the research must involve undergraduates as the majority of the student research team. The award is a grant for clinical trials only, and it allows new, renewal, resubmission, and revision applications. Applicants may request up to $375,000 in direct costs, excluding consortium F&A, for a project period of up to 3 years; the number of awards depends on NIH appropriations and meritorious applications. Eligible applicants are accredited public or private nonprofit schools that grant baccalaureate degrees in biomedical sciences, have less than $6 million a year in NIH funding in 4 of the last 7 years, and are not health professional schools or colleges. Foreign organizations, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations, and applications with foreign subawards or subcontracts are not eligible.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The purpose of this Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for undergraduate students and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions. Eligible institutions must award baccalaureate science degrees and have received no more than $6 million dollars per year of NIH support (in both direct and F and A/indirect costs) in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years. For institutions composed of multiple schools and colleges, the $6 million funding limit is based on the amount of NIH funding received by all the non-health professional schools and colleges within the institution as a whole. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports investigator-initiated mechanistic and/or minimal risk clinical trials addressing the mission and research interests of the participating NIH institutes. For the purpose of this NOFO, minimal risk clinical trials are defined as those that do not require FDA oversight, do not intend to formally establish efficacy, and have low risks to potentially cause physical or psychological harm.
Who can apply
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education