Research Enhancement Awards (R15)
Supports small-scale research projects at 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.
Award Information
- Funding Instrument: Grant
- Funding Category: Research and Development
- Budget Mechanism Code: RP - Research Projects
- Multi-year Funded: Yes
Awards provide limited Direct Costs, plus applicable F&A costs, for periods not to exceed 36 months.
Due Dates
The Key Dates section of funding opportunities lists specific due dates. Many opportunities indicate Standard Due Dates apply.
Standard Application Due Dates (when applicable) | Review and Award Cycles | ||||
New | Renewal, Resubmission, Revision as Allowed |
AIDS and AIDS Related Grant Applications |
Scientific Merit Review | Advisory Council Review |
Earliest Start Date |
Participating Funding Organizations
Each funding opportunity specifies the participating organizations. Applications must fit within the mission of at least one participating funding organization and meet all opportunity-specific requirements.
The following funding organizations participate on at least one active funding opportunity.
- Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
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