National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

NIBIB has limited funds to support Administrative Supplements for unforeseen circumstances. 

Reach out to the grants management and program officials named on the parent grant Notice of Award to discuss the impact of unforeseen circumstances and possible funding options available.

NIBIB accepts and reviews administrative supplement applications on a continuous basis between October 1 and May 31 of each fiscal year. Applications received after May 31 will be considered in either the same or the next fiscal year.

NIBIB Administrative Supplements Points-of-Contact:

[email protected] 

NIBIB provides support for conferences and scientific meetings that fall within its research focus in biomedical imaging and bioengineering. All areas within the NIBIB’s General Topics are of interest. Applicants are highly encouraged to contact NIBIB well in advance of submission to receive programmatic guidance and to discuss their proposed meeting.

Priority is given to applications that:

• Use NIBIB funds to support participation of students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior investigators
• Support national or international meetings with significant impact on a field rather than regional meetings

Applicants are discouraged from using NIBIB funds for travel/registration support for plenary speakers or established investigators. 

NIBIB typically limits R13 funding to $15,000 in direct costs on applications with primary assignment to the NIBIB. NIBIB does not accept co-funding from other ICs for its R13 grants nor provides co-funding for R13 grants assigned to other ICs. 

Applications are accepted for R13/U13 standard receipt dates. The conference start date must occur on or after the Earliest Start Date for the selected cycle. Applicants are encouraged to apply one cycle earlier than the cycle in which their earliest start date falls.

NIBIB accepts applications for up to 3 years of support if the conference:

• received 2 or more years of NIBIB funding in the past 5 years
• is proposed by a permanently sponsoring organization.

Biennial conferences may request support for up to 2 meetings within 3 years. NIBIB will decide whether to fund a single year or up to 3 years based on prior activities, attendance, and use of NIBIB funds.

Scientific Program Contact:
[email protected]

Grants Management Contact:
[email protected]

NIBIB supports the following career development awards for junior faculty who are within 10 years of obtaining their Ph.D., fellowship or residency. Individuals with postdoctoral appointments are not eligible to apply:

• Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
  • NIBIB will support junior faculty who seek to train in a new field or obtain experience or skills in an area significantly different from their prior postdoctoral research
• Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
• Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
  • Applicants must be clinicians with active licensure
• Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (K25)

NIBIB also supports the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) for postdoctoral fellows who need two years of additional mentored training to transition to independence.

NIBIB will consider individual career development applications addressing any area within NIBIB’s Interest Areas. 

Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their plans with the NIBIB scientific program contact before preparing an application.

NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00): For the R00 phase, R00 applications received by June 30 will be considered for funding in the current fiscal year (by September 30). Applications received after June 30 may be considered for funding in the current fiscal year or the following fiscal year.

Supports project periods up to 4 years for K01, K08, K23 and K25 awards.

• For the K01 and K25, NIBIB will support up to $90,000 in salary/year plus fringe benefits.
• For the K08 and K23, NIBIB will support up to $105,000 in salary/year plus fringe benefits.
• For the K99, NIBIB will support up to $75,000 in salary/year plus fringe benefits.

• NIBIB will provide research support up to $40,000 per year for K01, K08, K23 and K25 awards.
• NIBIB will provide research support up to $25,000 per year for the first phase of the K99/R00 award.

NIBIB expects candidates to commit a minimum of 75% of full-time professional effort (i.e., a minimum of 9 person-months) to their program of career development.

Scientific Program Contact:
[email protected]

Grants Management Contact:
[email protected]

NIBIB participates in the following Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships:

• Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (F30)
• Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
• Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32)

NIBIB does not participate in the following NRSA Fellowships:

• Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions with NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (F30)
• Individual Senior Fellowship (F33)

NIBIB will consider individual fellowship applications addressing any area within NIBIB’s General Topics. 

• Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31): up to two years
• Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32): up to two years

Current NRSA stipends, tuition/fees, and budgetary levels apply.

Scientific/Research Contact
Email: [email protected]

Financial/Grants Management Contact 

Chief Grants Management Officer
Email: [email protected]

NIBIB uses Institutional Training Grants to prepare predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees for research careers in biomedical imaging and bioengineering. Priority is given to programs that:

• Offer unique opportunities above and beyond those available to typical trainees in the same department.  These may include but are not limited to dedicated courses, bootcamps, clinical immersion, commercialization and entrepreneurship training, internships, professional development activities, individualized development plans, workshops, seminar series, journal clubs, student-led efforts like research symposium or outreach or newsletters, co-mentorship, and interdisciplinary training,
• Prepare trainees for a variety of research careers (e.g. in academia, industry, or government),
• Focus on emerging scientific areas,
• Incorporate innovative approaches with clear plans for implementation and evaluation,
• Include clear plans for dissemination of outcomes and best practices to benefit the broader scientific community.

Applicants are encouraged to describe the institutional impact and added value of the program to its participating departments and/or degree programs.

Applicants may propose training programs in any area under NIBIB’s General Topics of Interest. 

Programmatic points which NIBIB will take into consideration in making funding decisions, include but are not limited to: 

• T32s or similar programs currently supported at the institution by NIBIB or NIH,
• NIBIB funding history of the PI(s) and mentors of the proposed program,
• The alignment of the research undertaken by the PI(s), mentors, and any past trainees of the program with the NIBIB mission,
• The geographic distribution of the NIBIB T32 portfolio, 
• The balance of new and continuing programs in the NIBIB T32 portfolio.

T32: Predoctoral or postdoctoral trainees interested in research careers in bioengineering and biomedical imaging.  T32-supported trainees must work on research projects that fall under one or more of NIBIB’s General Topics. 

NIBIB does not support combined predoctoral-postdoctoral programs.

T35: Predoctoral trainees interested in research careers in bioengineering and biomedical imaging.

NIBIB only considers T32 and T35 applications during January council. 

NIBIB supports T32 and T35 programs for up to 5 years.

NIBIB expects the T32 Programs to support trainees for 2 years, typically in the early part of their training.  Exceptions will be made for clinician-scientist programs which are allowed to propose either 1- or 2-year programs for medical residents and fellows during their research years.

NIBIB holds a Training Grantees Meeting on odd years (2027, 2029, etc.).  Applicants may request an additional $1,500 on odd years for support for travel to this meeting.

All other expenses will be provided at the NRSA levels posted for that fiscal year.

Scientific Program Contact:

[email protected]

Grants Management Contact:

[email protected]

NIBIB supports the following interest areas for research education: 

• Research experiences for high school science teachers and community college faculty during academic break periods; these research experiences must be in fields relevant to the NIBIB mission.
• Educational activities that increase understanding of biomedical imaging and/or bioengineering among pre-college (pre-kindergarten to grade 12) individuals, and to encourage awareness of and continued interest in careers relevant to NIBIB’s scientific mission.

• Undergraduate
• Other
  • high school teachers
  • community college faculty

Scientific/Research Contact

Email: [email protected]

Financial/Grants Management Contact 

Chief Grants Management Officer
Email: [email protected]

The NIBIB Small Business Program aims to translate cutting edge technologies into commercial products to address critical healthcare challenges. Through grants and contracts, the program supports the development of innovative biomedical technologies that improve human health. Areas of interest span biomedical imaging, medical devices, health informatics, diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, and related innovations at the intersection of biology and engineering. Projects should demonstrate strong commercial potential while addressing significant unmet clinical needs in biomedical imaging and bioengineering.

Specific program guidance includes:

• Technologies may be demonstrated using a specific indication or model system, but the core innovation must be broadly applicable without significant reengineering. 
• Applications fall outside NIBIB's mission if the primary focus is
  • developing technologies to elucidate basic biological functions or disease mechanisms, or
  • applying and testing previously developed tools or technologies.
• Per NOT-EB-21-005, NIBIB only supports early-stage clinical trials, i.e., feasibility, Phase I, first-in-human, safety, or other small clinical trials, that inform technology development. NIBIB will not support applications with efficacy, effectiveness, or a post-market concern as an outcome.
• NIBIB may modify or decline funding applications for budgetary, administrative, or programmatic reasons. This includes reducing budgets, shortening award periods, or choosing not to fund applications.
• Awardees are strongly encouraged to contact NIBIB's Small Business Team about the Concept to Clinic: Commercializing Innovation (C3i) Program, a mentored, entrepreneurial training course that provides innovators with essential business tools to assess the commercial viability and potential business opportunity for their product.

NIBIB Small Business Team

[email protected]