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Most NIH grant programs are research projects. These provide funds for salaries, equipment, supplies, travel, and other allowable direct and indirect costs to the sponsoring institution or organization.
Purpose
Research project grants support discrete, specified, circumscribed biomedical research and development at universities, medical and other health professional schools, colleges, hospitals, research institutes, for-profit organizations, and government institutions. Projects are performed by named project directors/principal investigators in scientific areas representing their specific interests and competencies.
Programs
The following represent frequently used research grant programs. A comprehensive list of All Activity Codes is also available.
Support for a specified independent project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area
representing their
specific interest and competencies, such as research project grants and NIH Director's awards.
- Research Project (R01)
- Research Project—Cooperative Agreements (U01)
- Multi-Year Funded Research Project Grant (RF1)
- Investigator-Focused Award (R35)
- Science-Driven Research Project (RP1) - Standard Research
- Science-Driven Research Project Cooperative Agreement (UP1) - Standard Research
- High Priority, Short Term Project Award (R56)
- NIH Director's Pioneer Award (NDPA) (DP1)
- NIH Director's New Innovator Awards (DP2)
- Type 1 Diabetes Targeted Research Award (DP3)
- NIH Director’s Pathfinder Award - Multi-Yr Funding (DP4)
- Early Independence Award (DP5)
- Research Program Projects (P01)
- Research Program--Cooperative Agreements (U19)
- Collaborative International Research Project (PF5)
- Collaborative International Cooperative Agreement (UF5)
- Linked International Research Project (RF2)
- Linked International Cooperative Agreemen (UL2)
Limited funding for a short period of time, such as pilot or feasibility studies, preliminary data
collection or
analysis, small self-contained research projects, or exploratory/developmental projects.
- Research Transition Award (R00)
- Small Research Grants (R03)
- NIH Small Research Grant Program (Cooperative Agreement) (U3R)
- Research Enhancement Awards (R15)
- Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Cooperative Agreements (UA5)
- Research Excellence Award (R16)
- Planning Grant (R34)
- Planning Cooperative Agreement (U34)
- High Priority, Short Term Project Award (R56)
- Science-Driven Research Project (RP1) - Exploratory Research
- Science-Driven Research Project Cooperative Agreement (UP1) - Exploratory Research
- Exploratory Grants (P20)
- Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21)
- Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement Phase I (UH2)
- Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement Phase II (UH3)
- Linked Exploratory/Development Grant (RL2)
- Exploratory/Developmental Grants Phase II (R33)
- Phase 1 Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R61)
- Phase 1 Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement (UG3)
Also Consider...
- Research Resources—for research centers and shared resources.