Key Dates

Related Announcements

PAR-19-135 - Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Required)

PAR-19-134 - Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

PAR-21-154 - Academic Research Enhancement Award for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Required)

PAR-21-155 - Academic Research Enhancement Award for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Issued by

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

Purpose

The purpose of this notice is to reiterate organization eligibility for applicants to Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) for NIH Research Enhancement Awards (R15), i.e., Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools and Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions. This notice is applicable to all active and future R15 FOAs.

Meeting the requirements for the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) outlined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement Section 4.1.8, applications to R15 FOAs must be submitted by the eligible organization with a unique entity identifier (such as DUNS) and a unique NIH eRA Institutional Profile File (IPF) number. As a reminder, for AREA FOAs, the application must be submitted by the eligible undergraduate-focused organization, and for REAP FOAs, the application must be submitted by the eligible health professional or graduate school. Refer to the AREA and REAP FOAs for complete eligibility information. Applications submitted by ineligible organizations will not be considered for funding.

Resources

OER NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15) webpage

Inquiries

For policy related inquiries, please contact:

NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), Division of Grants Policy
Email: GrantsPolicy@od.nih.gov

For application instruction and systems related inquiries, please contact:

NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), Systems Policy Branch
NIH Email: OPERASystemsPolicy@od.nih.gov