Key Dates

Related Announcements

RFA-RM-20-011 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-RM-20-012 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-RM-20-013 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-RM-20-014 NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-RM-20-020 NIH Director’s Emergency Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-RM-20-021 NIH Director’s Emergency Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional)

Issued by

Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund)

Purpose

The NIH Common Fund will hold pre-application interactive Q&A webinars for funding opportunities for the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. NIH program and review staff will discuss the funding opportunities and answer questions from prospective applicants. Participation in the webinars is optional.

Pre-registration for the webinars is required, and participants should email their questions ahead of time. Questions submitted during the webinar will be answered as time permits. The webinars will be recorded and posted on the website following the events.

Webinar information:

• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (RFA-RM-20-012) – Thursday, June 25, 2020, at 3:00 PM EDT
  • To join the webinar, you must first register on WebEx.
  • Submit your questions by 11:59 PM local time on Monday, June 22, 2020, to NewInnovatorAwards@mail.nih.gov.
• NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (RFA-RM-20-011) – Friday, June 26, 2020, at 1:00 PM EDT
  • To join the webinar, you must first register on WebEx.
  • Submit your questions by 11:59 PM local time on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, to PioneerAwards@mail.nih.gov.
• NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (RFA-RM-20-014) and NIH Director’s Emergency Early Independence Award (RFA-RM-20-021) – Monday, June 29, 2020, at 1:00 PM EDT
  • To join the webinar, you must first register on WebEx.
  • Submit your questions by 11:59 PM local time on Thursday, June 25, 2020, to EarlyIndependence@od.nih.gov.
• NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award (RFA-RM-20-013) and NIH Director’s Emergency Transformative Research Award (RFA-RM-20-020) – Monday, June 29, 2020, at 3:00 PM EDT
  • To join the webinar, you must first register on WebEx.
  • Submit your questions by 11:59 PM local time on Thursday, June 25, 2020, to Transformative_Awards@mail.nih.gov.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Becky Miller, Ph.D.
Office of the Director (OD)
Telephone: 301-594-9979
Email:becky.miller2@nih.gov