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NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award (R01) for Individual or Group Science—Clinical Trials Optional

NIH’s Director’s Transformative Research Award supports highly innovative, unconventional biomedical research that could create new scientific paradigms or significantly improve clinical approaches or technologies. Both individual researchers and research groups may apply, and projects do not require preliminary data. Clinical trial work is optional, but proposals must show a strong rationale …

Source

Agency: National Institutes of Health

Award

Total Funding: $8M

Dates

Open Date: June 29, 2026

Close Date: September 3, 2026

Eligibility

government

individual

industry:research

nonprofit

small_business

tribal

university

For profit organizations other than small businesses

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Private institutions of higher education

State governments

Keywords

nih r01

transformative research

high-risk high-reward

biomedical sciences

clinical trials optional

common fund

innovative research

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