NIH

Types of grants for junior and senior investigators:

K- Career Development Awards:  K awards provide support and protected time to faculty. Every K has its own purpose and eligibility criteria. 

• Standard Due Dates for K Awards:
• February 12, June 12, October 12

R- Research Grants: R grants come in various amount of support (funding size and period) and purpose.  

• Standard Due Dates for typical research grants:
• R01: February 5, June 5, October 5
• R21 and R03: February 16, June 16, October 16

T- Training Grants: T are meant to provide institutional research training opportunities (including international) to trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels; depending on the mechanisms, the grants support year-long or short-term training.

• Standard Due Dates for training grants:
• January 25, May 25, September 25

U- Research Grant - Cooperative Agreement: U grants are like research grants with a more substantial programmatic involvement anticipated between the awarding Institute and the grant recipient

• Standard Due Dates for U01: February 5, June 5, October 5

Current Funding Opportunities:

1. NIH Request For Application or Funding Opportunities with only one submission left (PAs & PARs about to expire). 

• Brain Initiative RFAs
• Other RFAs

2. NIH PAs and PARs (with multiple upcoming submissions)

• Brain Initiative PAs & PARs
• Other PAs & PARs
• SBIR/STTR
• K Career Development Awards

3. Alzheimer's Disease Related Funding Opportunities