In addition to the Pilot Programs, CWRU’s CTSC regularly solicits proposals for other funding opportunities from NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) throughout the year. Some current opportunities are described below. These lists are regularly reviewed and updated.
Overview of FY 2025 HHS Budget: Executive Summary
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
NCATS Current Strategic Plan (temporarily unavailable)
PAR-23-177 Awards Supporting Cutting-Edge Technologies for Translational Science (ASCETTS) (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed). Next due date: June 19, 2025
RFA-TR-25-002 Preclinical Proof of Concept Studies for Rare Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Next due date: June 02, 2025
RFA-TR-24-023: Preclinical Proof of Concept Studies for Rare Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). June 02, 2025
See a full list of NCATS funding opportunities
Special Interest
PAR-25-296: Limited Competition: Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program: Collaborative and Innovative Acceleration Award (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOT-OD-25-015: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Research and Capacity Building Efforts Related to Bioethical Issues (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOT-NR-25-003: Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOT-TR-24-017: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to NCATS CTSA Program T32/TL1 Institutional Training Program as part of the INCLUDE (Investigation of Co-occurring Conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndrome) Project
NOT-OD-24-079: Notice of Special Interest: Women’s Health Research
NOT-OD-24-179: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Health of Women of Underrepresented, Underserved, and Underreported (U3) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOT-DK-24-029 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Analysis of Existing Linked Datasets to Understand the Relationship between Housing Program Participation and Risk for Chronic Diseases and Other Conditions (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
See a full list of NIH Medical Research Initiatives
With particular interest to Northern Ohio
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Addiction/Pain Management
RFA-DA-26-056 Accelerating the Pace of Substance Use Research Using Existing Data (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Next due date: July 17, 2025
RFA-OD-25-001 High-Priority Research in Tobacco Regulatory Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional). Next due date: June 06, 2025
RFA-NS-23-006: HEAL INITIATIVE: Development of Therapies and Technologies Directed at Enhanced Pain Management (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Next due date: March 4, 2025
Cancer
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Funding Page
NIH National Cancer Institute Grants and Funding Page
Chronic Conditions
PAR-24-280 Clinical Observational (CO) Studies in Musculoskeletal, Rheumatic, and Skin Diseases (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Next due date March 04, 2025
Communication Disorders
RFA-DC-24-001. BRAIN Initiative: Exploratory Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R61 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required). Next due date September 19, 2025
PAR-24-166. Promoting Broad Participation in NIDCD's Extramural Workforce through Research Education Experiences and/or Mentoring Networks (R25 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Next due date September 29, 2025
Community-Engaged Research
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COVID-19
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Dissemination and Implementation Research
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Diabetes
PAR-24-094. NIDDK High Risk Multi-Center Clinical Study Implementation Planning Cooperative Agreements (U34 Clinical Trial Optional) Next due date October 09, 2024, June 10, 2025. Associated links: PAR-24-102 , U01 Research Project (Cooperative Agreements); PAR-24-103 , U01 Research Project (Cooperative Agreements)
Environmental Health
PAR-23-294. Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Optional). Next due date October 21, 2024, February 20, 2025
Genomics
PAR-24-241: Genetic Architecture of Mental Disorders in Ancestrally Diverse Populations II (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Companion grant: PAR-24-240, U01 Research Project (Cooperative Agreements). June 13, 2025
Integrative Medicine: NCCIH
PAR-25-210: Enhancing Mechanistic Research on Precision Probiotic Therapies (R33 Clinical Trial Optional). Next due date June 02, 2025
PAR-25-211: Enhancing Mechanistic Research on Precision Probiotic Therapies (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional). Next due date June 02, 2025
PAR-24-083: NCCIH Multi-Site Feasibility Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Required). Associated links: PAR-24-083, R01 Research Project, PAR-24-086 , R01 Research Project
PAR-24-087, U24 Resource-Related Research Project (Cooperative Agreements)
See a full list of NCCIH funding opportunities
KL2 Scholars
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Maternal and Child Health
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Mental Health
PAR-22-155: Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic Neuroscience or Translational Mental Health Research (P50 Clinical Trial Optional). Next due date June 9, 2025.
Multimorbidity
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Rare Diseases
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Research Education
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Translational Science
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Veterans Administration
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Private Foundations or Non-Profits
PCORI: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Hope Foundation for Cancer Research
Lung Cancer Foundation of America. Membership required.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Search for Funding
Pilot Program funding should lead to funding from government agencies and private foundations. Explore the links below to find the right funding opportunities to take your Pilot Project to the next stage.
| NIH | NIH is the world’s largest funder of biomedical research. Search NIH’s funding list and learn about grants and other resources. |
| National Science Foundation | Browse the NSF’s current funding opportunities. |
| Department of Defense | The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program has a variety of funding opportunities focused on transforming healthcare through innovative and impactful research. |
| Grants.gov |
Grants.gov is a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for funding opportunities from all departments of the federal government. |
| Foundations | CWRU subscribes to Pivot, a service available to all faculty, staff researchers, and graduate students that helps you quickly discover the right funding opportunities. Follow the link above for the Office of Research & Grant Development’s quick start guide. |