Grant✓ Small businesses may apply
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health
Award ceiling
$475,000
Award floor
$475,000
Program funding
$23,000,000
- Opportunity #
- RFA-RM-27-002
- Agency
- National Institutes of Health
- ALN (CFDA)
- 93.310
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Jun 26, 2026
- Closes
- Aug 17, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Health
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •County governments
- •State governments
- •Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- •Independent school districts
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- •Private institutions of higher education
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- •Small businesses
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- •For profit organizations other than small businesses
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- •City or township governments
- •Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Special district governments
Refer to Section III. Eligibility Information in the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.Foreign Organizations/International Collaborations:Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
Synopsis
The NIH Director"s New Innovator Award supports early-stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. Applications in any area within the biomedical sciences are welcome; topics may involve basic, translational, or clinical research. The NIH Director's New Innovator Award complements other ongoing efforts by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund early-stage investigators. The NIH Director"s New Innovator Award is a component of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program of the NIH Common Fund.
Contact
National Institutes of Health · NewInnovatorAwards@mail.nih.gov