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Funding Opportunities
NIH publishes funding opportunities and notices in the NIH Guide daily. For those that subscribe, NIH will send Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices emails to the NIH Guide LISTSERV, which summarizes postings for the week.
Best Practices
- NIH Institutes and Centres (ICs) highlight research priorities on their IC-specific websites. Many ICs offer ‘Email Update’ subscriptions.
- Investigators are encouraged to read the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) of interest thoroughly and contact the appropriate scientific program staff at the Institute or Centre to discuss the relevancy and/or focus of their proposed research before developing an application.
Types of Grant Programs
NIH uses Activity Codes (e.g. R01, R43, etc.) to differentiate a wide variety of research-related programs. See NIH's Funding Categories.
NIH ICs may vary in the way they use activity codes; not all ICs accept applications for all types of grant programs, or they apply specialized eligibility criteria.
Best Practices
- Review IC websites for specific funding policies, such as IC-specific/atypical grant durations.
- Read NOFOs carefully to determine which ICs participate, and to determine eligibility specifics.
Eligibility – Foreign Entities
If Western University is submitting/leading the application, the NOFO must state that non-domestic (non U.S.) entities (foreign institutions) are eligible to apply. If Western University is to be a funded Research Project on an U.S. lead application, the NOFO's Activity Code must be a Collaborative International Research Project (PF5). NIH no longer accepts applications that request funds for foreign components using the traditional grant subaward/consortium structure (NOT-OD-155).
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