Weekly Research Updates & Guidance
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Last updated: 3/25/25
NIH General Announcements and Notices of Special Interest
Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
(NOT-OD-25-068)
Office of the Director, NIH
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards a large number of grants providing substantial federal funding for research purposes. These grants include significant payments for “indirect costs,” defined as “facilities” and “administration.” 45 CFR 75.414(a). The “facilities” category is “defined as depreciation on buildings, equipment and capital improvements, interest on debt associated with certain buildings, equipment and capital improvements, and operations and maintenance expenses.” Id. And the “administration” category is defined as “general administration and general expenses such as the director’s office, accounting, personnel, and all other types of expenditures not listed specifically under one of the subcategories of ‘Facilities”’ (including cross allocations from other pools, where applicable).
NIH Fellowship Parent Funding Opportunities with Due Dates on April 8 and May 7, 2025
We were unable to reissue the NIH parent fellowship funding opportunities to use the new review criteria, FORMS-I forms, and FORMS-I application instructions in time for the April 8 and May 7 (AIDS) due dates.
If applying to a parent Fellowship opportunity (PA-23-260, PA-23-261, PA-23-262, PA-23-263, or PA-23-272) for the April 8 or May 7, 2025 standard due date, you must use FORMS-H application forms and FORMS-H instructions. We will accept candidate biosketches with or without grades for applications submitted using FORMS-H.
If applying to a non-parent Fellowship opportunity (e.g., PAR-25-234, PAR-25-250, PAR-23-109, RFA-OD-24-007, or PAR-25-021), you must use FORMS-I application forms and FORMS-I instructions.
NSF – National Science Foundation General Announcements
Office Hours: Preparing your NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track Proposal
Thursday, March 27, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Join this open-ended session to ask questions about what’s needed when creating an NSF Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Fast-Track proposal. An NSF SBIR/STTR program director will answer questions and point you to resources.
Department of Defense (DOD)
FY25 Pre-announcements released:
The Hearing Restoration Research Program (HRRP) released a pre-announcement for the following funding opportunities:
- (New!) Expansion Award
- Focused Research Award
To view the pre-announcement visit https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2025/25hrrppreann
The Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program (JWMRP) released a pre-announcement for the following funding opportunity:
- Military Medical Research and Development Award
To view the pre-announcement visit https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2025/25jwmrppreann
The Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) released a pre-announcement for the following funding opportunities:
- Clinical Translational Research Award
- Clinical Trial Award
- Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- Translational Research Award
To view the pre-announcement visit https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2025/25scirppreann
The Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) released a pre-announcement for the following funding opportunities:
- Clinical Trial Award
- Emerging Topics Research Award
- Focused Program Award
- Health Services Research Award
- Translational Research Award
To view the pre-announcement visit https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2025/25tbiphrppreann
The Melanoma Research Program (MRP) released a pre-announcement for the following anticipated funding opportunities:
- Survivorship Research Award
- Focused Program Award – Rare Melanomas
- Melanoma Academy Leadership Award **Returning for FY25**
- Idea Award
- Melanoma Academy Scholar Award
- Team Science Award
To view the MRP pre-announcement visit https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2025/25mrppreann
The Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) released a pre-announcement for the following anticipated funding opportunities:
- Career Development Award- Fellow and Resident Option
- Career Development Award- Scholar Option
- Idea Award
- Impact Award- Partnering PI Option
- Patient Well-Being and Survivorship Award
- Clinical Trial Award
To view the PRCRP pre-announcement visit https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2025/25prcrppreann
BrightFocus Foundation
American Heart Association
PCORI – Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Prepare for Upcoming PCORI Funding Announcements
PCORI will start accepting Letters of Intent (LOIs) for several PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) beginning April 1.
These PFAs are designed to fund patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER), studies addressing high-priority methodological gaps in CER or studies that build an evidence base on engagement in research.
To support you in preparing your study submission, PCORI provides a variety of helpful resources, including:
- Foundational Expectations for Partnerships in Research
- National Priorities for Health
- Research Project Agenda Topic Themes
- Special Areas of Emphasis outlined in the PFAs
Take advantage of this opportunity to get a head start on your LOI. Be sure to register for the upcoming Town Hall that best aligns with your research interests.
