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NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)

The NIH Director"s Pioneer Award supports individual scientists 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. To be...

Deadline

2026-09-09

Funding range

$700,000

Days remaining

61 days

Cost-sharing required

No

Who can apply

  • nonprofits_non_higher_education_without_501c3
  • special_district_governments
  • nonprofits_non_higher_education_with_501c3
  • city_or_township_governments
  • for_profit_organizations_other_than_small_businesses
  • small_businesses
  • other
  • public_and_indian_housing_authorities
  • public_and_state_institutions_of_higher_education
  • state_governments
  • independent_school_districts
  • other_native_american_tribal_organizations
  • private_institutions_of_higher_education
  • county_governments
  • federally_recognized_native_american_tribal_governments

Fit assessment

Overall fit74
Eligibility95
Topic33
Urgency65
  • · Eligibility score 95/100 based on applicant-type gates.
  • · Topic fit 33/100 for education, youth, community keywords.
  • · Deadline urgency 65/100 with 60 days remaining.
  • · Application burden appears low.

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