Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: September 26, 2025 (Estimated Application Due Date)
Funding Amounts: R01 mechanism; award size and duration not yet specified (forecasted opportunity)
Summary: Supports early stage investigators proposing research in a new scientific direction (without preliminary data), aligned with NIH programmatic interests; clinical trials are not allowed.
Key Information: All PIs must be early stage investigators and the project must represent a significant change in research direction for each PI.