Funds bold, unconventional research by individuals or teams aiming to transform science, clinical practices, or technology through high-risk, high-reward projects.
This award funds highly creative scientists to pursue groundbreaking, high-risk research that could transform key areas of science related to the NIH mission.
This award funds creative early-stage researchers proposing innovative, high-impact projects in any NIH-relevant field, as part of NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.
This award funds exceptional early-career researchers to launch independent NIH-relevant projects immediately after doctoral or clinical training, bypassing the typical postdoctoral phase.
NIH supports transformative research on Down syndrome and co-occurring conditions by individual scientists or teams, with no preliminary data required and no clinical trials allowed.
Supports collaborative translational research between external researchers and NIH investigators at the NIH Clinical Center to advance understanding of disease, treatments, diagnostics, and prevention.