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NIH Common Fund Funding Opportunity Announcements
- Review information regarding NEI participation in the Roadmap for Medical Research
- For an NIH overview of the Common Fund, please visit http://www.nihroadmap.nih.gov
Funding Initiatives
(See http://www.nihroadmap.nih.gov/grants)
The NIH Common Fund was established by Congress in the 2006 NIH Reform Act to support cross-cutting, trans-NIH programs that require participation by at least two NIH Institutes or Centers or would otherwise benefit from strategic planning and coordination. In FY2010 the Common Fund budget was 1.8% of the NIH Budget Authority, $549.0 M.
On-going High Risk-High Reward research programs for scientists with exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research:
- NIH Director’s Early Independence Award
- NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
- NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
- NIH Director’s Transformative R01 Program
For general information and application details, see https://commonfund.nih.gov/highrisk/.
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Last Updated: December 2011
