WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service (NPS) has announced the availability of $48,000,000 in grant funding through the Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) program. This funding supports the recovery and related expenses of historic and cultural resources damaged by natural disasters that received a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. The ESHPF program will provide   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is committing $2.32 million to support research focused on improving the lives of melanoma survivors. The funding opportunity aims to address the "relatively new and underfunded area of melanoma-specific survivorship." The program will support a range of innovative and impactful research projects designed to enhance the health and well-being of melanoma survivors, their families, and caregivers. The DoD expects to make approximately two  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has announced a new grant opportunity aimed at advancing research into rare melanomas. The "DoD Melanoma, Focused Program Award - Rare Melanomas" program will provide substantial funding to support multidisciplinary research efforts. The initiative will allocate an estimated total of $6,400,000. The DoD expects to award approximately two grants under this program. This funding opportunity is open to a wide range of applicants. The announce  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced the availability of approximately $398 million in competitive grant funding through the Fiscal Year 2025 Buses and Bus Facilities Program. This funding aims to support capital projects related to buses and bus facilities. The grants will assist in financing projects such as: * Replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing, or leasing buses or related equipment. * Rehabilitating, purchasi  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), has announced a funding opportunity to establish a data and coordinating center focused on the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF). The grant, titled "IGVF Data and Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical trials Not Allowed)" and identified by opportunity number FOR-HG-25-019, will provide $1,200,000 in total program   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), has announced a forthcoming funding opportunity with an estimated total program funding of $3 million. This initiative, titled "Systematic Characterization of Genomic Variation to Assess Effects of Individual Variants on Genome Function and Phenotype (UM1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)," aims to unravel the complex impacts of in  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), intends to fund a cooperative research group focused on mucosal immunology. The initiative will establish the Mucosal Immunology Studies Team (MIST) to investigate immune mechanisms and regulation at mucosal surfaces. The primary objective of this program is to advance the understanding of basic mucosal immune  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a forecast for a significant funding opportunity aimed at bolstering multi-site investigator-initiated clinical trials. Under the announcement the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) intends to award funds for a Clinical Coordinating Center (CCC). This initiative requires a collaborative UG3/UH3 clinical trial mechanism. While the specific total program funding  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund), intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the NIH Director's Pioneer Award, a component of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. The NIH Director's Pioneer Award supports exceptionally creative individual scientists proposing bold and highly innovative research projects. These projects should have the p  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund), intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the NIH Director's New Innovator Award, a part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. The NIH Director's New Innovator Award supports early-stage investigators (ESIs) of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects. These pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund, in collaboration with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), has announced its intention to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) related to the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First). These applications are not being solicited at this time. The Kids First program aims to facilitate research that will uncover new insights into the biolo  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) is planning to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support early-stage investigators (ESIs) through the Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01). The NOFO aims to fund ESIs who are initiating a research project that represents a significant change from their previous research focus or training. This grant is designed to support projects that are n  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a forecasted funding opportunity to renew the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Multiple Chronic Disease Research Centers. The initiative will support regional comprehensive research centers focused on optimizing the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of multiple chronic diseases (MCDs) and improving health outcomes among pediatric and adult populations e  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), has announced its intent to reissue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Clinical Research Center Grants. This forecasted opportunity will support multidisciplinary research focused on hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language disorders. The NIDCD Clinical Research Center G  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative, has announced a forecasted limited competition for the continued support of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study. The announcement outlines the intention to fund a Coordinating Administrative Core (HCAC) and a Data Coordinating Center (HDCC). This renewal will  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), has announced its intent to issue a single-source cooperative agreement award to the University of South Florida. This funding opportunity will support the continuation of the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) for The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study. The NIH plans to  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to continue supporting the Integrated Islet Distribution Program (IIDP). The NOFO will solicit applications for research on distributing human islets. The NIDDK is announcing its intent to issue a single-source cooperative agreement award to   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), in collaboration with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support community-based research aimed at improving oral health. The NOFO will solicit cooperative agreement research applications to evaluate, implement, and/or test population-based interventions. These interventions should focus on integr  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support early-stage investigators (ESIs) through the Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01). The NOFO is specifically for basic science experimental studies involving humans. These studies, as defined by NIH, involve prospectively assigning human participants to conditions and assessing biomedical o  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced its intention to fund research to advance the understanding of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will solicit applications for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (IDDRCs). The IDDRCs will promote collaborative bas  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the National Institute on Aging (NIA), has announced its intention to fund a National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC). The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), identified by number FOR-RFA-AG-26-003, aims to establish a center that will serve the NIA and the Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) field. The NACC's primary functions wil  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a forthcoming funding opportunity from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to support investigator-initiated single-site clinical trials. The initiative aims to advance research in efficacy, comparative effectiveness, pragmatic, and implementation clinical trials. The NHLBI encourages the use of innovative trial designs, including platform, adaptive, and Ba  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund), intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the NIH Director's Transformative Research Award, a component of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. The NIH Director's Transformative Research Award supports individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing bold, groundbreaking, exceptionally innovativ  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), has announced a forthcoming funding opportunity aimed at fostering community-partnered nursing research. The initiative will establish Community-Partnered Nursing Research Centers within eligible Schools and Colleges of Nursing. This is a limited competition. Eligible Schools or Colleges of Nursing must award research doctoral de  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH), led by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), has announced a forthcoming funding opportunity to accelerate the impact of the BRAIN Initiative. The initiative will support the dissemination of developed and validated technologies and resources to the broader neuroscience research community. The NIH intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) t  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding research aimed at understanding and improving the public value of scientific activity through its Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI) program. The funding opportunity supports projects that advance the theory and knowledge about scientific discovery, communication, and impact. The SoS:DCI program welcomes proposals that apply rigorous empirical research methods to investigate: * The soci  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Army has announced funding for the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Technology/Therapeutic Development Award (TTDA). This initiative aims to support the development of medical products for clinical applications, with a focus on addressing the healthcare needs of military Service Members, Veterans, and their Families. The PRMRP TTDA will provide funding, through cooperative agreements and grants, to support the translation of promising preclinical f  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Army is seeking applications for individuals to lead its Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Melanoma Academy. The Department of the Army -- USAMRAA has announced the "U.S. Army Seeks Leaders for Melanoma Research Program's Academy" to identify a Director and Deputy Director for this initiative. The Melanoma Academy is a "unique, interactive virtual academy" focused on fostering collaboration and career development among both established and early-career melanoma re  more