Research Funding Opportunities

Grants are available for fundamental and applied research in biomedical informatics and data science. Scientific areas of research interest include Data Science, Bioinformatics, Translational Bioinformatics, Clinical Informatics, Public Health Informatics, and Personal Health Informatics. Research addressing the needs of populations that experience health disparities are intersectional with these scientific areas is also of interest.

NLM supports the following research grant programs:

• Research Grant Programs (R01) support a discrete, specified, and specified project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in NLM Scientific Areas of Interest representing the investigator's specific interest and competencies. This is NIH's most used grant program.

• Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Awards (R21) encourage new, exploratory and developmental research projects aligned with the NLM Scientific Areas of Interest by providing support for the early stages of project development. Each award is limited to two years of funding.

• NIH Academic Research Enhancement Awards (R15) support small research projects in the NLM Scientific Areas of Interest conducted by undergraduate and/or graduate students and faculty in institutions of higher education that have not been major recipients of NIH research grant funds.

• NIH Director’s Awards (DP1, DP2) support scientists with outstanding records of creativity pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in the NLM Scientific Areas of Interest. NIH Director's Awards are a part of the NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.