Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required)
The Stephen I.
Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist.
Applications submitted to this Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) must not include preliminary data.
Applications must include a separate attachment describing the change in research direction.
The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on their scientific missions.
This Funding Opportunity is for basic science experimental studies involving humans, referred to in NOT-OD-18-212 as prospective basic science studies involving human participants.
These studies fall within the NIH definition of a clinical trial and also meet the definition of basic research.
Types of studies that should submit under this NOFO include studies that prospectively assign human participants to conditions (i.e., experimentally manipulate independent variables) and that assess biomedical or behavioral outcomes in humans for the purpose of understanding the fundamental aspects of phenomena without specific application towards processes or products in mind.
Studies that are NOT conducted with specific applications toward processes or products in mind and which also do not meet the clinical trial definition should submit under the appropriate Clinical Trial Not Allowed NOFO .
Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist.
Applications submitted to this Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) must not include preliminary data.
Applications must include a separate attachment describing the change in research direction.
The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on their scientific missions.
This Funding Opportunity is for basic science experimental studies involving humans, referred to in NOT-OD-18-212 as prospective basic science studies involving human participants.
These studies fall within the NIH definition of a clinical trial and also meet the definition of basic research.
Types of studies that should submit under this NOFO include studies that prospectively assign human participants to conditions (i.e., experimentally manipulate independent variables) and that assess biomedical or behavioral outcomes in humans for the purpose of understanding the fundamental aspects of phenomena without specific application towards processes or products in mind.
Studies that are NOT conducted with specific applications toward processes or products in mind and which also do not meet the clinical trial definition should submit under the appropriate Clinical Trial Not Allowed NOFO .
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Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: National Institutes of Health
Estimated Funding: $212,000
Office: National Institutes of Health
Estimated Funding: $212,000
Who's Eligible
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-323.html
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U. S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U. S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-323.html
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
See Section VII. Agency Contacts within the full opportunity announcement for all other inquires.
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2025-08-25
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2028-09-30
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