Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity number: PAR-25-358
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: 2028-01-07 (official deadline clock time and time zone must be checked in NOFO)
Award disclosure: Official federal synopsis lists an award ceiling of 150,000; applicant-level applicability requires full-NOFO review.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: For profit organizations other than small businesses; County governments; City or township governments; Independent school districts; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Small businesses; State governments; Private institutions of higher education; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); Special district governments
Federal synopsis
The NEI supports large-scale clinical vision research projects, including randomized clinical trials and epidemiologic studies on eye/vision conditions. At the time of submission, applications requesting support for these activities are expected to provide detailed information regarding the study rationale, design, analytic methods, protocols and procedures, facilities and environment, organizational structure, and collaborative arrangements. This information is best conveyed in a study protocol and Manual of Procedures (MOP), the development of which represents a costly and time-consuming activity. This clinical research planning grant funding opportunity supports applicants in their planning efforts to conduct collaborative clinical research. The grant may be used to support the development of a study protocol and MOP, as well as to conduct preliminary studies to refine study procedures or document recruitment potential. The grant must not be used to generate data on the effects of a proposed intervention. This NEI NOFO is applicable to both epidemiologic and clinical trial research studies.
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.