Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity number: PAR-25-273
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 200,000; applicant-level applicability requires full-NOFO review.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification); Private institutions of higher education; Small businesses; Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; State governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; County governments; Independent school districts; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Federal synopsis
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) encourages innovative research to develop, improve, characterize, and preserve animal models as well as animal model related biological materials, technologies, and new approach methodologies (NAMs) for studies relevant to human health and disease. This NOFO also seeks projects aimed at improving the diagnosis and control of diseases that could confound or interfere with animal use in biomedical research. The proposed project must have broad applicability to multiple NIH Institutes or Centers (ICs) to align with the NIH-wide mission of the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP). The proposed studies must include animal models and explore multiple body systems or multiple categories of diseases. Applications that develop models focused on a specific disease or area of research, or only propose studies primarily relevant to a single NIH IC, will be considered not acceptable to this NOFO and will be withdrawn.
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.