Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity number: RFA-HL-27-004
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: 2028-11-07 (official deadline clock time and time zone must be checked in NOFO)
Award disclosure: Official federal synopsis lists an award ceiling of 85,000; applicant-level applicability requires full-NOFO review.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Independent school districts; Special district governments; Private institutions of higher education; State governments; City or township governments; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; County governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Small businesses; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Federal synopsis
This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that invites applications from eligible organizations to apply. Please see Section III. Eligibility for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard peer-review processes, the applications will be peer-reviewed, and only meritorious applications will be considered. The purpose of this NOFO is to solicit current or recently completed NHLBI K01, K08, K23, and K25 awardees for small grant support to expand their current research objectives or to branch out to a new study emerging from their K award research. This NOFO is intended to facilitate the transition to research independence for these NHLBI K awardees. Current NHLBI K01, K08, K23, and K25 awardees may apply for this R03 support starting in the third year of their K award Project Period. Recently completed NHLBI K01, K08, K23, and K25 award recipients are eligible to apply or resubmit A1 applications if the earliest potential R03 award start date is within two years of the end of their K award Project Period.The R03 grant mechanism supports research projects that can be completed within two years and with limited resources. These projects are expected to generate preliminary data to bolster a subsequent R01-equivalent application. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, pilot or feasibility studies; proof of concept studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of new research …
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.