Closed · RFA-NS-18-007 · CFDA 93.113;93.121;93.213;93.242;93.273;93.279;93.286;93.361;93.853;93.865;93.866;93.867 · Discretionary

NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99/K00)

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institutes of Health, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
December 13, 2017
Close date
20
Expected awards

The verdict

NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99/K00) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Varies by applicant across 20 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
20
expected awards
93.113;93.121;93.213;93.242;93.273;93.279;93.286;93.361;93.853;93.865;93.866;93.867
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctor… is closed (last close December 13, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institutes of Health still indexes 12,419 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed December 13, 2017

Posted Sep 28 Closes Dec 13

Est. Total Funding

$1,000,000

Expected Awards

20

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of the NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award is to support a defined pathway across career stages for outstanding graduate students who are from backgrounds that are nationally underrepresented in neuroscience research. This two-phase award will facilitate completion of the doctoral dissertation and transition of talented graduate students to strong neuroscience research postdoctoral positions, and will provide career development opportunities relevant to their long-term career goal of becoming independent neuroscience researchers.

Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door

The eligibility set for NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctor… includes a for-profit door among 7 printed types (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education; +3 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Education · Environment · Health · Income Security and Social Services (ED;ENV;HL;ISS). Only 164 other National Institutes of Health listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 12,420).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
Small businesses
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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What to do next

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