Closed · RFA-FD-19-001 · CFDA 93.103 · Discretionary

Natural History Studies Addressing Unmet Needs of Rare Diseases: Orphan Products Research Project Grant (R01)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Food and Drug Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
January 10, 2019
Close date
5
Expected awards

The verdict

Natural History Studies Addressing Unmet Needs of Rare Diseases: Orphan Products Research Project Grant (R01) is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Drug Administration that offered Varies by applicant across 5 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 481 other opportunities from Food and Drug Administration.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
5
expected awards
93.103
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Natural History Studies Addressing Unmet Need… is closed (last close January 10, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 93.103 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Food and Drug Administration still indexes 481 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 January 10, 2019

Posted Oct 12 Closes Jan 10

Expected Awards

5

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support studies that advance medical product development through the characterization of the natural history of rare diseases/conditions with unmet needs. Through the support of efficient and innovative natural history studies, FDA expects to address critical knowledge gaps, to remove major barrier(s) to progress in the field, to exert a significant and broad impact on a specific rare disease or multiple rare diseases with similar pathophysiology, and to inform current or future product development including the design of clinical trial(s) and to ultimately inform the development of medical products that meet patient needs.

Wide-open applicant board · 13 Grants.gov doors

Natural History Studies Addressing Unmet Need… prints 13 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +9 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). Only 1 other Food and Drug Administration listing share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 482).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
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

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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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Natural History Studies Addressing Unmet Need… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 93.103 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
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