Closed · PAR-20-040 · CFDA 93.121;93.173;93.847;93.853;93.855;93.859;93.866 · Discretionary

Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project Award (SC2 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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

up to $100K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 7, 2021
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project Award (SC2 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Up to $100,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

up to $100K
award range
Closed
application status
93.121;93.173;93.847;93.853;93.855;93.859;93.866
CFDA program
12,419
other opportunities from National Institutes of Health

Archived opportunity record

Support of Competitive Research is closed (last close May 7, 2021). 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

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Closed May 7, 2021

Posted Oct 24 Closes May 7

Instrument

Grant

Description

The SCORE Program is a developmental program designed to increase the research competitiveness of faculty and the research base at institutions with an explicitly stated historical mission and/or a demonstrated track record within the previous 10 years of training and graduating students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. Eligible institutions must award science degrees to undergraduate (B.S. or B.A.) and/or graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D.) and have received less than 6 million dollars per year of NIH R01 support (total costs) in each of the last 2 fiscal years.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 5 doors

Support of Competitive Research bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (5 doors: 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; +1 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Food and Nutrition · Health (FN;HL). Only 197 other National Institutes of Health listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% 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 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

Support of Competitive Research is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
  • Look up CFDA 93.121;93.173;93.847;93.853;93.855;93.859;93.866 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
  • National Institutes of Health lists 12,419 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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