Closed · PAR-24-152 · CFDA 93.113;93.121;93.172;93.173;93.213;93.233;93.242;93.273;93.279;93.286;93.361;93.393;93.394;93.395;93.396;93.399;93.837;93.838;93.839;93.840;93.846;93.847;93.853;93.855;93.859;93.865;93.866;93.867;93.879 · Discretionary

Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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

up to $375K
Award range
Closed
Status
January 7, 2025
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Up to $375,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

up to $375K
award range
Closed
application status
93.113;93.121;93.172;93.173;93.213;93.233;93.242;93.273;93.279;93.286;93.361;93.393;93.394;93.395;93.396;93.399;93.837;93.838;93.839;93.840;93.846;93.847;93.853;93.855;93.859;93.865;93.866;93.867;93.879
CFDA program
12,419
other opportunities from National Institutes of Health

Archived opportunity record

Academic Research Enhancement Award is closed (last close January 7, 2025). 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 January 7, 2025

Posted May 8 Closes Jan 7

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of this Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutionsis to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for undergraduate students, and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.Eligible institutions must award baccalaureate science degrees and have received no more than $6 million dollars per year of NIH support (in both direct and F and A/indirect costs) in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years. For institutions composed of multiple schools and colleges, the $6 million funding limit is based on the amount of NIH funding received by all the non-health professional schools and colleges within the institution as a whole. See Part II. Section 3.1 Eligible Organizations for more information.

Multi-door applicant board · 3 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 3 distinct applicant types for Academic Research Enhancement Award (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Education · Environment · Food and Nutrition · Health · Income Security and Social Services (ED;ENV;FN;HL;ISS). Only 256 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 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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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Academic Research Enhancement Award 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
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