Closed · RFA-RM-27-002 · CFDA 93.310 · Discretionary
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institutes of Health, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $475K-$475K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 17, 2026
- Close date
- 30
- Expected awards
The verdict
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered $475,000 -- $475,000 across 30 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.
- $475K-$475K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 30
- expected awards
- 93.310
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on August 17, 2026. CFDA 93.310 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $475,000 -- $475,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed August 17, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$23,000,000
Expected Awards
30
Instrument
Grant
Description
The NIH Director"s New Innovator Award supports early-stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. Applications in any area within the biomedical sciences are welcome; topics may involve basic, translational, or clinical research. The NIH Director's New Innovator Award complements other ongoing efforts by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund early-stage investigators. The NIH Director"s New Innovator Award is a component of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program of the NIH Common Fund.
Wide-open applicant board · 15 Grants.gov doors
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award prints 15 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +11 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). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institutes of Health book (9,741 peers, 78% of 12,420).
- 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 08
- Public / Indian housing authorities
- 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
- 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program NewInnovatorAwards@mail.nih.gov
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What to do next
NIH Director’s New Innovator 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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- National Institutes of Health lists 12,419 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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