Closed · PAR-07-410 · CFDA 93.859 · Discretionary

Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25)

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

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
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Close date
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Expected awards

The verdict

Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

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award range
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application status
93.859
CFDA program
12,419
other opportunities from National Institutes of Health

Archived opportunity record

Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25) is closed. 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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Posted Jul 23 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$12,000,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Education (R25) grant applications to facilitate the transfer and graduation of students of diverse backgrounds from master s to doctoral degree-granting institutions. The program promotes inter-institutional partnerships to improve the quality and quantity of students from underrepresented groups and or health disparities populations being trained as the next generation of biomedical and behavioral research scientists.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 10 doors

Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25) bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (10 doors: County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; Independent school districts; +6 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 code maps to Health (HL). Only 6 other National Institutes of Health listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 12,420).

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 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

Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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