Grant✓ Small businesses may apply
Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health
Award ceiling
$500,000
- Opportunity #
- PAR-27-072
- Agency
- National Institutes of Health
- ALN (CFDA)
- 93.399, 93.395, 93.865, 93.867, 93.393, 93.394, 93.396
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- May 4, 2026
- Closes
- Jul 5, 2029
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Health
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Special district governments
- •For profit organizations other than small businesses
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- •Independent school districts
- •Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- •Private institutions of higher education
- •Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- •Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •State governments
- •Small businesses
- •City or township governments
- •County governments
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Refer to Section III. Eligibility Information in the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.Foreign Organizations/International Collaborations:Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
Synopsis
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages collaborations between the life and physical sciences that: 1) apply a multidisciplinary bioengineering approach to the solution of a biomedical problem; and 2) integrate, optimize, validate, translate or otherwise accelerate the adoption of promising tools, methods, and techniques for a specific research or clinical problem in basic, translational, or clinical science and practice. An application may propose design-directed, developmental, discovery-driven, or hypothesis-driven research and is appropriate for small teams applying an integrative approach to increase our understanding of and solve problems in biological, clinical, or translational science. This NOFO will support clinical trials that test functionality or validate performance in the chosen setting. This NOFO is not intended to support conventional clinical trials that lack translation as the primary motivation. Applications that propose phase III clinical trials in any area of research are not sought by and will not be supported through this NOFO. This NOFO does not support commercial production.
Contact
National Institutes of Health · bioengineeringresearchgrants@mail.nih.gov