NIH: 2007 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program

Sponsor: The National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award is designed to support new investigators of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative approaches that have the potential to produce an unusually high impact on significant contemporary problems in biomedical and behavioral research. The term “award” is used to mean a grant for conducting research, rather than a reward for past achievements. Biomedical and behavioral research is defined broadly in this announcement as encompassing scientific investigations in the biological, behavioral, clinical, social, physical, chemical, computational, engineering, and mathematical sciences. The New Innovator Award will emphasize the importance and potential impact of the scientific problem, the novelty and innovativeness of the approach and the applicant’s potential for creative and innovative research. Presentation of preliminary data relevant to the project will be allowed, but is not required.

Amount: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will use the DP2 award mechanism. The applicant will be solely responsible for planning, directing, and executing the proposed project. Applications proposing multiple PIs are not allowed.

Total funding available for this five-year program is at least $40 million for the five-year period. It is anticipated that at least 14 awards will be made.

Deadline:

Release/Posted Date: March 9, 2007

Opening Date: April 25, 2007 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)

Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): Not applicable.

Application Receipt Date(s): May 22, 2007

Expiration Date: May 23, 2007

For further information, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-07-009.html