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NIH HEAL PAR-25-154: Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets in the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R03)

NIH HEAL's R03 NOFO supports one-year, pilot-scale projects to generate preliminary data on understudied pain-related proteins and advance mechanistic leads for future translational work, with applications accepted through several NIH standard cycles in 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to $100,000 in direct costs per year Deadline: Jul 16, 2026 Location: United States

NIH PAR-25-370: ELSI Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

NIH NOFO PAR-25-370 supports small, self-contained ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) projects in human genetics and genomics with up to $50,000 direct costs per year and up to two years of support.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to $50,000 direct costs per year; project period up to 2 years Deadline: Oct 16, 2026 Location: United States and International

NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-25-302)

The NIH R03 parent small research grant supports limited-scope, high-impact projects with direct costs up to $50,000 per year and a project period of up to two years, with multiple NIH ICs reviewing proposals.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Direct costs capped at $50,000 per year; project period up to 2 years Deadline: Nov 16, 2026 Location: United States and International (non-U.S. entities eligible)

RFA-HL-27-004: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NHLBI K01/K08/K23/K25 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

NIH’s NHLBI RFA-HL-27-004 is a limited-competition R03 small grant opportunity to help current and recently completed NHLBI K01/K08/K23/K25 awardees advance toward independent funding through a short, NIH-funded pilot- to proof-of-concept scale project.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Direct costs up to $85,000 per year; up to 2-year project period Deadline: Jul 9, 2026 Location: United States

RFA-OD-25-008: Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

NIH and FDA’s interagency Tobacco Regulatory Science Program runs R03 small grants for early-career investigators developing pilot studies and methods that can directly inform FDA tobacco product regulation.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to $75,000 direct costs per year Deadline: Jul 14, 2026 Location: United States

RFA-RM-26-017: Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH Common Fund R03 opportunity for U.S. teams to run one-year pilot projects using at least two Common Fund data sets and improve their utility through analysis, integration, and reusable tools.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to $200,000 direct costs per award for one year Deadline: Jun 23, 2026 Location: United States