| Funding Landscape and New Limited Submission Opportunities for the Week of July 20, 2026 | Click here to share this information with department heads and eligible faculty. | | Funding Landscape
NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Deadlines Are Approaching Quickly
NIH has reissued High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) Program funding opportunities. This prestigious program supports exceptionally innovative, high-impact research that has the potential to transform biomedical science. These awards are highly competitive, but they can be outstanding opportunities for investigators whose projects align well with the intent of each mechanism.
Open opportunities include:
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| | | New Limited Submission Opportunities | | Description: This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports strengthening country systems to detect, notify, and respond to outbreaks by applying time-bound, evidence-based frameworks, such as the 7-1-7 target, which aims to detect outbreaks within 7 days, notify within 1 day, and respond within 7 days.
| | Description: For 45 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with the Government of Kenya (GoK) to protect the health of the Kenyan people and strengthen their health systems. The U.S. Government (USG) remains the largest investor in Kenya’s health sector. This investment includes PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), Global Health Security (GHS), Malaria, Tuberculosis (TB), Immunizations, and Influenza. Building on prior CDC-funded activities, this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports USG GHS priorities in Kenya by expanding programs to better prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats.
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Friday, July 24 at 12:00 pm
Sponsor Application Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2026
| Description: The purpose of this NOFO is to continue expanding Uganda’s capacity to effectively and efficiently respond to health threats. This NOFO focuses on addressing the gaps outlined by the 2023 Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of Uganda’s Global Health Security (GHS) capacities to keep Americans safer, stronger, and more prosperous by improving public health globally. These capacities include Health Emergency Management, Human Resources, National Laboratory Systems, and Surveillance in response to Uganda’s second National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS II). Activities focus on strengthening Uganda’s ability to rapidly contain diseases and manage the risk of disease from coming to the U.S. Additional activities under this NOFO include utilizing real-time funding for health emergencies, strengthening the national border health program, strengthening workforce personnel at all levels, and deploying the National Integrated Surveillance System (NISS) to guarantee a One Health approach.
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Friday, July 24 at 12:00 pm
Sponsor Application Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2026
| | Description: This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous by improving Global Health Security (GHS) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This effort supports the America First Global Health strategy and focuses on preventing, detecting, and responding to public health threats.
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Friday, July 24 at 12:00 pm
Sponsor Application Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2026
| Description: The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award to enable early-career faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. The program is designed to support projects that address a significant bioethics problem and extend beyond current work in bioethics, while fostering a community of Scholars and Alums committed to advancing the field.
Eligibility: Early Career Faculty
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Sponsor LOI Deadline: Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Sponsor Application Deadline: Monday, January 4, 2027
| | | First-Come, First-Served Limited Submission Opportunities | | Description: The NIH Director's Early Independence Award helps talented new researchers begin their own independent research program soon after finishing their doctoral degree or clinical training, without first doing postdoctoral training. The award accepts applications on any topic fitting the NIH mission.
Eligibility: Early Career Researchers
Limitation: two applications per institution
Sponsor Application Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026
Note: The internal deadline has passed, and the number of applications received is below our institutional limit. Applicants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact RDO to apply.
| Description: This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites eligible academic or research institutions to apply for funding support to purchase latest scientific equipment that will enhance and modernize research-supporting operations of existing shared biomedical research facilities. Targeted are laboratory research core facilities, animal research facilities, and other similar shared-use research spaces. The goal of this NOFO is to strengthen research-auxiliary activities of biomedical research facilities and to enhance the efficiency of their operations.
Limitation: one application per institution
Sponsor Application Deadline: Friday, September 25, 2026
Note: The internal deadline has passed, and the number of applications received is below our institutional limit. Applicants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact RDO to apply.
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