Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH)
Federal funding opportunity PAR-27-001 from National Institutes of Health.
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- Posted
- February 10, 2026
- Closes
- See announcement
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 93.859
- Category
- Health
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.859 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $3B
- FY2025 obligated
- $3B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $1.6B
- Awards in window
- 11,924
Top recipients: The Leland Stanford Junior University, Regents of the University of Michigan, Yale Univ, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, the, The Johns Hopkins University
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026
Synopsis
The Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) program funds federally-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes and Tribal colleges or universities, Tribal health programs, or Tribal organizations (collectively, federally-recognized Tribes and Tribal Entities) to support health-related research, research career enhancement, and research infrastructure enhancement activities.
This is a Forecast for a Limited Competition that will invite application(s) from eligible organization(s) to apply. Please see Eligibility Section for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard peer-review processes, the application(s) will be peer-reviewed, and only meritorious application(s) will be considered for funding.
Who can apply
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Other Eligible ApplicantsEligible OrganizationsThe applicant organization must meet one of the following criteria:A federally-recognized AI/AN Tribe, as defined under 25 U.S.C. 1603(14); orA Tribal college or university, a Tribal health program, or a Tribal organization as defined under 25 U.S.C. 1603 (24), (25), and (26), respectively; orA consortium of two or more of those Tribal Entities.Foreign InstitutionsSpecifically, an application may include foreign components only if one or more federally-recognized Tribes with ancestral catchment areas crossing the U. S. border will participate in the proposed NARCH.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
How to apply
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