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Limited Competition: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) for Clinical & Translational Research (CTR) (P30 - CT Optional)

Federal funding opportunity PAR-27-056 from National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services).

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Posted: August 19, 2026
Closes: May 30, 2029
Cost sharing: No
Instrument: Grant
Assistance listing: 93.859
Category: Health
Archives: July 30, 2029

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: $2.4B
Awards in window: 12,321

Top recipients: The Leland Stanford Junior University, Regents of the University of Michigan, Yale Univ, The Johns Hopkins University, University of Wisconsin System

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026

Synopsis

The Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program develops biomedical research capacity in states that have historically received low levels of NIH funding (IDeA states). The IDeA Clinical & Translational Research (CTR) program supports two programmatic tracks to build clinical and translational (C&T) research capacity to enable research on diseases and health challenges prevalent in IDeA states. IDeA CTR Development (CTR-D) awards focus on C&T research workforce development and infrastructure enhancement at health research organizations with limited clinical research capacity in IDeA states. IDeA CTR Network (CTR-N) awards support statewide (or multi-state) networks of health research organizations to expand existing infrastructure, develop the research workforce to enhance the network organization's ability to design and implement competitive C&T research programs, and coordinate clinical research activities state-wide and/or across IDeA states.This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite application(s) from eligible organization(s) to apply. Please see Section III. Eligibility 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.

Who can apply

Private institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Independent school districts
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
County governments
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
City or township governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Small businesses
State governments

Eligibility Criteria for Lead and Partner OrganizationsEvery organization in the application must be either a Lead or a Partner–no organization can be both.Every organization in the application must be in an IDeA-eligible state.There are strict limits to avoid overlap:Each IDeA-eligible state can only have one active IDeA-CTR-type (IDeA-CTR, CTR-N, or CTR-D) award at a time.An organization can only be involved in one IDeA-CTR-type award at a time.Organizations may not serve as a lead, partner or otherwise participate with an active Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Organizations must meet all eligibility rules at the time of application submission and award.Additional Eligibility Criteria for Lead OrganizationsTo apply as the lead, the organization must:Already have externally-funded clinical and translational (C&T) research.Additional Eligibility Criteria for Partner OrganizationsTo participate as a partner, the organization mustBe in the same state or multi-state region as the lead organization.Note:Active awards include awards in no-cost extension (NCE).An organization that currently leads an active IDeA-CTR-type award may submit a new application if substantial changes to the CTR are proposed. If the new application is funded, the current award will be administratively ended before the new award begins.

How to apply

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