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Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Required)

Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes October 25, 2027

Posted
May 29, 2026
Closes
October 25, 2027
Award ceiling
$375,000
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
93.866, 93.307, 93.395, 93.279, 93.399, 93.173, 93.361, 93.393, 93.838, 93.233, 93.273, 93.840, 93.172, 93.242, 93.394, 93.867, 93.837, 93.839, 93.865
Category
Health
Archives
December 24, 2027

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.866 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$3.8B
FY2025 obligated
$3.9B
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$2.4B
Awards in window
12,121

Top recipients: Regents of the University of Michigan, Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the, Washington University, the, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Southern California

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026

Synopsis

The purpose of the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for health professional, undergraduate and graduate students and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.Eligible institutions must award baccalaureate or advanced science degrees and have received no more than $6 million dollars per year of NIH support (in both direct and F&A/indirect costs) in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years. For institutions composed of multiple schools and colleges, the $6 million funding limit is based on the amount of NIH funding received by all the schools and colleges within the institution as a whole.Help determining the Organization Funding Level can be found here or https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r15.htmThis REAP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports investigator-initiated mechanistic and/or minimal risk clinical trials addressing the mission and research interests of the participating NIH institutes. For purposes of this NOFO, minimal risk clinical trials are defined as those that do not require FDA oversight, do not intend to formally establish efficacy, and have low risks to potentially cause physical or psychological harm.

Who can apply

Refer to Section III. Eligibility Information in the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.Foreign Organizations/International Collaborations:Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.

How to apply

Applications go through the official government listing. Grants Radar links you straight to the source — applying is free.

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Agency contact: National Institutes of Health · [email protected] · 301-402-2541

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