Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research
Funding history
Awards made under this listing across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $537.1M
- FY2026 obligated
- $554.7M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 2,603
Top recipients: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, the, Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the, Brigham & Womens Hospital Inc, Regents of the University of Michigan, Washington University, the
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026
Open opportunities under this listing
- HEAL Initiative: Whole Joint Health Program (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
- Exploratory Clinical Trial Grants in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R61 Clinical Trial Required)
- Clinical Observational (CO) Studies in Musculoskeletal, Rheumatic, and Skin Diseases (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- HEAL Initiative: Pain Research Enhancement Program (PREP) (R15 Clinical Trial Optional)
- NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Biomedical Research Environment and Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) Program (UC2- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIAMS Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
- NIH, CDC and FDA Small Business Innovation Research Grant (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Optional)
- NIH Small Business Technology Transfer Grant (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Optional)
- Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards (Emergency Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional)
- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
- Successor-in-Interest (Type 6 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
- NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Limited Competition: Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program: Collaborative and Innovative Acceleration Award (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Limited Competition: CCRP Initiative: Promoting a Basic Understanding of Chemical Threats to Skin (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
- NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Required)
- Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Senior Fellowship (Parent F33)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30)
- INCLUDE Project: Exploratory/Developmental Research Awards for Down syndrome (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- INCLUDE Project: Transformative Research Awards for Down syndrome (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- INCLUDE Project: Clinical Trials Phased Awards for Down syndrome Research (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
- Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Development of Candidate Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) and Technologies Against Radiological/Nuclear or Chemical Threats (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- CCRP Initiative: Promoting a Basic Understanding of Chemical Threats to Skin (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
- Limited Competition: Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- HEAL Initiative: Non-addictive Analgesic Therapeutics Development [Small Molecules and Biologics] to Treat Pain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- NIAMS P30 Centers Program (P30 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program (Parent SB1 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (Parent F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Implementation Science to Advance HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for Mentored Research Career Development Award Recipients (R03) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- Collaborative Program Grant for Interdisciplinary Teams (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
Forecasted
- NIAMS Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement
- Exploratory Clinical Trial Grants in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (Parent R41/R42 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (Parent R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Restoring Joint Health and Function to Reduce Pain (RE-JOIN) 2.0
- Ancillary Studies to Ongoing Clinical Projects (RP1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Recently closed
- HEAL INITIATIVE: INTERACT Data Coordination and Integration Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) (S06 Clinical Trial Optional)
- HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Accelerating Product Excellence in Innovation and for Clinical Adoption (APEx) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required)
- Enhancement and Management of Established Biomedical Data Repositories and Knowledgebases (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Early-stage Biomedical Data Repositories and Knowledgebases (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development award (K23 - Clinical Trial Required)
- NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08 - Basic Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH) Required)
- NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08 - Clinical Trials Required)
- Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Limited Competition: Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project (RMIP) Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Limited Competition: Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project (RMIP) Investigator-Initiated Studies (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Ancillary Studies to Ongoing Clinical Projects (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Ancillary Studies to Ongoing Clinical Projects (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
- Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program Technical Assistance and Late Stage Development (SB1, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- HEAL Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program: Embedded Entrepreneurs for Small Businesses in Pain Management (SB1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Late-Stage Translation of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Results in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases from Academic/Non-profit Lab to Marketplace (SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PHS 2024-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PHS 2024-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- HEAL Initiative: Interdisciplinary Team Science to Uncover the Mechanisms of Pain Relief by Medical Devices (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
- CCRP Initiative: NIH Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Translational Exploratory/Developmental Research Projects (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- ClinGen Genomic Curation Expert Panels (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required)
- Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Understanding the Impact of Healthcare System and Clinician Factors on Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- STrengthening Research Opportunities for NIH Grants (STRONG): Structured Institutional Needs Assessment and Action Plan Development for Resource Limited Institutions (RLIs) (UC2 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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