Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders
Funding history
Awards made under this listing across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $1.8B
- FY2026 obligated
- $2B
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 8,124
Top recipients: The General Hospital Corporation, Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the, The Johns Hopkins University, Regents of the University of Michigan, Washington University, the
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Open opportunities under this listing
- HEAL Initiative: Whole Joint Health Program (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Intermediate Patient Population Expanded Access (U01 Clinical Trial Required)
- Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials and Biomarker Studies for Stroke Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- HEAL Initiative: Pain Research Enhancement Program (PREP) (R15 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Maximizing the Scientific Value of Data Generated by the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32)
- Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Required)
- HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR): Research Centers (RM1 Clinical Trial Required)
- HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) - Building Engagement, Assistance, Capacity, Outreach, and Networks (BEACON) Center (U2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Biomedical Research Environment and Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) Program (UC2- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Translational Neural Devices (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- BRAIN Initiative: Preclinical Proof of Concept for Novel Recording and Modulation Technologies in the Human CNS (R18 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: Exploratory Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NLM Institutional Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics, Data Science, and AI (T15 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- 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)
- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 - Independent Clinical Trial Required)
- Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 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 Required)
- 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)
- BRAIN Initiative: Reagent Resources for Brain Cell Type-Specific Access to Broaden Distribution of Enabling Technologies for Neuroscience (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization- Next Generation Sensor Technology Development (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
- Successor-in-Interest (Type 6 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
- Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Biologic-based Drug Discovery and Development for Disorders of the Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Interventions to Reduce Sleep Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)
- BRAIN Initiative Connectivity across Scales (BRAIN CONNECTS): Specialized Projects for Scalable Technologies (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Translational Efforts to Advance Gene-based Therapies for Ultra-Rare Neurological and Neuromuscular Disorders (U01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Assay Development and Neurotherapeutic Agent Identification (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Development and Validation of Model Systems to Facilitate Neurotherapeutic Discovery (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Neurotherapeutic Agent Characterization and In vivo Efficacy Studies (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Mechanistic Evaluation of Therapeutic Targets derived from Treatable Traits to Improve CNS Outcomes in People with HIV (R21/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Limited Competition: Renewal of Existing NINDS-Supported Clinical Trial Cooperative Agreement Awards (U01 - Clinical Trials Required)
- BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Career Transition Award for NINDS Intramural Clinician-Scientists (K22 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Career Transition Award for NINDS Intramural Clinician-Scientists (K22 Clinical Trial Required)
- Pilot Projects Investigating Understudied Proteins Associated with Rare Diseases (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
- Development of Biomarkers or Composite Biomarkers for Neurological and Neuromuscular Disorders (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- 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)
- Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Blueprint MedTech Translator (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- 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 Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30)
- BRAIN Initiative: Integrative Team-Research BRAIN Circuits Program - iBCP (RM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Lasker Clinical Research Scholar's Program (Si2/R00 Clinical Trial Optional)
- 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)
- 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)
- BRAIN Initiative: Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- HEAL Initiative: Non-addictive Analgesic Therapeutics Development [Small Molecules and Biologics] to Treat Pain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- NINDS Efficacy and Exploratory Clinical Trials (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Required)
- NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB Strategic Breakthrough Award (Parent [R44] Clinical Trial Optional)
- SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program (Parent SB1 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (Parent F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) and Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Biospecimen Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Educational Program - Mentoring Activities & Networks (Parent R25/UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Education Program - Research Experiences (Parent R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Education Program - Courses, Curriculum & Methods (Parent R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Institutional Mentored Career Development Award (Parent K12) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- Academic Career Excellence (ACE) Award (K32 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Collaborative Program Grant for Interdisciplinary Teams (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan: Leveraging the Palliative Care Consortium (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Forecasted
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Intermediate Patient Population Expanded Access (U01 Clinical Trial Required)
- Research to Improve Rigor, Replicability, and Reproducibility in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
- NIH Stroke Clinical Trials Network (StrokeNet) Infrastructure – Regional Coordinating Stroke Centers (RCCs)
- Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT) Infrastructure – Clinical Research Sites (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: Clinical Studies to Advance Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System
- Limited Competition: BRAIN Initiative: Promoting Health for All Through BRAIN Technology Partnerships
- NIH Stroke Clinical Trials Network (StrokeNet) Infrastructure – National Coordinating Center (NCC) and National Data Management Center (NDMC)
- Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT) Infrastructure – Clinical Coordinating Center (CCC) & Data Coordinating Center (DCC)
- Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) Clinical Networks of Diagnostic Excellence
- Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) Diagnostic Research Innovation Center
- Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) Clinical and Data Coordinating Center
- Strategies to Innovate EmeRgENcy Care Clinical Trials Network (SIREN) Infrastructure – Clinical Enrollment Hubs
- Strategies to Innovate EmeRgENcy Care Clinical Trials Network (SIREN) Infrastructure – Clinical Coordinating Center (CCC) and Data Coordinating Center (DCC)
- Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development
- HEAL Initiative: Optimization of Therapeutic Medical Devices through Team Science Mechanistic Research (RM1)
- Clinical Trials and Ancillary Studies Conducted within NIH-Funded Clinical Trial Research Networks (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Required)
- Functional Target Validation for Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias
- Centers without Walls for mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (ADRD)
- Exposomic Contributions to ADRD Pathology and Resilience
- Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Assay Development and Therapeutic Agent Identification
- Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Therapeutic Agent Characterization and Preclinical Efficacy Studies
- HEAL Initiative: Program to Reveal and Evaluate Cells-to-gene Information that Specify Intricacies, Origins and the Nature of (PRECISION) Human Pain Network
- Genomic and Biologic Therapies for ADRD (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Investigate Novel Therapeutic Interventions and Testing Strategies for Neurological Disorders Including to Treat, Modify and Prevent the Development of Epilepsy (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network (SPAN) to Support Translational Studies for Acute Cerebroprotection – Network Sites and Coordinating Center (U01- CT Not Allowed)
- HEAL Initiative: Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network: Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
- Small Business Translator: MedTech and Digital Health Technologies
- Forecast for NINDS Exploratory Grant Program in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (P20 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- Forecast for NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative ACTION Potential Program (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Morris K. Udall Discovery Centers without Walls (DCWoW) for Parkinson's Disease Research (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Recently closed
- Summer Research Education Experience Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- CCRP Initiative: NIH Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Basic Research on Chemical Threats that Affect the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Single Source: Post-Stroke Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID) in the United States (U19 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: Clinical Studies to Advance Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development of Disorders of the Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
- 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)
- NINDS Research Education Opportunities (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NINDS Child Neurology Career Development Program (CNCDP) (K12 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- HEAL Initiative: Limited Competition for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study – Consortium Administrative Core and Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- HEAL Initiative: Limited Competition for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study - Research Project Sites (Collaborative U01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH SIREN Neurologic Clinical Trials (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Required)
- Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: Production and distribution facilities for brain cell type-specific access reagents (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative (R24 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Digital Health Technology Derived Biomarkers and Outcome Assessments for Remote Monitoring and Endpoint Development (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- Clinical Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Neurological or Neuromuscular Disorders (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Analytical Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Neurological or Neuromuscular Disorders(U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- BRAIN Initiative: Promoting Health for All Through BRAIN Technology Partnerships (R34 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- BRAIN Initiative: New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R21) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Training of Postdoctoral Fellows (F32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- Joint NINDS/NIMH Exploratory Neuroscience Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries (R21/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- Ultra-Rare Gene-based Therapy (URGenT) Network Resource Access (X01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NINDS Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- The NINDS Human Biospecimen and Data Repository (U24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurological Disorders and Stroke (UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- 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)
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