Vision Research

A federal assistance program listed on Grants.gov by National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services). The listing number stays the same from one funding round to the next, so this page is the one to watch between announcements.

Funding history

Open opportunities under this listing

• Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-25-369 · closes November 18, 2026
• Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-25-371 · closes November 18, 2026
• Competing Revisions to Existing NIH Single Project Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PA-23-317 · closes November 24, 2026
• Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-24-296 · closes December 3, 2026
• NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-OD-24-011 · closes December 4, 2026
• Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Required)
  Open PAR-24-214 · closes January 7, 2027
• HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-NS-25-023 · closes January 15, 2027
• Biomedical Research Environment and Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) Program (UC2- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-24-268 · closes January 27, 2027
• BRAIN Initiative: Preclinical Proof of Concept for Novel Recording and Modulation Technologies in the Human CNS (R18 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-NS-24-031 · closes January 28, 2027
• BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-MH-26-170 · closes February 8, 2027
• BRAIN Initiative: Exploratory Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-DC-27-004 · closes February 11, 2027
• NLM Institutional Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics, Data Science, and AI (T15 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-LM-28-001 · closes February 11, 2027
• Discovery of in vivo Chemical Probes for the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-27-081 · closes March 5, 2027
• NIH, CDC and FDA Small Business Innovation Research Grant (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PA-27-100 · closes April 5, 2027
• NIH Small Business Technology Transfer Grant (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PA-27-102 · closes April 5, 2027
• Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-24-191 · closes May 7, 2027
• NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-24-194 · closes May 7, 2027
• Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-24-182 · closes May 8, 2027
• BRAIN Initiative: Reagent Resources for Brain Cell Type-Specific Access to Broaden Distribution of Enabling Technologies for Neuroscience (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-MH-26-120 · closes June 15, 2027
• BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization- Next Generation Sensor Technology Development (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open RFA-MH-26-140 · closes June 15, 2027
• Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PA-24-254 · closes July 12, 2027
• Successor-in-Interest (Type 6 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PA-24-253 · closes July 17, 2027
• Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Biologic-based Drug Discovery and Development for Disorders of the Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-24-293 · closes August 18, 2027
• NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-25-080 · closes September 7, 2027
• Bioengineering Partnerships with Industry (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-24-325 · closes September 7, 2027
• BRAIN Initiative Connectivity across Scales (BRAIN CONNECTS): Specialized Projects for Scalable Technologies (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-NS-27-015 · closes October 4, 2027
• NEI Research Grant for Vision-Related Secondary Data Analysis (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-357 · closes October 16, 2027
• Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Required)
  Open PAR-27-078 · closes October 25, 2027
• BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-DA-27-004 · closes November 8, 2027
• NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-25-301 · closes January 7, 2028
• NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-25-304 · closes January 7, 2028
• NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
  Open PA-25-305 · closes January 7, 2028
• NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Required)
  Open PA-25-306 · closes January 7, 2028
• Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-134 · closes January 7, 2028
• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-25-144 · closes January 7, 2028
• Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Required)
  Open PAR-25-148 · closes January 7, 2028
• Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-298 · closes January 7, 2028
• Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Translation of Technologies for Diagnosis and Treatment (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-338 · closes January 7, 2028
• NEI Clinical Research Study Planning Grant Program (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-358 · closes January 7, 2028
• Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) (R38 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-HL-26-012 · closes January 10, 2028
• Blueprint MedTech Translator (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-25-383 · closes January 28, 2028
• Expanding the Target Landscape by Drugging the Undruggable (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-442 · closes February 17, 2028
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
  Open PA-25-168 · closes May 4, 2028
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T35)
  Open PA-25-280 · closes May 7, 2028
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)
  Open PA-25-422 · closes May 7, 2028
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
  Open PA-25-423 · closes May 7, 2028
• 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)
  Open PA-25-425 · closes May 7, 2028
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions with NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30)
  Open PA-25-426 · closes May 7, 2028
• INCLUDE Project: Exploratory/Developmental Research Awards for Down syndrome (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-OD-27-003 · closes June 15, 2028
• INCLUDE Project: Transformative Research Awards for Down syndrome (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-OD-27-004 · closes June 15, 2028
• BRAIN Initiative: Integrative Team-Research BRAIN Circuits Program - iBCP (RM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-NS-27-002 · closes June 23, 2028
• Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-27-022 · closes July 1, 2028
• Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-322 · closes August 25, 2028
• Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-414 · closes September 7, 2028
• Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-25-415 · closes September 7, 2028
• Development of Candidate Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) and Technologies Against Radiological/Nuclear or Chemical Threats (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-AI-27-014 · closes October 9, 2028
• Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PA-26-001 · closes November 30, 2028
• Limited Competition: Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-27-067 · closes January 26, 2029
• BRAIN Initiative: Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open RFA-NS-28-010 · closes February 8, 2029
• HEAL Initiative: Non-addictive Analgesic Therapeutics Development [Small Molecules and Biologics] to Treat Pain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open RFA-NS-27-007 · closes February 20, 2029
• NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB Strategic Breakthrough Award (Parent [R44] Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PA-27-101 · closes April 5, 2029
• SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program (Parent SB1 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-27-098 · closes April 5, 2029
• Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (Parent F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-27-037 · closes April 8, 2029
• NIH Research Educational Program - Mentoring Activities & Networks (Parent R25/UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-27-035 · closes May 5, 2029
• NIH Research Education Program - Research Experiences (Parent R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-27-036 · closes May 5, 2029
• NIH Research Education Program - Courses, Curriculum & Methods (Parent R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PA-27-034 · closes May 25, 2029
• Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-27-072 · closes July 5, 2029
• Institutional Mentored Career Development Award (Parent K12) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
  Open PA-27-030 · closes July 12, 2029
• Collaborative Program Grant for Interdisciplinary Teams (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Open PAR-27-003 · closes September 26, 2029
• NEI Translational Research Program for Therapeutics (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Open PAR-28-072 · closes November 16, 2029

Forecasted

• Investigator-Focused Award (Parent R35)
  Forecasted PAR-28-037
• Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (Parent R41/R42 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Forecasted PAR-27-040
• Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (Parent R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Forecasted PAR-27-039
• NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Forecasted PAR-26-113
• NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research (UG1 - Clinical Trial Optional)
  Forecasted PAR-26-119
• NEI New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Forecasted PAR-26-087
• Small Business Translator: MedTech and Digital Health Technologies
  Forecasted FOR-NS-25-017

Recently closed

• Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Closed PAR-24-265 · closed before June 1, 2027
• Summer Research Education Experience Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Closed PAR-24-204 · closed before May 7, 2027
• BRAIN Initiative: Clinical Studies to Advance Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Closed RFA-NS-25-022 · closed September 28, 2026
• BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Closed RFA-NS-25-021 · closed September 28, 2026
• Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development of Disorders of the Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Closed PAR-25-051 · closed August 18, 2026
• Accelerating Product Excellence in Innovation and for Clinical Adoption (APEx) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Closed RFA-DE-27-002 · closed July 10, 2026
• 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)
  Closed RFA-DA-27-014 · closed July 10, 2026
• HEAL Initiative: Limited Competition for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study - Research Project Sites (Collaborative U01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Closed RFA-DA-27-013 · closed July 10, 2026
• BRAIN Initiative: Production and distribution facilities for brain cell type-specific access reagents (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived RFA-MH-25-105 · closed July 1, 2026
• BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative (R24 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Archived RFA-MH-25-110 · closed June 24, 2026
• BRAIN Initiative: Promoting Health for All Through BRAIN Technology Partnerships (R34 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
  Archived RFA-NS-25-016 · closed June 17, 2026
• BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived RFA-NS-25-018 · closed June 16, 2026
• BRAIN Initiative: Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
  Archived RFA-NS-25-017 · closed June 16, 2026
• BRAIN Initiative: New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R21) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived RFA-EY-25-001 · closed June 15, 2026
• NEI Institutional Mentored Physician Scientist Award (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Archived PAR-23-197 · closed June 9, 2026
• NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research: Chair's Grant (UG1-Clinical Trial Required)
  Archived PAR-23-209 · closed May 25, 2026
• NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research Project: Coordinating Center Grant (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)
  Archived PAR-23-204 · closed May 25, 2026
• NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research Project: Resource Center Grant (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)
  Archived PAR-23-201 · closed May 25, 2026
• Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required)
  Archived PAR-25-323 · closed May 24, 2026
• NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (Parent R21 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
  Archived PA-25-307 · closed May 24, 2026
• NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
  Archived PA-25-303 · closed May 24, 2026
• NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
  Archived PA-24-195 · closed May 24, 2026
• Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
  Archived PA-24-192 · closed May 24, 2026
• Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
  Archived PA-24-183 · closed May 24, 2026
• Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Archived PA-25-169 · closed May 7, 2026
• Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries (R21/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)
  Archived PAR-25-242 · closed March 20, 2026
• Enhancement and Management of Established Biomedical Data Repositories and Knowledgebases (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived PAR-23-237 · closed January 25, 2026
• Early-stage Biomedical Data Repositories and Knowledgebases (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived PAR-23-236 · closed January 25, 2026
• Implementation Research for Multi-morbidity Management in the Context of Non-communicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and US Tribal Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Archived PAR-25-213 · closed January 7, 2026
• Engineering Next-Generation Human Nervous System Microphysiological Systems (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
  Archived PAR-25-199 · closed January 7, 2026
• Engineering Next-Generation Human Nervous System Microphysiological Systems (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
  Archived PAR-25-198 · closed January 7, 2026
• Limited Competition: Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project (RMIP) Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Archived RFA-AR-25-014 · closed December 9, 2025
• Limited Competition: Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project (RMIP) Investigator-Initiated Studies (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived RFA-AR-25-013 · closed December 9, 2025
• NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived PAR-23-175 · closed December 9, 2025
• Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Biologic-based Drug Discovery and Development for Disorders of the Nervous System (U44 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Archived PAR-24-294 · closed November 17, 2025
• Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Required)
  Archived PAR-24-134 · closed November 17, 2025
• Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived PAR-24-133 · closed November 17, 2025
• Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Required)
  Archived PAR-24-132 · closed November 17, 2025
• Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Archived PAR-24-131 · closed November 17, 2025
• NEI Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Cooperative Agreement for Early-Stage Clinical Trials with Greater than Minimal Risk (U44-Clinical Trial Required)
  Archived PAR-24-066 · closed November 17, 2025