NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)
Department of Health and Human Services
The NIH Director"s Pioneer Award supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. To be considered pioneering, the proposed research must reflect substantially different scientific directions from those already being pursued in the investigator"s research program or elsewhere. Applications in all topics relevant to the broad mission of NIH are welcome. Research may involve basic, translational, or clinical research. The NIH Director"s Pioneer Award is a component of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program of the NIH
Funding
Award size
$100K – $1M
Award ceiling
700000
Type
Grant
Dates
Deadline
Next 90 days
Posted
06/29/2026
Closes
2026-09-09
Eligibility
Eligibility
Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationCounty governmentsPublic housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationFor profit organizations other than small businessesNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationState governmentsIndependent school districtsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Small businesses
Program
Funding area
Health - HL
Opportunity #
RFA-RM-27-001
Source
Status
Open
Market
Government
Level
Federal
Source
Grants.gov