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FY2024 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award informational video
FY2024 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award informational video
Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports scientists with outstanding records of creativity pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical, social science, and behavioral research.
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FY2024 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award informational video
FY2024 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award informational video
Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission.
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FY2024 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award informational video
FY2024 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award informational video
Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports individuals or teams proposing transformative projects that are inherently risky and untested but have the potential to create or overturn fundamental paradigms and may require very large budgets.
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FY2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award informational video
FY2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award informational video
Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports outstanding junior scientists with the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, and maturity bypass the traditional postdoctoral training period to launch independent research careers.
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What is the NIH Common Fund?
What is the NIH Common Fund?
This video explores how the NIH Common Fund fits into the National Institutes of Health. The Common Fund is a source of money available to the NIH Director for high priority initiatives in biomedical or behavioral research. These short-term initiatives support areas important to multiple Institutes and Centers.
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Audio Described-OTA-24-008:SysBio Platform Leveraging the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Webinar
Audio Described-OTA-24-008:SysBio Platform Leveraging the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Webinar
The NIH Common Fund Venture Space recently published a new Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA), OTA-24-008, inviting applications from eligible organizations to establish the Common Fund Systems Biology Data Platform (SysBio) Leveraging the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP). Award(s) made through this announcement will provide technical and administrative coordination and support to enable interoperable use of the data sets and knowledge generated by the different AMP initiatives, potentially in combination with other complementary data sets. For more information about the NIH AMP Program, please visit: https://www.nih.gov/research-training/accelerating-medicines-partnership-amp
On March 18, the Common Fund hosted a Pre-Application Webinar for OTA-24-008: Systems Biology Data Platform Leveraging the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (OT2).
The goal of this webinar was to provide an overview of the SysBio initiative and ROA.
The SysBio ROA can be found on the Common Fund website: https://commonfund.nih.gov/venture/sysbio/fundingopportunities
Questions and answers from the webinar will be made available on the Common Fund SysBio FAQ page: https://commonfund.nih.gov/venture/sysbio/faqs
A non audio-described version of the webinar recording is available here: https://youtu.be/3yCYk2LFXlw
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NIH Venture Program Oculomics Initiative Research Opportunity Announcement Webinar: OTA-24-006
NIH Venture Program Oculomics Initiative Research Opportunity Announcement Webinar: OTA-24-006
On April 4, the NIH Common Fund's Development and Application of Imaging Technologies for Oculomics (Oculomics) Venture Initiative hosted a Pre-Application Webinar for OTA-24-006: Development and Application of Ophthalmic Imaging Technologies to Advance Our Understanding of Systemic Diseases Research Opportunity Announcement.
The goal of this webinar was to provide an overview of the Oculomics initiative, and to outline the Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA), OTA-24-006. The opportunity is available at: https://go.nih.gov/OculomicsROA
During this session, attendees learned about the NIH Common Fund's Venture Program Oculomics Initiative, the Other Transactions funding mechanism, the ROA application process, and tips to creation of a successful application. Attendees had a chance to ask question to presenters during an open Q&A session. The informational webinar was open to the public. Attendance was not required in order to apply to the Research Opportunity Announcement.
For more information on the Oculomics Initiative, please visit: https://commonfund.nih.gov/venture/oculomics
To view frequently asked questions about the Research Opportunity Announcement: OTA-24-006, and to view the presentation slides, please visit: https://commonfund.nih.gov/venture/oculomics/faqs
For questions regarding the event and the Research Opportunity Announcement, please contact Tony Gover at Tony.Gover@nih.gov. -
FY2025 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Informational Video
FY2025 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Informational Video
Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Pioneer Award supports scientists with outstanding records of creativity pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical, social science, and behavioral research.
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FY2025 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Informational Video
FY2025 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Informational Video
Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the New Innovator Award supports early career investigators 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 NIH mission.
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FY2025 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award Informational Video
FY2025 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award Informational Video
Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Transformative Research Award supports individuals or teams proposing transformative projects that are inherently risky and untested but have the potential to create or overturn fundamental paradigms and may require very large budgets.
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FY2025 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award Informational Video
FY2025 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award Informational Video
Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Early Independence Award supports promising, newly graduated scientists with the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, and maturity bypass the traditional postdoctoral training period to launch independent research careers.
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Audio Described: NIH Common Fund 2025 Pioneer Award Funding Opportunity
Audio Described: NIH Common Fund 2025 Pioneer Award Funding Opportunity
The NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program has released a funding opportunity for the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award to fund researchers with records of creativity pursuing pioneering approaches to major challenges. Check out the funding opportunity: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-24-002.html
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Audio Described: NIH Common Fund 2025 New Innovator Award Funding Opportunity
Audio Described: NIH Common Fund 2025 New Innovator Award Funding Opportunity
Check out the newly released funding opportunity for the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program’s New Innovator Award to fund exceptionally creative scientists proposing innovative, high-impact projects. Learn more: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-24-003.html
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Audio Described: Science Highlight: Researchers Find New Method to Model Kidney Diseases
Audio Described: Science Highlight: Researchers Find New Method to Model Kidney Diseases
New discoveries from a recipient of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program New Innovator Award may help improve our understanding of kidney disease and rapidly screen for new treatments. Read more about the potential impact of this research: go.nih.gov/Ivt7Qfc
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Audio Described: NIH Common Fund's High-Risk High-Reward Research Program 2025 Funding Opportunities
Audio Described: NIH Common Fund's High-Risk High-Reward Research Program 2025 Funding Opportunities
The NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program has released funding opportunities for the four NIH Director’s Awards, which support exceptionally creative scientists at all career stages. Learn more about which of these funding opportunities might be right for you: https://commonfund.nih.gov/highrisk
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Audio Described: NIH Common Fund 2025 Transformative Research Award Funding Opportunity
Audio Described: NIH Common Fund 2025 Transformative Research Award Funding Opportunity
Interested in pursuing groundbreaking, unconventional research? Consider applying for the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program’s Transformative Research Award, which funds projects with the potential to create new scientific paradigms. Check out the funding opportunity: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-24-004.html