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NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Neuroscience, Medicine and Psychology research award from NIH Common Fund
Closed on Thursday, Sep 3
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The NIH Common Fund supports individuals or teams pursuing exceptionally innovative, unconventional research with the potential to create or overturn major paradigms across biomedical and behavioral science.
Eligibility
Career stage: Not stated
Institution applies
Institutional PI and NIH notice requirements still apply; no student eligibility inferred from “any career stage”.
Reviewed Sep 24, 2026. Check the funder’s full conditions before applying.
Open to individuals or teams of scientists at any career stage proposing research broadly relevant to the NIH mission.
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Source: commonfund.nih.gov