NICHD Small Research Grant Program (R03 Clinical Trial Required)
NICHD-only small grant for discrete two-year projects that involve a clinical trial: pilot and feasibility trials, secondary analysis of trial data, and methodology development within the NICHD mission on child health, families, adolescence, pregnancy and disability.
- Indicative award
- up to $50k per year (per year)$50,000 in direct costs per year, maximum two-year project period.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Feb, Jun, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-16 — 63 days awayNew, renewal and resubmission applications due 16 February, 16 June and 16 October each year through 2027. NOFO expires 8 January 2028.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Higher education institutions, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profits, state, local, federal and Indian tribal governments and faith-based organisations. Foreign organisations and foreign components of US organisations are eligible. The project must include a clinical trial; use the companion NOFO if it does not.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- pilot and feasibility trials · secondary data analysis · child health · pregnancy
- Apply at
- https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-25-125.html
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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