Academic Research Enhancement Award for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Institutional Eligibility

• The applicant institution must be an accredited public or non-profit private school that grants baccalaureate degrees in biomedical sciences. This FOA does not provide support for research from Health Professional Schools and colleges and accredited institutions that provide education and training leading to a health professional degree
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• At the time of application submission, all of the non-health professional components of the institution combined must not have received support from the NIH totaling more than $6 million per year (in both direct and F&A/indirect costs) in 4 of the last 7 years. A year is defined as a federal fiscal year: from October 1 through September 30. For institutions composed of multiple schools and colleges, the $6 million funding limit is based on the amount of NIH funding received by all of the non-health professional schools and colleges within the institution as a whole. (Note that all activity codes are included in this calculation except the following: C06, S10, and all activity codes starting with a G.)

R15 Principal Investigator Eligibility

• The PI must have a primary appointment at the R15-eligible institution.
  • Public/State controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education are eligible for this award. Eligible institutions must award baccalaureate science degrees and have received less than 6 million dollars per year of NIH support (total costs) in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years.
• The PI may not be the PI of an active NIH research grant at the time of a R15 award, though he or she may be one of the Key Personnel for an active NIH grant held by another PD/PI. (Instrumentation awards (S10), conference grants (R13), and institutional training grants (T32) are examples of grants that are not considered research grants.)
• The PI may not be awarded more than one R15 grant at a time. Eligibility applies only to the PI and Multiple PIs, not to collaborators, consultants, or sub awardees.