Grants & Funding

National Institutes of Health/NIH

Published Date: August 18, 2008

Program Information

Program Name:

Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01)

Program URL:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-09-008.html

Type of Scientists Funded:

Junior Faculty, Senior Scientist/Faculty

Program Description:

This FOA solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations proposing exceptionally innovative research on novel hypotheses or difficult problems, solutions to which would have an extremely high impact in biomedical or biobehavioral research that is germane to the mission of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes. This FOA does not support pilot projects, i.e., projects of limited scope that are designed primarily to generate data that will enable the PI to seek other funding opportunities.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Variable
• Minimum Term    0  Years
• Maximum Term    4  Years
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Institution
• Is there a training component to this grant?   
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  10/28/2008
• Deadline Comments   
  Letters of intent receipt date: September 29, 2008

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Variable
• Minimum:    $ 0
• Maximum:    $ 800,000
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Anatomy, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biophysics, Biostatistics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epidemiology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Structural Biology, Toxicology, Virology, Zoology, Other (specify): biomedical or biobehavioral

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

None provided

Must applicants be U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents?

Yes

U.S. geographic limits?

International geographic limits?

Institutional limits?

Non-research activity allowed for postdoctoral and junior faculty awards?

If yes, specify at least one of the following: percentage time and activities allowed

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Institutional Award Rates   

  Category	# Applicants	# Awards
  Institutional Awards

• Awardee's subsequent careers/accomplishments tracked after end of term?   
  
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year