Research Announcements
2010 NIH Directors Pioneer Award Program (DP1)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-09-010.html
Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-RM-09-010
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Aug 18, 2009
Creation Date: Aug 18, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 20, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 20, 2009
Archive Date: Nov 20, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Health
Agency Name: National Institutes of Health
Description
The NIH Directors Pioneer Award Program complements NIH’s traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering and possibly transforming approaches to addressing major biomedical or behavioral challenges. To be considered pioneering, the proposed research must reflect ideas substantially different from those already being pursued in the investigators laboratory or elsewhere. Awardees must commit the major portion (at least 51%) of their research effort to activities supported by the Pioneer Award. The NIH Directors Pioneer Award Program is a High-Risk Research initiative of Research Teams of the Future. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the DP1 grant mechanism. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Contingent upon the submission of a sufficient number of scientifically meritorious applications, NIH intends to commit approximately $6 million for at least 7 awards in fiscal year 2010.
Posted Aug 27, 2009