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Research Education Programs | Grants & Funding U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Research Education Programs Research Education Programs, commonly referred to as R25 and UE5 awards, support educational activities that strengthen the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Education Program supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.
The overarching goal of the Research Education program is to: Support educational activities that complement and/or enhance training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs; Help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral, and clinical sciences; and Foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research and its implications.
To advance these objectives, NIH Research Education Programs support one or more of the following educational courses for skills development, curriculum or methods development, and These programs are intended to complement and enhance research training rather than support a specific research project.
Depending on the funding opportunity and NIH ICO, R25/UE5 programs may support activities such as, but not limited to, summer research experiences, workshops, short courses, mentoring networks, and curriculum development Program directors and principal investigators (PD/PI) that can provide administrative and scientific leadership to the development and implementation of the proposed program are eligible to apply for these grants.
The PD/PI of the awarded grant selects participants in research education programs.
Program participants may span a broad range of career stages and backgrounds, including high school students, science teachers, undergraduates, postbaccalaureates, graduate students, predoctoral and health professional students, clinical and health professionals, postdoctoral scholars, individuals in clinical residency or specialty training, early-career and established investigators, and members of the lay community.
How these differ from other NIH training and career development opportunities Research Education Programs are distinct from: training grants ), which support formal research training programs for cohorts of undergraduate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral trainees. F awards ( fellowships ), which provide mentored research training to individual predoctoral, postdoctoral, and established investigators.
career development awards ), which support investigators in the earlier stages of their research careers by providing protected time for research. To find the criteria reviewers will use to evaluate your application, see Section V of your funding opportunity NIH Research Education Program Areas Both mechanisms support research education, but they differ in the level of NIH involvement.
R25 - Research Education Grant Supports a research education program with standard NIH grant oversight. UE5 - Research Education Cooperative Agreement Supports a research education program with substantial NIH programmatic involvement in coordination, oversight, or implementation. Applicants should review the specific Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for program expectations, eligibility, Still looking for a funding opportunity?
Check out the Research Education Parent Announcements , include the minimum standard review criteria appropriate for their program.
Other Training-Related Programs Research Enhancement Awards (R15) Research Excellence Award (R16) Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects (R18) Resource-Related Research Projects (R24) International Research Training Grants (D43) Stipends Summary - NRSA (FY 2018-Present) NIH Family Friendly Initiatives NOT-OD-25-115: Notice of Temporary Policy Exception to NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS) Section 12. 3.
7 to Permit Continued Eligibility for Mentored Career Development Award When an Award Ended Early NOT-OD-25-114: Notice of Short-Term Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period NOT-OD-25-100: Updated Procedures for Childcare Costs for Ruth L.
Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Awards NOT-OD-24-129: Updates to NIH Institutional Training Grant Applications for Due Dates on or After January 25, 2025 NOT-OD-24-116: Childcare Costs for Ruth L.
Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellows and Institutional Research Training Awards NOT-OD-24-107: Implementation of Revisions to the NIH and AHRQ Fellowship Application and Review Process NOT-OD-24-084: Overview of Grant Application and Review Changes for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025 This page last updated on: April 27, 2026 For technical issues E-mail OER Webmaster
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Program directors and principal investigators (PD/PI) that can provide administrative and scientific leadership to the development and implementation of the proposed program are eligible to apply. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
NIH Research Education Programs (R25/UE5) is funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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