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NIH Specialized Center Grant (Parent P50) is sponsored by National Institutes of Health. NIH Specialized Center Grant (Parent P50) is a forecasted funding opportunity on Grants. gov from National Institutes of Health.
Fiscal Year: 2028. Assistance Listing Number(s): 93. 273.
<p>Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) encourage pursuit of the NIH’s mission through the submission of investigator-initiated Specialized Center (P50) applications. With this Parent P50 NOFO, the NIH ICOs intend to support a broadly based, multidisciplinary, often long-term research program with a specific major scientific objective or theme.
The proposed Specialized Center must be related to the programmatic interests...
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicant types: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, For profit organizations other than small businesses, State governments, Small businesses, Special district governments. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Yes — NIH Specialized Center Grant (Parent P50) is offered by National Institutes of Health and this listing comes from Grants.gov, an official U.S. federal source. Federal applications generally require registrations (for example SAM.gov or an agency submission portal), so allow extra lead time.
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Across FY2021-2025, the National Institutes of Health made 156,422 awards totaling roughly $160.5 billion to 4,827 recipients, with a median award of $342,944. The Johns Hopkins University ($3.78 billion) and the University of California, San Francisco ($3.73 billion) led all recipients, and 59 percent of recipients won more than one separate award.
| Organization | Total awarded |
|---|---|
| The Johns Hopkins University(MD) | $3.8B |
| Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the(CA) | $3.7B |
| Regents of the University of Michigan(MI) | $3.3B |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, the(PA) | $3.2B |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York(NY) | $3.1B |
| Washington University, the(MO) | $3.1B |
| University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education(PA) | $3.0B |
| The Leland Stanford Junior University(CA) | $3.0B |
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