OpenResearch announcementOpportunity PAR-27-056

Limited Competition: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) for Clinical & Translational Research (CTR) (P30 - CT Optional)

National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services

At a glance

Limited Competition: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) for Clinical & Translational Research (CTR) (P30 - CT Optional) is an open federal grant opportunity from the National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services). Applications are due May 30, 2029. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts and 10 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.859 (Biomedical Research and Research Training).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Aug 19, 2026Posted
May 30, 2029Application deadlinenext date
Jul 16, 2027 (est.)Est. award date
Jul 30, 2029Archived

Posted: Aug 19, 2026
Close date: May 30, 2029
Archive date: Jul 30, 2029
Est. award date: Jul 16, 2027
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: Not specified
Est. total funding: Not specified
Expected awards: Not specified
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Typical awards for this program (SAM.gov listing for ALN 93.859, not this notice): $20,000 to $10,000,000.

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public colleges & universities
Federally recognized tribal governments
Public & Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
Private colleges & universities
For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
Small businesses
Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Eligibility Criteria for Lead and Partner OrganizationsEvery organization in the application must be either a Lead or a Partner–no organization can be both.Every organization in the application must be in an IDeA-eligible state.There are strict limits to avoid overlap:Each IDeA-eligible state can only have one active IDeA-CTR-type (IDeA-CTR, CTR-N, or CTR-D) award at a time.An organization can only be involved in one IDeA-CTR-type award at a time.Organizations may not serve as a lead, partner or otherwise participate with an active Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Organizations must meet all eligibility rules at the time of application submission and award.Additional Eligibility Criteria for Lead OrganizationsTo apply as the lead, the organization must:Already have externally-funded clinical and translational (C&T) research.Additional Eligibility Criteria for Partner OrganizationsTo participate as a partner, the organization mustBe in the same state or multi-state region as the lead organization.Note:Active awards include awards in no-cost extension (NCE).An organization that currently leads an active IDeA-CTR-type award may submit a new application if substantial changes to the CTR are proposed. If the new application is funded, the current award will be administratively ended before the new award begins.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program develops biomedical research capacity in states that have historically received low levels of NIH funding (IDeA states). The IDeA Clinical & Translational Research (CTR) program supports two programmatic tracks to build clinical and translational (C&T) research capacity to enable research on diseases and health challenges prevalent in IDeA states. IDeA CTR Development (CTR-D) awards focus on C&T research workforce development and infrastructure enhancement at health research organizations with limited clinical research capacity in IDeA states. IDeA CTR Network (CTR-N) awards support statewide (or multi-state) networks of health research organizations to expand existing infrastructure, develop the research workforce to enhance the network organization's ability to design and implement competitive C&T research programs, and coordinate clinical research activities state-wide and/or across IDeA states.This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite application(s) from eligible organization(s) to apply. Please see Section III. Eligibility for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard peer-review processes, the application(s) will be peer-reviewed, and only meritorious application(s) will be considered.

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

PAR-27-056-Revised-Full-Announcement.htmlRevised Full Announcement · PAR-27-056-Revised-Full-Announcement.htmlHTML · 252 KB

How to apply

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Read the full announcement (NOFO)Eligibility, evaluation criteria, page limits and required attachments are in the full notice on Grants.gov. Open ↗
Confirm eligibility and fitCheck your organization type above; no cost sharing is required.
Register (or renew) in SAM.gov and get a UEIFree. New registrations can take several weeks; registrations must be renewed every year. Open ↗
Set up Grants.gov accessCreate a Grants.gov account and make sure someone has the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) role. Open ↗
Open the application packageUse opportunity number PAR-27-056 on Grants.gov (Grants.gov Workspace). Open ↗
Prepare narrative, budget and attachmentsFollow the notice's format exactly — page limits and required forms are common reasons applications are rejected.
Ask the agency contact any questions earlyNational Institutes of Health · NIGMS_IDeA-CTR@mail.nih.gov Open ↗
Submit before May 30, 2029Submit a few days early and keep your Grants.gov confirmation and validation emails.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.859Biomedical Research and Research TrainingProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.859

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$3.09B

FY25

$3.09B

FY26

$3.09B est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.859. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 93.859

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 12,742 grant awards had funding actions under Biomedical Research and Research Training, with 2,582 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$185M
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$173M
YALE UNIV$161M
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$150M
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$149M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

National Institutes of Health
NIGMS_IDeA-CTR@mail.nih.gov
301-402-2541

Quick answers

When is the deadline for this opportunity?

According to the official notice, applications are due May 30, 2029. Confirm the deadline and submission time on Grants.gov before applying.

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, Public & Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, Private colleges & universities and 3 more. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity PAR-27-056), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

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