Grant opportunity · PAR-26-121
Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Who can apply (as listed)
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- For-profit organizations (other than small businesses)
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized governments)
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)
- State governments
- Small businesses
- County governments
- Others (see the opportunity text)
The Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) provides support for individual investigators for research within the scientific mission of NIGMS via a single grant to achieve the following:Increase the stability of funding for NIGMS-supported investigators, which could enhance their ability to take on ambitious scientific projects and approach problems more creatively;Increase flexibility for investigators to follow important new research directions within the NIGMS mission as opportunities arise, rather than being bound to specific aims proposed in advance of the studies;More widely distribute funding among the nation's highly talented and promising investigators to increase overall scientific productivity and the chances for important breakthroughs;Reduce the time spent by researchers writing and reviewing grant applications, allowing them to spend more time conducting research;Reduce the administrative burden associated with a PD/PI managing multiple NIGMS research grants; and…
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