NIH Common Fund Opportunities for High Risk/High Reward Research

Looking for funding for your bold research ideas? Do your ideas have the potential for very broad impact but involve unusual risk?

Apply for one of the high risk/high reward funding opportunities supported under the NIH Common Fund. The NIH Director’s Pioneer, New Innovator, and Transformative R01 programs support exceptionally innovative and unconventional approaches to major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research.

• The NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program – http://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer/
• The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program – http://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator/
• The NIH Director’s Transformative Research Projects Award Program – http://commonfund.nih.gov/T-R01/