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PA-25-212: Innovation Corps (I-Corps) at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Translational Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial NOT Allowed)

Closed Closed January 31, 2025 Opportunity PA-25-212

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2024.

National Institutes of Health offered grants to colleges and universities. Applications closed on January 31, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed October 28, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

About this NIH notice

The title gives no activity code; these are the codes of the projects NIH funded under it.

Projects funded under PA-25-212 were run by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA, 6 projects), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI, 4 projects), National Cancer Institute (NCI, 3 projects) and National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS, 2 projects), and 6 more. Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your project before you apply; the notice lists them.

Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read PA-25-212 in the NIH Guide.

Other notices with this title

National Institutes of Health has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
PAR-22-073November 19, 2021Closed February 2, 2024Closed

Key dates

PostedOctober 28, 2024
DeadlineJanuary 31, 2025
Archived by Grants.govMarch 8, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities.

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed. See funding announcement for eligibility details

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What the grant funds

Through this I-Corps at NIH program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), NIH and CDC provide administrative supplement awards to active SBIR (NIH and CDC) and STTR Phase I (NIH only) grantees/awardees. The I-Corps at NIH mission is to empower entrepreneurs in developing and validating a strategic business model through diverse customer discovery in order to meet unmet clinical needs. I-Corps enables and accelerates the transformation of invention to impact SBIR and STTR Phase I awardees in a no-cost extension are eligible as long as, if selected, their no cost extension covers the entire duration of I-Corps at NIH cohort. The program provides three-member project teams with access to instruction and mentoring to accelerate the translation of technologies currently being developed with NIH and CDC SBIR and STTR funding. It is anticipated that outcomes for the I-Corps teams participating in this program will include significantly refined commercialization plans and well-informed pivots in their overall commercialization strategies. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Scientific/Research staff for more information about the program before applying.

Category: Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health, Income Security and Social Services.

Funded under PA-25-212 so far

NIH funded 22 projects under PA-25-212 in fiscal 2025, at 22 institutions. The median yearly award was $55,000.

From NIH RePORTER, which lists each project once per fiscal year it was funded. Amounts are the yearly award.

Who has won Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research (93.855) awarded $22 billion across 13,282 grant awards, an average of $1.6 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterWashington85$938 million
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina230$781 million
University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia138$745 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland321$668 million
Emory UniversityGeorgia282$650 million

Top states: California ($3.4 billion), Massachusetts ($2.1 billion), Washington ($1.9 billion), New York ($1.8 billion), North Carolina ($1.5 billion).

Who has won Aging Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Aging Research (93.866) awarded $19 billion across 11,026 grant awards, an average of $1.7 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia337$575 million
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York242$574 million
University of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia203$572 million
The Washington UniversityMissouri210$556 million
Regents of the University of MichiganMichigan232$538 million

Top states: California ($3.4 billion), New York ($2.0 billion), Massachusetts ($1.8 billion), Pennsylvania ($1.0 billion), Texas ($912 million).

Who has won Cardiovascular Diseases Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Cardiovascular Diseases Research (93.837) awarded $15 billion across 11,798 grant awards, an average of $1.2 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania313$380 million
Brigham & Womens Hospital IncMassachusetts274$374 million
Regents of the University of MichiganMichigan277$355 million
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York207$335 million
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationPennsylvania295$320 million

Top states: California ($1.8 billion), Massachusetts ($1.5 billion), New York ($1.4 billion), Pennsylvania ($1.1 billion), Ohio ($749 million).

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Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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Questions people ask

Is PA-25-212 still open?

No. It closed on January 31, 2025.

Who can apply for Innovation Corps (I-Corps) at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Translational Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial NOT Allowed)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Innovation Corps (I-Corps) at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Translational Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial NOT Allowed)?

Closed January 31, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

Who has been funded under PA-25-212?

NIH RePORTER lists 22 projects funded under PA-25-212 in fiscal 2025, at 22 institutions. The most were at Olmeda Biosciences LLC, Relate XR, LLC, Materials Nova Limited Liability Company.

Who has won Prevention of Disease, Disability, and Death through Immunization and Control of Respiratory and Related Diseases grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Council of Medical Specia, Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association, Inc., National Health Laboratory Service. The program made 30 awards worth $58.2 million in that time.

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