NIH R03 funding opportunities: Small Grant
14 NIH notices for R03 (Small Grant) are open and 1 forecast. A small, short project such as pilot work, a feasibility study, secondary data analysis or a new...
- Open notices14
- Forecast1
- Projects funded under them7,048
Open NIH R03 notices
- Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Open - Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
Open - Pilot Projects to Enhance the Human Virome Program (R03 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Open - Pilot Projects Investigating Understudied Proteins Associated with Rare Diseases (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Open - Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Open - NICHD Small Research Grant Program (R03 Clinical Trial Required)
Open - NIDCR Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Open - NCMRR Early Career Research Award (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Open - NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Open - Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NIDDK K01/K08/K23/K25 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Open - Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Open - Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NHLBI K01/K08/K23/K25 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Open - Science Track Award for Research Transition (START) Program (R03, Clinical Trial Optional)
Open - Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for Mentored Research Career Development Award Recipients (R03) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Open
Forecast R03 notices
Institutes that fund R03 projects under these notices
| Institute or center | Projects |
|---|---|
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | 1,056 |
| National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | 799 |
| National Institute on Aging (NIA) | 697 |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | 550 |
| National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) | 550 |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) | 538 |
| National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | 505 |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) | 321 |
| National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | 296 |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | 282 |
Closed R03 notices
- PAR-25-155: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-24-297: Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAS-25-236: D-START: Data Science Track Award for Research Transition (D/START) (R03-Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-25-154: HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-OD-25-008: Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- RFA-RM-26-017: Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PA-25-126: NICHD Small Research Grant Program (R03 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- PAR-25-176: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for ORIP Special Emphasis Research Career Award (SERCA) K01 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-25-166: NIDCR Small Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PA-25-246: Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- RFA-DK-26-009: New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-HG-25-005: Enhancing Reuse of NHGRI Data Assets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-25-078: NCI Small Grants Program for Cancer Research (NCI Omnibus) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- RFA-HL-25-011: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NHLBI K01/K08/K23/K25 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- RFA-RM-25-006: Pilot Projects to Enhance the Human Virome Program (R03, Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- PAR-25-109: Small Research Grants for Analyses of Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-25-092: Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-25-045: NIDCR Small Research Grants for Oral Health Data Analysis and Statistical Methodology Development (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-OD-24-010: Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PA-23-189: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-24-287: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NIAMS K01, K08, K23, and K25 Recipients (R03) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- RFA-AG-25-031: Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) for Aging and Alzheimers Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-HG-25-004: Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-23-295: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-22-129: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NIDDK K01/K08/K23/K25 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-21-310: Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) (R03- Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-21-309: Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) (R03- Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- PAR-22-160: NIDCR Small Research Grants for Oral Health Data Analysis and Statistical Methodology Development (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAS-24-242: D-START: Data Science Track Award for Research Transition (D/START) (R03-Clinical Trial Optional)
- PA-21-221: NICHD Small Research Grant Program (R03 Clinical Trial Required)
- PA-21-231: NICHD Small Research Grant Program (R03 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- PAS-21-270: AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-22-106: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-HL-24-005: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NHLBI K01/K08/K23/K25 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-23-058: NCI Small Grants Program for Cancer Research for Years 2023, 2024, and 2025 (NCI Omnibus) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-23-127: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for ORIP Special Emphasis Research Career Award (SERCA) K01 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- PAR-23-132: NIDCR Small Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-RM-24-011: Pilot projects to enhance utility and usage of data sets from the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC) (R03 Clinical Trials Not allowed)
- PAR-24-042: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-24-197: HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-22-119: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NIAMS K01, K08, K23, and K25 Recipients (R03) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- RFA-HG-23-048: Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-23-029: NCMRR Early Career Research Award (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-23-075: Small Research Grants for Analyses of Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-24-256: Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-23-179: Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PA-21-199: Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-21-354: Innovative Screening Approaches and Therapies for Screenable Disorders in Newborns (R03 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- RFA-AG-25-021: Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-23-160: Clinical Trial Readiness for Rare Diseases, Disorders, and Syndromes (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-21-324: Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-TR-22-030: Pilot Projects Investigating Understudied Proteins Associated with Rare Diseases (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-OD-22-008: Small Research Grants for Analysis, Curation, and/or Sharing of Down syndrome-related Research Data for the INCLUDE Project (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PA-21-268: Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
- RFA-RM-24-006: Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- PAR-22-261: Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-RM-23-015: Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-NS-24-025: Analysis of data in the COVID-19 Neuro Databank-Biobank (R03 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-AG-24-047: Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-21-121: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-22-100: Clinical Trial Readiness for Rare Diseases, Disorders, and Syndromes (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-DK-21-030: New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-PM-23-002: Small Grants to Enhance the Use of the All of Us Research Programs Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-RM-23-003: Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-AG-23-031: Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- RFA-RM-22-024: Pilot Projects Investigating Understudied G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Ion Channels, and Protein Kinases (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-RM-22-006: Expert-Driven Small Projects to Strengthen Gabriella Miller Kids First Discovery (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-RM-22-007: Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-AG-22-027: Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
- RFA-AA-21-003: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and Consequences of Alcohol Use (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-RM-21-012: Pilot Projects Investigating Understudied G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Ion Channels, and Protein Kinases (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-RM-21-011: Expert-Driven Small Projects to Strengthen Gabriella Miller Kids First Discovery (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Questions people ask
What is an NIH R03?
R03 is NIH's activity code for the Small Grant. A small, short project such as pilot work, a feasibility study, secondary data analysis or a new method, usually for up to two years. Each notice sets its own budget limit, project length and due dates.
How many NIH R03 funding opportunities are open?
14 notices are open on Grants.gov, and 1 more is forecast, as of the latest data.