NIH Specialized Center Grant (Parent P50)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for the Specialized Center Grant (Parent P50) to support a broadly based, multidisciplinary, often long-term research program with a specific major scientific objective or theme. The proposed Specialized Center must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) based on their scientific missions. • The application must include one administrative core, research projects, and at least one resource core. • The research projects included within the Specialized Center must share a common central scientific theme, focus, and/or an overall objective. • Emphasis on how the component research projects build on one another to achieve goals beyond the scope of each individual project is also expected. • Specialized Center must demonstrate synergy through cohesiveness, shared resources, and collaborative impact.