Description
The NIAID New Innovator Award is a grant opportunity that supports postdoctoral and other candidates in non-independent positions or newly independent Early Stage Investigators of exceptional creativity. The award aims to propose novel, original, and insightful research concepts with the potential to produce a major impact, test scientific paradigms, or advance key concepts on broad, important problems in biomedical research of priority to NIAID.
• The award encourages applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and in any topic relevant to the mission of NIAID.
• Applications proposing unexpected convergence of disciplines, new scientific directions, or the use of novel methodologies are encouraged.
• The award is open to various applicant types, including private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations, non-profits, and government entities.
• The award has a closing date of October 10, 2025.