• Funding Strategy
  Each year, NINDS establishes a set of funding plans based on the appropriations received from Congress... [more]
  
• Funding Opportunities
  Unsolicited, investigator-initiated applications in areas of research interest are accepted on standard Receipt Deadlines. In addition, NINDS also periodically solicits applications and proposals on specific topics. A list of current solicitations (RFAs, PAs, Notices and RFPs) is found in this section... [more]
  
• Grant Mechanisms (including research grants and cooperative agreements)
  • A description of the mechanisms NINDS uses to support research... [more]
  • Helpful information regarding Grants Policies... [more]
  • Information on the status of a grantee or applicant's grant/application: NIH eRA Commons allows a Principal Investigator to review the current status of all their grant applications and review detailed information associated with the grant... [more]
  • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about NINDS Funding... [more]
  • Tips to Successful Grant Writing... [more]
• Contract Mechanisms
  Research and development contracts are awarded for specific scientific inquiry directed towards particular areas identified as needs by the Government. The Contracts Management Branch provides more information on this topic... [more]
  
• Clinical Research
  Research that involves human subjects is governed by a number of additional policy and oversight requirements. NINDS requires the clinical research it funds to meet high standards of scientific rigor in study design and execution as well as vigilance in the protection of human subjects... [more]
  

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