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NIH Director's Early Independence Award (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional)
The NIH Director's Early Independence Award supports outstanding early-career investigators who are ready to pursue independent research soon after completing their doctoral degree or post-graduate clinical training, without following the traditional postdoctoral path.
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- Funder
- National Institutes of Health
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- Up to $350,000 per award; $5,700,000 total program funding (estimated) (published on Grants.gov).
- Where
- United States (federal)
- Eligibility
- Open to businesses, self-employed people, nonprofits, colleges, universities, schools or research institutions and state, provincial, local or tribal governments. No cost sharing is required. Forecast: the funder has announced this opportunity but not yet opened it; dates are estimates.
- Sectors
- Health and life sciences, Nonprofits and charities, Research and science, Employment and workforce
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Opens (estimated)
- 15 March 2027
- Source
- Grants.gov XML extract (RFA-RM-28-004)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
- Public organizational contacts on file Unlock full profile / Sign up
From official open data: listed in the official Grants.gov extract on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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