Parent Announcements (For Unsolicited or Investigator-Initiated Applications)

NIH and other agencies serviced by eRA Commons want your investigator-initiated applications. Electronic grant applications must be submitted in response to a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)**. We have developed Parent announcements for use by applicants who wish to submit what were formerly termed investigator-initiated or ‘unsolicited’ applications. Apply using the electronic application package for your chosen mechanism, listed in the table below. Read More About Parent Announcements. Not all Institutes and Centers participate in all FOAs. Please read announcements carefully to determine participation.

The following Parent Announcements are available (sorted by Activity Code):

Research (R) Announcements

Activity Code(s)	Title	Announcement Number	Issuing Organization	Release Date	Opening Date (SF424 Only)	Expiration Date
R01	Research Project Grant (Parent R01)	PA-13-302	NIH	08/02/2013	08/07/2013	09/08/2016
R03	NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03)	PA-13-304	NIH	08/02/2013	08/07/2013	09/08/2016
R13,U13	NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13)	PA-13-347	NIH	09/11/2013	11/12/2013	09/08/2016
R15,	Academic Research Enhancement Award (Parent R15)	PA-13-313	NIH	09/11/2013	09/25/2013	09/08/2016
R21	NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21)	PA-13-303	NIH	08/02/2013	08/07/2013	09/08/2016
R41/R42,	PHS 2015-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42])	PA-15-270	NIH	06/04/2015	08/05/2015	04/06/2016
R43/R44,	PHS 2015-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, FDA and ACF for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44])	PA-15-269	NIH	06/04/2015	08/05/2015	04/06/2016

Research Training (T) Announcements

Activity Code(s)	Title	Announcement Number	Issuing Organization	Release Date	Opening Date (SF424 Only)	Expiration Date
T32,	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)	PA-14-015	NIH	12/06/2013	12/25/2013	01/08/2017
T35,	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T35)	PA-14-016	NIH	12/06/2013	12/25/2013	01/08/2017

Career Development (K) Announcements

Activity Code(s)	Title	Announcement Number	Issuing Organization	Release Date	Opening Date (SF424 Only)	Expiration Date
K01,	Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01)	PA-14-044	NIH	12/19/2013	01/12/2014	01/08/2017
K02,	Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02)	PA-14-045	NIH	12/19/2013	01/12/2014	01/08/2017
K08,	Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08)	PA-14-046	NIH	12/19/2013	01/12/2014	01/08/2017
K23,	Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23)	PA-14-049	NIH	12/19/2013	01/12/2014	01/08/2017
K24,	Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24)	PA-14-047	NIH	12/19/2013	01/12/2014	01/08/2017
K25,	Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25)	PA-14-048	NIH	12/19/2013	01/12/2014	01/08/2017
K99/R00,	NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)	PA-15-083	NIH	01/08/2015	01/12/2015	01/08/2017

Fellowship (F) Announcements

Activity Code(s)	Title	Announcement Number	Issuing Organization	Release Date	Opening Date (SF424 Only)	Expiration Date
F30,	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (Parent F30)	PA-14-150	NIH	03/07/2014	03/08/2014	01/08/2017
F31,	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)	PA-14-147	NIH	03/07/2014	03/08/2014	01/08/2017
F31,	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31 - Diversity)	PA-14-148	NIH	03/07/2014	03/08/2014	01/08/2017
F32,	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)	PA-14-149	NIH	03/07/2014	03/08/2014	01/08/2017
F33,	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Senior Fellowship (Parent F33)	PA-14-151	NIH	03/07/2014	03/08/2014	01/08/2017

Administrative Supplements Announcements

Activity Code(s)	Title	Announcement Number	Issuing Organization	Release Date	Opening Date (SF424 Only)	Expiration Date
	Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp)	PA-14-077	NIH	01/30/2014	01/30/2014	01/31/2017

Post-award Administrative Action Announcements

Activity Code(s)	Title	Announcement Number	Issuing Organization	Release Date	Opening Date (SF424 Only)	Expiration Date
	Successor-in-Interest (Type 6 Parent)	PA-14-079	NIH	01/30/2014	01/30/2014	01/31/2017
	Change of Grantee Organization (Type 7 Parent)	PA-14-078	NIH	01/29/2014	01/30/2014	01/31/2017

Additional Tips for Identifying Opportunities

Applicants may also want to search RePORTER to find out if projects in their area have been funded by NIH and what NIH Institutes and Centers have shown an interest in their area in the past. This may help narrow their search for a suitable opportunity. RePORTER is part of the Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT), which provides access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities, including information on NIH expenditures and the results of NIH-supported research.
Don’t be afraid to contact staff at NIH Institutes/Centers (PDF - 4.5 MB) to discuss your application.

Helpful Links

For information on grants and grants policy: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

For information on types of grant programs and NIH Activity Codes: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm

More about Parent Announcements

An important procedural change with electronic submission of grant applications is that all applications must be submitted in response to a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)*. NIH and other HHS Agencies have developed omnibus Parent announcements for use by applicants who wish to submit what were formerly termed “unsolicited” applications. Responding to such an omnibus or umbrella Parent FOA ensures that the correct application package is used and enables NIH to receive the application from Grants.gov. This process in no way diminishes the interest of NIH Institutes and Centers in investigator-initiated, unsolicited research grant applications. Parent announcements are NIH-wide, but some NIH institutes may limit their participation, so check the announcement's statement of interest. For institute-specific opportunities in your area of science, search the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.

While Parent announcements mark a big change in the way R01s have traditionally been received at NIH and other HHS agencies, Parent announcements are not new to NIH. NIH has required a Parent announcement for small research grants (R03) and exploratory/developmental grants (R21) for many years. Parent announcements are now also used for conference grants (R13), AREA grants (R15), SBIR grants (R43, R44), STTR grants (R41, R42), Career Development awards (K01, K08, K23, K24, K25 and K99/R00) and Individual Fellowships (F31, F32 and F33), and will be issued for and Institutional Research Training Grants (T32 and T35) in the future. Most NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) participate in these Parent announcements. Parent announcements are not generally available for other highly specialized grant mechanisms (e.g. resource programs, construction grants, or education projects) and thus individual ICs will be issuing specific FOAs.

** Note: FOA is Grants.gov’s terminology for what NIH refers to as Program Announcement (PA), Request for Application (RFA), Program Announcement with special receipt, referral and/or review consideration (PAR) and Program Announcement with a set aside (PAS).

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