NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R01) | PAR 16 404

Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 16 404

The NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R01) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number PAR-16-404) is a National Institutes of Health grant program run through the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to fund innovative, interdisciplinary research in biomedical informatics and data science. The central purpose is to support the development of new methods, tools, and approaches in biomedical computing and information science, especially when those innovations can be applied to real problems across health and biomedicine. NLM frames biomedical informatics as the science of representing, organizing, managing, integrating, and presenting information related to human health and biology so that it can be learned from, shared, and used effectively. In practical terms, this means the program is interested in projects that improve how biomedical data and knowledge are structured and handled, how different data sources are combined, and how information is delivered to people or systems that need it for decision-making, discovery, and improved outcomes.

The research scope is intentionally broad and includes a wide range of application areas. Examples of domains specifically highlighted include health care delivery, basic biomedical research, clinical and translational research, precision medicine, public health, biosurveillance, and health information management in disasters, along with similar settings where data and information challenges are central. Because of that breadth, the opportunity can fit projects focused on things like novel data integration strategies, improved knowledge representation, advanced analytics or data science methods tailored to biomedical data, and systems that make complex biomedical information more usable in clinical, research, or population health environments. The unifying theme is that the work should be clearly grounded in informatics and data science innovation, not simply the use of existing tools.

Administratively, this is a discretionary grant opportunity using the R01 funding mechanism, categorized under education and health, with CFDA number 93.879. The source information lists an award ceiling of $250,000. The opportunity was created on August 15, 2016, and the listed original closing date is August 8, 2018, which signals that the provided record reflects a specific posted cycle and prospective applicants should confirm whether the program is reissued or updated under a current notice before planning submission.

Eligibility is expansive and includes many types of U.S. and non-U.S. organizations. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized tribal governments); public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The announcement also explicitly calls out additional eligible applicant groups such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), faith-based or community-based organizations, Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Indian/Native American tribal governments other than federally recognized, non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations), regional organizations, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions. This broad eligibility aligns with the interdisciplinary nature of biomedical informatics and the potential for meaningful contributions from academic, clinical, public sector, community, and industry environments.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.879.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-08-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-08-08. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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