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Limited Competition: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) for Clinical & Translational Research (CTR) (P30 - CT Optional)

Agency: National Institutes of Health

Assistance Listings: 93.859 -- Biomedical Research and Research Training

Last Updated: August 20, 2026
The Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program develops biomedical research capacity in states that have historically received low levels of NIH funding (IDeA states). The IDeA Clinical & Translational Research (CTR) program supports two programmatic tracks to build clinical and translational (C&T) research capacity to enable research on diseases and health challenges prevalent in IDeA states. IDeA CTR Development (CTR-D) awards focus on C&T research workforce development and infrastructure enhancement at health research organizations with limited clinical research capacity in IDeA states....

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Education

  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Independent school districts

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Government

  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • County governments
  • State governments
  • City or township governments
  • Special district governments
  • Public and Indian housing authorities

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
  • Other Native American tribal organizations
  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Business

  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Small businesses

Additional information

Eligibility Criteria for Lead and Partner OrganizationsEvery organization in the application must be either a Lead or a Partner–no organization can be both.Every organization in the application must be in an IDeA-eligible state.There are strict limits to avoid overlap:Each IDeA-eligible state can only have one active IDeA-CTR-type (IDeA-CTR, CTR-N, or CTR-D) award at a time.An organization can only be involved in one IDeA-CTR-type award at a time.Organizations may not serve as a lead, partner or otherwise participate with an active Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Organizations must meet all eligibility rules at the time of application submission and award.Additional Eligibility Criteria for Lead OrganizationsTo apply as the lead, the organization must:Already have externally-funded clinical and translational (C&T) research.Additional Eligibility Criteria for Partner OrganizationsTo participate as a partner, the organization mustBe in the same state or multi-state region as the lead organization.Note:Active awards include awards in no-cost extension (NCE).An organization that currently leads an active IDeA-CTR-type award may submit a new application if substantial changes to the CTR are proposed. If the new application is funded, the current award will be administratively ended before the new award begins.

Grantor contact information

Description

NIGMS IDeA CTR NIGMS_IDeA-CTR@mail.nih.gov

Email

NIGMS_IDeA-CTR@mail.nih.gov

NIGMS_IDeA-CTR@mail.nih.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
PAR-27-056-Revised-Full-Announcement.html
PAR-27-056-Revised-Full-Announcement.html
Aug 20, 2026 11:39 AM UTC

Link to additional information

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Closing: May 30, 2029

Application process

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Award

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Program Funding

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Award Minimum

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Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

PAR-27-056

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Health

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History

Version:

2

Posted date:

August 19, 2026

Archive date:

July 30, 2029

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