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Limited Competition: Biomedical Research Environment & Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) Program

Agency: National Institutes of Health

Assistance Listings
  • 93.859 -- Biomedical Research and Research Training

Forecasted opportunityLast Updated: May 26, 2026

Important dates

  • Forecasted post date: November 27, 2027
  • Forecasted application due date: January 27, 2028
  • Forecasted award date: December 1, 2028
  • Forecasted project start date: December 1, 2028
  • Fiscal Year: 2029

Award details

  • Expected project funding: Not specified
  • Expected awards: Not specified

Award min.

Not specified

Award max.

Not specified

  • Funding opportunity number:PAR-29-004
  • Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
  • Funding instrument type:
    • Cooperative agreement
  • Opportunity Category:Discretionary
  • Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
  • Category of Funding Activity:
    • Health
  • Category Explanation:Not specified

History

  • Forecast posted date: May 26, 2026
  • Archive date: Not specified
  • Version: 1

View version history on Grants.gov

Summary

The Biomedical Research Environment & Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) Program supports resource-limited institutions to develop and strengthen their capacity to conduct rigorous and reproducible biomedical research. 

Eligible organizations are expected to propose plans based on identified needs in one or more of the following areas: biomedical research environment, sponsored programs administration and a post-award pilot research project program. By supporting research capacity building at resource-limited institutions, the BRE-SPAD program will expand and strengthen the pool of faculty and trainees conducting rigorous biomedical research, and the organizational settings where NIH-funded research is performed.

This is a Forecast for a Limited Competition that will invite applications from eligible organizations to apply. Please see the Eligibility Section for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard peer-review processes, the applications will be peer-reviewed, and only meritorious applications will be considered for funding.

Eligibility

Government

  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

Nonprofit

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

Education

  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education

Additional information on eligibility

The following applicants are eligible:Historically Black College or University (HBCU) (see 20 U.S.C. 1061(2)), ORTribal entity defined as:A federally recognized AI/AN Tribe, as defined under 25 U.S.C. 1603(14); orA Tribal college or university, a Tribal health program, or a Tribal organization as defined under 25 U.S.C. 1603 (24), (25), and (26), respectively; orA consortium of two or more of those Tribal entities, ORResource-limited institutions with limited NIH Research Project Grant Funding

Documents

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Agency contact information

Email: NIGMSBRE-SPAD@nigms.nih.gov

NIGMSBRE-SPAD@nigms.nih.gov

NIGMS BRE-SPAD Program Contacts Please contact via email.

Link to additional information

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