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Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Therapeutic Agent Characterization and Preclinical Efficacy Studies

Agency: National Institutes of Health

Assistance Listings: 93.853 -- Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders

Last Updated: February 25, 2026

Description

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Aging, the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long Term (HEAL) initiative, and other participating ICs seek to support applications to conduct pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and efficacy studies to demonstrate that the proposed therapeutic agent(s) have sufficient biological activity to warrant further development as therapeutics for disorders or diseases supported by participating ICs or for non-opioid analgesic therapeutics with little or no addiction liability as a part of the NIH HEAL initiative. Therapeutic agents include small molecules or biologics. Efficacy testing can be conducted in validated in vivo models and/or validated New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) as appropriate.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Education

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

Nonprofit

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

Business

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

Government

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

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

Other Eligible ApplicantsIndian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized);Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government;U.S. Territory or Possession;Faith-based or Community-based Organizations;Regional Organizations;Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions).

Grantor contact information

Description

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Email

NINDS_IGNITE@nih.gov

NINDS_IGNITE@nih.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

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Forecasted

Estimated Post Date:

July 30, 2026

Estimated Application Due Date:

September 30, 2026

Estimated Due Date Description:

Not available

Estimated Award Date:

July 1, 2027

Estimated Project Start Date:

July 1, 2027

Fiscal Year:

2027

Application process

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Award

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Program Funding

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Expected awards

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Award Minimum

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Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

PAR-26-057

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

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Forecast posted date:

February 25, 2026

Archive date:

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