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NIH funding notice RFA-HL-26-003

NHLBI Emerging Investigator Award (EIA) (R35 Clinical Trial Optional)

Open. Closes April 28, 2027.

Posted
April 26, 2024
Close date
April 28, 2027
Activity codes
R35
Institutes taking part
NHLBI

The notices it replaced

3 notices since 2015, oldest first, each with its awards since FY2014.

  1. Posted 2015RFA-HL-16-02519 awards
  2. Posted 2019RFA-HL-20-01216 awards
  3. Posted 2021RFA-HL-23-00510 awards
  4. Posted 2024RFA-HL-26-003This notice, open · 5 awards

Who won it before

Competing awards, new and renewals, since FY2014, under this notice and the notices it replaced.

Past awards
50
50 new
Median first-year cost
$826,406
$39,586,345 in all
Institutions
36
50 contact PIs
Patents
6
from 3 funded projects

Awards by fiscal year

Fiscal years 2014 to 2026.

Most frequent institutions

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR5
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM3
  3. CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR2
  4. EMORY UNIVERSITY2
  5. MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2

and 31 other institutions

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1 CSR-I (O2))19
  2. Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1 CSR-B (O1))13
  3. Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1 CSR-B (O3))6
  4. Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1 CSR-L (O2))4
  5. Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1 CSR-Q (O2))3

and 3 other study sections

50 awards under RFA-HL-26-003 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
FY2026Hemogenic mesoderm heterogeneity, regulation, and function1R35HL184269-01Sturgeon, Christopher MichaelICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI, NYFirst-year cost $1,175,924Study section ZRG1
FY2026Precision Circadian Medicine for Shift Workers in the Digital Era1R35HL184260-01Cheng, PhilipHENRY FORD HEALTH + MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES, MIFirst-year cost $1,099,000Study section ZRG1
FY2026Visualizing Sodium in Lymphatic Disease: a Translational Path1R35HL184172-01Crescenzi, Rachelle LUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, VAFirst-year cost $950,550Study section ZRG1
FY2026Unraveling Endothelial-CardiomyocyteCrosstalk in Cardiomyopathy: An Integrated Multimodal Approach1R35HL183578-01Sayed, NazishSTANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAFirst-year cost $770,000Study section ZRG1
FY2026Elucidating the Origins and Drivers of Clonal Dynamics in Hematopoiesis1R35HL183474-01Hormoz, SahandDANA-FARBER CANCER INST, MAFirst-year cost $445,000Study section ZRG1
FY2025Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Heart Disease1R35HL177241-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Boudreau, Ryan LUNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IAFirst-year cost $1,088,500Study section ZHL1
FY2025Finding and pushing the limits of macrophage efferocytosis in atherosclerosis1R35HL177389-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Zhang, HanruiCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES, NYFirst-year cost $686,640Study section ZHL1
FY2025Establishing lifelong trajectories of pulmonary health1R35HL177131-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Deshmukh, HiteshCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR, OHFirst-year cost $272,409Study section ZHL1
FY2024Promoting T cell reconstitution after hematopoietic cell transplantation1R35HL171556-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Dudakov, JarrodFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER, WAFirst-year cost $1,195,546Study section ZHL1
FY2024Cellular and Molecular Control of Normal and Disordered Erythropoiesis1R35HL171168-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Blanc, LionelFEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, NYFirst-year cost $870,543Study section ZHL1
FY2024RNA-mediated endotheliopathy in diabetic vasculopathy1R35HL171550-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Chen, Zhen BoumanBECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE, CAFirst-year cost $543,268Study section ZHL1
FY2024Sex-specific factors, inflammation and vascular health across the lifespan in women living with HIV1R35HL172680-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Hays, Allison GJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MDFirst-year cost $283,500Study section ZHL1
FY2023The epigenetic regulation of inflammation in tissue repair and vascular disease1R35HL167143-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Gallagher, Katherine AnnUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MIFirst-year cost $1,101,440Study section ZHL1
FY2023Epigenetic regulation in cardiac development1R35HL166557-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Huang, YunTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR, TXFirst-year cost $942,659Study section ZHL1
FY2023Deciphering how 3D genome organization orchestrates cardiac cellular identity1R35HL166663-01 · under RFA-HL-23-005Jain, RajanUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PAFirst-year cost $884,375Study section ZHL1
FY2022Basic and Translational Studies in Redox Regulation of Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease1R35HL161177-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Straub, Adam CarlUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PAFirst-year cost $940,725Study section ZHL1
FY2022Genomic and Functional Studies of Dysplasia-Associated Arterial Diseases1R35HL161016-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Ganesh, Santhi KUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MIFirst-year cost $921,131Study section ZHL1
FY2022Mechanisms of Alveolar Homeostasis, Injury, Regeneration, and Fibrosis1R35HL160770-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Zemans, Rachel LynneUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MIFirst-year cost $911,296Study section ZHL1
FY2022Precision nanomedicine targeting novel endothelial mechano-sensing mechanisms1R35HL161244-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Fang, YunUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, ILFirst-year cost $805,229Study section ZHL1
FY2022Specification and Function of Tissue Resident and Recruited Macrophages in Cardiac Remodeling and Heart Failure1R35HL161185-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Lavine, Kory J.WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MOFirst-year cost $787,500Study section ZHL1
FY2021Altering Cardiac Cell Fate for Heart Repair1R35HL155656-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Qian, LiUNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL, NCFirst-year cost $928,062Study section ZHL1
FY2021Impact of Infection and Inflammation on Primitive Hematopoiesis1R35HL155672-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012King, Katherine YudehBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, TXFirst-year cost $861,734Study section ZHL1
FY2021Cardiorenal Genomics for Risk Prediction in African Descent Populations1R35HL155466-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Irvin, Marguerite RUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, ALFirst-year cost $859,443Study section ZHL1
FY2021Managing Cardiac Toxicities of Cancer Therapy1R35HL155651-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Salloum, Fadi NVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, VAFirst-year cost $776,250Study section ZHL1
FY2021Harnessing Glycoproteomics and Glycomics to Understand Cardiac Biology and Disease1R35HL155460-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Gundry, Rebekah L.UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER, NEFirst-year cost $765,000Study section ZHL1
FY2020Functional role and therapeutic targeting of exosomes and extracellular RNA biomarkers in heart failure1R35HL150807-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Das, SaumyaMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MAFirst-year cost $960,670Study section ZHL1
FY2020Investigating the heterogeneity and coordination of hematopoietic stem cells1R35HL150826-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Lu, RongUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CAFirst-year cost $950,481Study section ZHL1
FY2020Genetic and therapeutic studies of hemostatic and thrombotic disorders using zebrafish1R35HL150784-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Shavit, Jordan AUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MIFirst-year cost $780,000Study section ZHL1
FY2020Cellular and molecular programming of lung resident T cell memory1R35HL150803-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Kohlmeier, Jacob EEMORY UNIVERSITY, GAFirst-year cost $775,038Study section ZHL1
FY2020Interrogating stress-relieving neural circuits to alleviate cardiovascular disease1R35HL150750-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Krause, Eric GeraldUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, FLFirst-year cost $733,362Study section ZHL1
FY2020Applying Innovative Lung Mapping Strategies to Understand Alveolar Capillary Barrier Permeability in ARDS1R35HL150783-01 · under RFA-HL-20-012Bastarache, Julie AnneVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, TNFirst-year cost $431,819Study section ZHL1
FY2019Inducible epithelial resistance: a program investigating mechanisms to protect against acute and chronic complications of pneumonia1R35HL144805-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Evans, Scott E.UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TXFirst-year cost $893,554Study section ZHL1
FY2019Clonal expansion, resistance to efferocytosis and innate immunity in atherosclerosis1R35HL144475-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Leeper, Nicholas JamesSTANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAFirst-year cost $853,060Study section ZHL1
FY2019Protease-Mediated Vascular Instability in Development and Disease1R35HL144605-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Griffin, Courtney TOKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, OKFirst-year cost $844,478Study section ZHL1
FY2019Diagnosis, Prevention, And Treatment Of Cardiovascular Diseases With Genome Editing1R35HL145203-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Musunuru, KiranUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PAFirst-year cost $808,333Study section ZHL1
FY2019Targeted Molecular Probes for Atherosclerosis Imaging and Therapy1R35HL145212-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Liu, YongjianWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MOFirst-year cost $742,659Study section ZHL1
FY2019Mechanisms of Platelet Activity in Vascular Disease1R35HL144993-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Berger, Jeffrey SNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NYFirst-year cost $597,921Study section ZHL1
FY2019Engineering biophysical microtechnologies for hematologic applications in health and disease1R35HL145000-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Lam, Wilbur AEMORY UNIVERSITY, GAFirst-year cost $401,322Study section ZHL1
FY2018Precision Medicine in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome1R35HL140026-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Calfee, CarolynUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CAFirst-year cost $986,596Study section ZHL1
FY2018Systematic Investigation of Protein Ubiquitination in ARDS1R35HL139860-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Chen, BeibeiUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PAFirst-year cost $858,906Study section ZHL1
FY2018Targeting Pyruvate Kinase M2: A novel strategy to combat thrombo-inflammation1R35HL139926-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Chauhan, Anil KumarUNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IAFirst-year cost $758,840Study section ZHL1
FY2018Lung Macrophage Programming in Acute Lung Injury1R35HL140039-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Janssen, WilliamNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH, COFirst-year cost $553,487Study section ZHL1
FY2017Translational Program in CFTR-Related Airway Diseases1R35HL135816-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Rowe, Steven MarkUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, ALFirst-year cost $930,091Study section ZHL1
FY2017Using Genetics to Inform Mechanism of Cardiovascular Disease1R35HL135824-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Willer, Cristen JUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MIFirst-year cost $902,064Study section ZHL1
FY2017Novel insights into the molecular and cellular mechanism regulating lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis1R35HL135820-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Fernandez Hernando, CarlosYALE UNIVERSITY, CTFirst-year cost $850,059Study section ZHL1
FY2017Decoding innate immune signaling in normal and myelodysplastic hematopoiesis1R35HL135787-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Starczynowski, DanielCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR, OHFirst-year cost $788,750Study section ZHL1
FY2017Mechanobiology of Cardiopulmonary Fibrosis1R35HL135790-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Merryman, William DVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, TNFirst-year cost $764,131Study section ZHL1
FY2017Program on cellular metabolism and lung fibrosis1R35HL135830-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Liu, GangUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, ALFirst-year cost $742,500Study section ZHL1
FY2017Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration in Zebrafish1R35HL135831-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Burns, Caroline EMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MAFirst-year cost $427,500Study section ZHL1
FY2017Renal ion channels in the control of blood pressure1R35HL135749-01 · under RFA-HL-16-025Staruschenko, AlexanderMEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, WIFirst-year cost $385,000Study section ZHL1
Newest fiscal year first, then first-year cost.

Patents from its funded projects

6 patents name 3 of the 50 funded projects. The newest 5, by patent number.

  1. US 12,758,564 (opens the patent at USPTO, a PDF, in a new tab)METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR INHIBITING CB1 ACTIVITYGranted October 13, 2026 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONR35HL139860 · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA
  2. US 12,606,528 (opens the patent at USPTO, a PDF, in a new tab)METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR INHIBITING NF-kB ACTIVITYGranted April 21, 2026 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONR35HL139860 · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA
  3. US 12,428,378 (opens the patent at USPTO, a PDF, in a new tab)METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR INCREASING LEVEL OF PHOSPHORYLATED AMPK PROTEINGranted September 30, 2025 to University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationR35HL139860 · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA
  4. US 12,337,005 (opens the patent at USPTO, a PDF, in a new tab)METHODS OF TREATING THROMBOSISGranted June 24, 2025 to University of Iowa Research FoundationR35HL139926 · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IA
  5. US 12,286,442 (opens the patent at USPTO, a PDF, in a new tab)METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR INCREASING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EB POLYPEPTIDE LEVELSGranted April 29, 2025 to University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationR35HL139860 · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA

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