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NIH funding notice RFA-RM-21-025

NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program: FIRST Cohort (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)

Closed on September 24, 2021.

Posted
July 12, 2021
Close date
September 24, 2021
Activity codes
Not stated on the notice page
Institutes taking part
Not stated on the notice page

Read the notice on Grants.gov · NIH Guide page

The notices it replaced

Its page was not saved, so the notices it replaced are not known.

Who won it before

5 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $2,258,807 in first-year total cost, median $450,673.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel[ZRG1 MOSS-X (70)]3
  2. Special Emphasis Panel[ZRG1 MOSS-R (70)]2

Most frequent institutions

  1. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO1
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO1
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE1
  4. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO1
  5. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA1
Competing awards under RFA-RM-21-025 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2022NURTURE: Northwestern University Recruitment to Transform Under-Representation and achieve Equity1U54CA272163-01PERREAULT, ERIC JONSIMON, MELISSA A.YANCY, CLYDE W.NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO, IL$492,655ZRG1
2022UC San Diego FIRST Program1U54CA272220-01MARTINEZ, MARIA ELENATREJO, JOANNUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, CA$474,000ZRG1
2022UNM FIRST: Promoting Inclusive Excellence in Neuroscience and Data Science1U54CA272167-01SALINAS, IRENESMITH, JANE ELLENUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, NM$450,673ZRG1
2022Faculty Initiative for Improved Recruitment, Retention, and Experience (FIIRRE)1U54CA272171-01JENERETTE, CORETTA M.LIESE, ANGELA DUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA, SC$446,994ZRG1
2022University of Maryland FIRST Program1U54CA272205-01KAPER, JAMES BLACOURSE, WILLIAM RICHARDUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE, MD$394,485ZRG1

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