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Maximizing Investigators\' Research Award
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01-27-2026 | N/A | No Match Required |
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93.859 -- Biomedical Research and Research Training
Description
NIGMS intends to continue its flagship Maximizing Investigators' Research Awards (MIRA) program. MIRA provides support for the research in an investigator's laboratory that falls within themission of NIGMSthrough a single grant award. The goal of MIRA is to increase the efficiency of NIGMS funding by providing investigators with greater funding stability and scientific flexibility, thereby enabling researchers to take on more ambitious and innovative studies, enhancing scientific productivity and the chances for important breakthroughs. The program will also help distribute funding more widely among the nation's highly talented and promising investigators. Over the past decade, MIRA has become the primary approach through which NIGMS supports fundamental, investigator-initiated research.
This NOFO encourages applications from eligible NIGMS-funded investigators and from NIH-defined New Investigators proposing research that is aligned with NIGMS's mission. The NOFO will also allow renewal applications from all current MIRA grantees, including those previously funded as Early-Stage Investigators (ESIs). NIGMS intends to reissue a separate NOFO to support ESIs through the MIRA program in the future.
Eligibility
- IHE
- Local Government
- Non-Profit
- Other
- State Government
- Tribal Government
Key Date(s)
- June 30, 2025: Last Updated Date
- June 30, 2025: Forecasted Date
- November 03, 2025: Estimated Post Date
- January 27, 2026: Estimated Application Due Date
- December 01, 2026: Estimated Project Start Date
- December 01, 2026: Estimated Award Date