The NIDCD is the nation’s leading funder of biomedical and behavioral research and research training in hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language. The institute also supports research and research training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses biomedical and behavioral issues associated with deafness and other communication disorders; and supports work on devices that substitute for or improve function for individuals with deafness or other communication disorders. Through our extramural research program, approximately 81 percent of our research budget supports scientists and laboratories at universities, hospitals, and other organizations nationwide and around the world.
Featured NIDCD Funding Opportunities and Notices
- Administrative Supplements: Modernizing Biomedical Research Data
Three initiatives aligned with the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science offer support to NIDCD PIs seeking to modernize the biomedical research data ecosystem. Contact: See individual announcements.- Administrative Supplements to Support the Exploration of Cloud in NIH-Supported Research (NOT-OD-23-070).
Application due date: April 11, 2023. - Administrative Supplements to Enhance Software Tools for Open Science (NOT-OD-23-073).
Application due date: May 9, 2023. - Administrative Supplements to Support Collaborations to Improve the AI/ML Readiness of NIH-Supported Data (NOT-OD-23-082).
Application due date: May 16, 2023.
- Administrative Supplements to Support the Exploration of Cloud in NIH-Supported Research (NOT-OD-23-070).
- NIDCD Research Opportunities for New Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Supports Early Stage and New Investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the health-related sciences. Contact: Kelly King, Au.D., Ph.D. - Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01)
Supports innovative projects in an area of science that represents a change in research direction for an Early Stage Investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist. Contact: Amy Poremba, Ph.D. - Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Supports intervention research that addresses structural racism and discrimination (SRD) in order to improve minority health or reduce health disparities. Contact: Kelly King, Au.D., Ph.D. - The NIH BRAIN Initiative Program
BRAIN Initiative funding opportunity announcements. Contact: Merav Sabri, Ph.D. - Fundamental Science Research on the Neural Circuits Underlying Sensory Processing (NOT-DC-23-001)
Encourages applications in basic and mechanistic research on neural circuits underlying sensory processing in hearing, balance, taste, and smell to advance an understanding of the behavior of neural circuits at cellular and sub-second temporal resolution by integrating cutting-edge technologies and approaches for recording and modulation of cells and circuits. Contact: Merav Sabri, Ph.D. - Extramural NEXUS
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