Many scientific breakthroughs occur when researchers with different expertise come together to work collaboratively, an effort welcomed by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). This Comment provides the perspective of two program officers from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to help researchers with collaborative projects apply for NIH funding.
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Biggest budget: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/
High Impact, Interdisciplinary Science (RC2) and Multiple-Principal Investigator Initiated Research Project (Multi-PI R01): https://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/process/apply/funding-mechanisms/collaborative-grants-comparison
NIH matchmaker: https://reporter.nih.gov/matchmaker
NIH’s mission: https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/mission-goals
NIH’s research priorities: https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/nih-research-planning
Special initiatives: https://grants.nih.gov/funding/index.htm
Payline: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/understand-paylines-percentiles
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Spain, L.M., Hwa, A.J. NIDDK funding for collaborative research. Nat Rev Bioeng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-024-00209-x
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