Scored NIH Grants

Every year, the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, provides thousands of grant opportunities. Each grant proposal is peer reviewed by "scientists, physicians, and other experienced individuals in biomedical fields from around the world" who evaluate the proposal for potential impact and priority, according to the NIH website. Grant proposals are scored on a nine-point scale that weighs factors such as significance, investigators, innovation, approach and environment.

Pediatric Heart Network Clinical Center

• The NIH offers Pediatric Heart Network Clinical Center grants through the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The goal of the grant is to "improve the health and quality of life for children, adolescents and young adults with congenital and acquired heart disease through multicenter collaborative clinical research," according to the grant guidelines. Grants are scored by a team of peers, who assign a score in each of the following categories: significance to the field of pediatric heart health; qualified investigators; innovative technologies, interventions and methodologies; well-reasoned approach; and appropriateness of the scientific environment. Grant amounts range up to $2.4 million over a five-year period. Institutions of higher education, tribal organizations, government agencies, businesses and nonprofits are eligible to apply.

  Division of Extramural Research Activities

  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

  6701 Rockledge Drive

  Room 7133, MSC 7926

  Bethesda, MD 20892

  301-435-0166

  nhlbi.nih.gov

NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award in Drug Abuse and Addiction

• The NIH's National Institute of Drug Addiction (NIDA) offers grants through the NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award in Drug Abuse and Addiction program. Grants fund projects that "support intensive supervised research training and career development experiences for clinician scientists (scholars) leading to research independence in the area of drug abuse and addiction," according to the grant guidelines. Proposals are scored in the following categories: career development plan, program directors/principal investigators, mentors, candidates/scholars and training record. Grant amounts range up to $500,000 over three to five years. Colleges, universities, nonprofits, government agencies and tribal organizations are eligible to apply.

  Grants Management Branch

  National Institute on Drug Abuse

  National Institutes of Health

  6001 Executive Blvd.

  Room 4218

  Bethesda, MD 20892

  301-933-6196

  nida.nih.gov

Bioengineering Research Grants

• NIH offers grants through the Bioengineering Research Grants program. A committee of scientific peers reviews each application for scientific and technical merit. Top selections receive a impact/priority score, which reflects the proposal's ability to make an impact on the field. The purpose of the grant is to support bioengineering research involving "an integrative, systems approach to develop knowledge and/or methods to prevent, detect, diagnose or treat disease or to understand health and behavior," according to grant guidelines. Projects must be run by a single laboratory or a small number of scientists. State and local governments, colleges, universities, tribal organizations, businesses and nonprofits are eligible to apply. Funding amounts vary by project scope and duration.

  Center for Scientific Review

  National Institutes of Health

  6701 Rockledge Drive

  Bethesda, MD 20892

  301-435-1179

  nih.gov