National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Launch of the NINDS Research Program Award

NIH is constantly striving to fund great science by great scientists, while finding opportunities to free up investigators from their administrative burden to pursue their passion in science. NINDS is taking a new step towards achieving this goal in funding the first set of awards through a new pilot program, the Research Program Award (RPA). With the approval of our Advisory Council, we are proposing to fund 31 awards to an outstanding group of neuroscientists.

The RPA is designed to allow an investigator with an impressive record of research achievement in neuroscience the freedom to embark on an ambitious, longer-term research program. A single RPA will support all of the NINDS mission-relevant research of an investigator for up to eight years. The PI must commit at least 50% effort to overseeing the research supported by the award. The amount of the award was generally close to, or slightly less, than the total current NINDS funding to the laboratory, but extends for a longer time period. More Message »