Academic Career Awards

• These awards are used to attract and develop promising teachers and strengthen the curriculum for teacher training in the field of biomedical education. This award considers scientist training at both the senior and junior level and is further divided into development awards and leadership awards. The development award focuses on junior level scientists and researchers to promote career development and provides their salary, support and mentoring for NIH-related projects. Leadership awards are designed for more senior scientists to develop curriculum with an interdisciplinary approach to strengthen teaching and research in health-related fields. The amount of funding granted varies between applicants depending upon the need of the project.
  
  

Academic Research Enhancement Awards Grants

• AREA grants fund small-scale research projects in the biomedical and behavioral sciences in academic institutions. These grants are awarded to projects that promote student biomedical research and strengthen the research facilities of the institution to encourage student interest in the field. The NIH awards AREA grants to the following schools; Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Podiatry, Nutrition, Dentistry, Osteopathy, Pharmacy, Public Health, Optometry, Nursing, Chiropractic Medicine and Allied Health. Eligible schools will have $6 million or less in research grants during four of the last seven years and may not have also been major recipients of NIH research grants.
  
  

Innovative Neuroscience K-12 Education

• Listed as a Small Business Innovation Research grant, the funds from this award are for programs that develop neuroscience educational tools to benefit children in grades K-12. Programs can be either in or out of schools and can be combined with parent and/or teacher participation. The selected programs introduce students to the field of neuroscience with the hopes to recruit future scientists and increase the diversity in the field. Examples of eligible programs include educational computer games, instructional videos and documentaries and virtual reality tours of the brain.
  
  

Cancer Education Grants

• This grant targets those interested in training for a career in cancer research and supports projects of seasoned scientists in the field of oncology and health care providers looking to gain information on scientific discoveries and disease prevention and control. The programs in particular can look to develop or improve teaching curriculum in cancer education, training in cancer prevention and screening or provide new means of disseminating information to the public. Eligible academic institutions must be located in the United States.