NINDS Research Education Opportunities (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NINDS R25 awards fund research education activities that complement or enhance biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce training, and do not allow clinical trials.
⚑ Clinical trials not allowed · Foreign components allowed; non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible · NIH R25 research education mechanism; mission-area fit to NINDS is required
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 53 partial | outside portfolio topics; signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds training education, not research (capped); biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds training education (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NINDS R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.
Eligibility
Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: National Institutes of Health <grantsinfo@nih.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · National Institutes of Health conventions SEE AN NIH EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — National Institutes of Health's document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.
Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
12/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is an NIH research education mechanism in neuroscience/biomedical research workforce development, not a research grant centered on IPPRA’s survey, risk-communication, policy, or community-intervention strengths. It has only a broad public health connection and no clear social/behavioral research or policy-analysis component, though U.S. public universities are eligible as applicants or partners.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 12 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is an NIH research education mechanism in neuroscience/biomedical research workforce development, not a research grant centered on IPPRA’s survey, risk-communication, policy, or community-intervention strengths. It has only a broad public health connection and no clear social/behavioral research or policy-analysis component, though U.S. public universities are eligible as applicants or partners. |
| 2026-07-06 | 25 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is an NIH research education opportunity in biomedical/behavioral/clinical research, so it is only loosely aligned with IPPRA’s public-health communication and behavioral-intervention strengths. It does not specifically target the kind of policy, community, or risk-communication research that is central to IPPRA, though IPPRA could potentially contribute to training activities related to health behavior or crisis response. Public universities are eligible, but the topic is predominantly educational and biomedical rather than a direct research fit. |