NIH Specialized Center Grant (Parent P50)

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National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services) has announced this as a forecast: an opportunity it expects to post. It is not open for applications yet. Estimated posting date: Nov 9, 2026 (this estimate has passed and the agency has not posted it yet). Estimated application due date: Jan 11, 2027.

The listing does not state award amounts or the number of awards.

Eligible applicant types include nonprofits, small businesses, for-profit companies, state governments, local governments, tribal governments & organizations, colleges & universities, school districts and public housing authorities, plus others described in the listing.

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

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• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
• Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others (see the eligibility details in the listing)

Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

Other Eligible ApplicantsIndian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized);Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government;U.S. Territory or Possession;Faith-based or Community-based Organizations;Regional Organizations;Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions).

Excerpt from the official forecast on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) encourage pursuit of the NIH’s mission through the submission of investigator-initiated Specialized Center (P50) applications. With this Parent P50 NOFO, the NIH ICOs intend to support a broadly based, multidisciplinary, often long-term research program with a specific major scientific objective or theme. The proposed Specialized Center must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating ICOs based on their scientific missions. Applications submitted in response to this NOFO are required to include one administrative core, research projects, and at least one resource core. Inclusion of a Pilot Projects core is optional. …

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