Limited Competition: Biomedical Research Environment & Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) Program

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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 27, 2027. Estimated application due date: Jan 27, 2028.

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

Eligible applicant types include nonprofits, tribal governments & organizations and colleges & universities.

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

Built only from the fields in the Grants.gov listing. Always confirm on the official listing.

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• Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
• 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

Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

The following applicants are eligible:Historically Black College or University (HBCU) (see 20 U.S.C. 1061(2)), ORTribal entity defined as:A federally recognized AI/AN Tribe, as defined under 25 U.S.C. 1603(14); orA Tribal college or university, a Tribal health program, or a Tribal organization as defined under 25 U.S.C. 1603 (24), (25), and (26), respectively; orA consortium of two or more of those Tribal entities, ORResource-limited institutions with limited NIH Research Project Grant Funding

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

The Biomedical Research Environment & Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) Program supports resource-limited institutions to develop and strengthen their capacity to conduct rigorous and reproducible biomedical research. Eligible organizations are expected to propose plans based on identified needs in one or more of the following areas: biomedical research environment, sponsored programs administration and a post-award pilot research project program. By supporting research capacity building at resource-limited institutions, the BRE-SPAD program will expand and strengthen the pool of faculty and trainees conducting rigorous biomedical research, and the organizational settings where NIH-funded research is performed. This is a Forecast for a Limited Competition that will invite applications from eligible organizations to apply. …

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