NIDCD's Mentored Research Education Pathway for Otolaryngology Residents and Medical Students (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-06-08. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you run an academic medical center or teaching hospital, secure up to $500K to build a structured research-training program that converts ENT residents and med students into clinical researchers.
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What this is
NIDCD's R25 program specifically targets educational initiatives that prepare ear, nose, and throat (ENT) residents and medical students for research careers in hearing, balance, voice, taste, and smell disorders. Eligible applicants include academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, nonprofits, and other institutional sponsors that can design and deliver structured mentoring, coursework, and research experience. The program emphasizes recruitment and training rather than independent research; clinical trials are explicitly prohibited. Awards up to $499,999 support multi-year educational infrastructure.
Who can apply
Broad institutional eligibility including academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, small businesses, state/local governments, and tribal organizations. Must sponsor a formal educational program for otolaryngology residents and medical students; individual researchers and startups are not eligible applicants.
Eligible applicant types
- State governments
- City or township governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Special district governments
- County governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Full description — from the agency
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this NIDCD R25 program is to support educational activities that help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences.
Topics: otolaryngology research education · NIDCD R25 grant · medical resident mentorship · hearing and balance research training · clinical research career pathway
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