Summer Research Education Experience Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you run a nonprofit, university, or small business and want to build a summer research education program aligned with NIH priorities, this multi-year grant can fund it directly.
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What this is
This NIH program supports summer research education experiences aligned with specific NIH institute missions, targeting high school students, undergraduate students, or science teachers. The focus is on fostering understanding of biomedical research rather than advancing a technology or business. Applicants must partner with or be housed within an eligible organization (nonprofits, universities, government entities, or small businesses) and tailor their program to a specific NIH institute's research priorities, not general STEM education.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants include nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status), public and private universities, small businesses, government entities, and tribal organizations. Solo founders and pure startups are not typical applicants; the organization itself must be eligible and capable of hosting or delivering an educational program. No geographic restrictions.
Eligible applicant types
- Special district governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Small businesses
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Full description — from the agency
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on research experiences for high school or undergraduate students or science teachers during the summer academic break. The proposed program needs to fit within the mission of the participating IC that the application is being submitted to and should not have a general STEM focus (see below and Table of IC-Specific Information and Points of Contact).
Topics: summer research education · high school research experience · undergraduate research program · biomedical education · nih r25 · teacher professional development · research pipeline
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