Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-06-08. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If your health professional or graduate school has received minimal NIH funding, REAP can inject $375K into faculty research while training the next generation of scientists.
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What this is
The Research Enhancement Award Program targets health professional schools and graduate schools that train significant numbers of research scientists but have not been major NIH grant recipients (less than $6 million/year in 4 of last 7 fiscal years). REAP provides up to $375,000 to support small-scale research projects that engage undergraduate and/or graduate students, build faculty research capability, and strengthen the institution's research environment. This is explicitly designed for institutions otherwise unlikely to compete successfully in mainstream NIH programs.
Who can apply
Eligible institutions must be domestic public or private higher education institutions (including stand-alone colleges) that award baccalaureate or advanced degrees in health professions and have received less than $6 million/year in total NIH support during 4 of the last 7 fiscal years. Clinical trial projects are not allowed under this mechanism.
Eligible applicant types
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Private institutions of higher education
Full description — from the agency
The purpose of the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools is to stimulate basic and clinical research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. REAP grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH research programs to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. REAP grants are intended to support small-scale research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions, to expose undergraduate and/or graduate students at health professional schools or graduate schools to meritorious research projects, and to strengthen the research environment of the applicant institution.Eligible institutions must award NIH-relevant baccalaureate or advanced degrees in health professions and have received less than $6 million per year of NIH support (total costs) in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years. In this NOFO, a college is a stand-alone entity and not a component of a university system.
Topics: NIH research grants · health professional schools · graduate research funding · biomedical research · institutional capacity building · student research exposure
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