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NIH Academic Research Enhancement
Award (AREA) Grants - (R15)
Introduction
AREA grants support small research projects in the biomedical and behavioral sciences conducted by faculty and students in health professional schools, and other academic components that have not been major recipients of NIH research grant funds
- Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) - NIH Guide Program Announcement (Funding Opportunity Announcement)
The three goals of the AREA program are:
- to support meritorious research,
- to strengthen the research environment of the institution, and
- to expose students to research.
Students will benefit from participating in meritorious research and will be encouraged to continue studies in the biomedical sciences. The AREA or R15 grant is a research award and not a training award, so the focus is not on course work but on hands-on meritorious research.
Eligibility
Currently, NIH considers the following to be health professional schools/colleges: School/College of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Podiatry, Nutrition, Dentistry, Osteopathy, Pharmacy, Public Health, Optometry, Nursing, Chiropractic Medicine, and Allied Health. All other NIH funding is considered “Other Academic.”
The list of eligible and ineligible schools/colleges/components is provided below and is updated annually. Eligibility is determined at the time of application.
Area Grant Information
- AREA contacts - Persons to contact regarding AREA funding opportunities and questions about IC research interests.
- AREA Grant Research Objectives (MS Word - 58 KB)
- AREA FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions
- Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research - Principal Investigators holding an active Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) Grant also may apply for a supplement under this program. Grantees must check with the appropriate awarding component before an application for a supplement is submitted.
- Review Guidance for AREA applications - AREA applications are evaluated using the standard NIH review criteria for unsolicited research grants. Reviewers will assess the AREA-specific programmatic features of an application under the Investigator and Environment criteria.
- Submission Date Schedule
- Standard application deadlines: February 25, June 25, and October 25
- AIDS-related research deadlines: January 7, May 7, and September 7
- NIH will require Electronic Submission of the SF424 (R&R) form through Grants.gov for all AREA grants (R15).
- Registration – The NIH electronic submission process requires institutional registration in two separate systems: Grants.gov and eRA Commons. Principal Investigators also must be registered in eRA Commons. These registration processes can take up to four weeks (possibly longer for new organizations) to complete. All registrations must be in place prior to application submission. For additional information on preparing for electronic submission to NIH please visit: http://era.nih.gov.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/ElectronicReceipt/preparing.htm.
AREA Data
Contacts
For specific questions regarding NIH Institute and Center (IC) AREA (R15) funding opportunities and questions about IC research interests.
See: AREA contacts
For general questions about the NIH AREA (R15) program:
Mary Ann Guadagno, Ph.D.
Office of Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health
6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge 1 Building, Room 3516
Bethesda, MD 20892
E-mail: R151@mail.nih.gov
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