NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PAR 24 074

Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 24 074

The NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), funding opportunity PAR-24-074, is an NIH discretionary grant program designed to strengthen the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce by supporting structured research education activities that align with the mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The purpose is not to fund independent research projects or clinical trials, but to build and improve educational programs that help participants gain research-relevant skills and experiences. In practical terms, this opportunity backs well-planned training and educational efforts that complement existing degree programs and traditional research training mechanisms, with the intention of preparing more people to contribute effectively to the nation’s research needs.

The main activities emphasized under this R25 announcement are courses for skills development and research experiences. These can include educational curricula, short courses, workshops, structured training programs, and mentored research experiences that teach participants how to conduct research, use modern methods, analyze data, apply responsible conduct of research principles, and develop competencies needed for research careers. Whatever form the program takes, it must clearly connect to NIDDK’s scientific mission areas. NIDDK specifically highlights education and skill-building tied to diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases; nutritional disorders and obesity; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases. Applicants are expected to design their educational activities so they directly serve these topic areas, rather than general health education or unrelated research training.

A key restriction is embedded directly in the title: clinical trials are not allowed. That means the proposed program cannot include activities that meet the NIH definition of a clinical trial, such as prospectively assigning human participants to an intervention to evaluate effects on health-related outcomes. Training can still involve human-subjects related education (for example, learning clinical research methods or ethics), but the grant cannot support running a clinical trial as part of the funded activities.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations and public entities. Eligible applicants listed for this opportunity include state, county, city, township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized tribal governments); public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The announcement also calls out additional eligible applicant types such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions.

At the same time, there are explicit limits on foreign involvement. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply, and foreign components (as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement) are not allowed. In short, the applicant organization and the supported program components must be domestic, without foreign subcomponents or foreign components supported under the award.

From a funding details standpoint, the opportunity is administered by the National Institutes of Health under the activity category of Food and Nutrition, Health, associated with CFDA number 93.847. The posted award ceiling is $100,000, indicating an upper bound on the amount NIH expects to provide per award (though actual budgets typically must be justified and aligned to the scope of the education program). The original closing date is January 30, 2026. The source record also notes “ExpectedAwards:” without a number, suggesting the anticipated number of awards is not specified in the excerpted data and may depend on available funds and application quality.

Overall, PAR-24-074 is best understood as a workforce-development and research-education grant: it supports the design and delivery of training courses and hands-on research experiences in NIDDK-relevant areas, with the goal of improving skills, preparedness, and pipeline development for research careers, while explicitly excluding clinical trial conduct from the supported activities.

• The National Institutes of Health in the food and nutrition, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.847.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-12-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-01-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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