Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions
Funds small clinical-trial research at undergraduate-focused colleges that get under $6 million a year from NIH.
NIH's Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program funds small research grants at undergraduate-focused colleges and universities that don't already receive much NIH funding. This specific notice, PAR-24-214, is the version that requires the funded project to include a clinical trial — either a mechanistic study or a "minimal risk" trial that doesn't need FDA oversight, isn't trying to prove…
Small-scale, investigator-initiated research projects that include a mechanistic or minimal-risk clinical trial, run at undergraduate-focused colleges and universities, plus the hands-on research experience these awards give undergraduate students.
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