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HEAL INITIATIVE: INTERACT Data Coordination and Integration Center

Funds the centre that pulls the HEAL pain research consortium's data together, then publishes it for everyone else to use.

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Big consortium science generates data faster than anyone can make sense of it, and pain research is a hard case because the data types are so varied. NIH's HEAL Initiative funds a centre to handle exactly that.

This is a U24 award — NIH's mechanism for funding a resource rather than a single study. The centre does not run its own pain research; it builds and operates the infrastructure that lets …

Establishing a Data Coordination and Integration Center for the NIH HEAL Initiative — managing and integrating complex pain-associated data from the INTERACT Consortium and progressively related musculoskeletal datasets, and establishing a web-accessible information system that disseminates those datasets to the wider research community.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.1 Oct 2026
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.26 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Cooperative agreement
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.—
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.$4M

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: RFA-AR-27-002Source: www.grants.gov