NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)
Funds U.S. undergraduate-focused colleges and universities running small-scale biomedical research through NIH's AREA (R15) grant.
The Academic Research Enhancement Award, known as AREA or the R15 grant, is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant. It sits under NIH's Research Enhancement Awards program, which has two versions: AREA for undergraduate-focused schools and REAP for health professional and graduate schools. This grant is the AREA version.
NIH's general R15 page does not publish a dollar cap for AREA …
Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.
Funds small clinical-trial research at undergraduate-focused colleges that get under $6 million a year from NIH.
Funds a small research project at a college that teaches undergraduates and receives little NIH money, with students doing the research.
Funds a small research project at a college that teaches undergraduates and receives little NIH money, with students doing the research.