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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.

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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 …

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Last verified: 27 Aug 2026Source: grants.nih.gov