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NIDDK R56 Bridge Award

Helps NIDDK Bridge Award for promising applications that narrowly missed NIDDK funding.

The NIDDK R56 Bridge Award is a limited interim support mechanism under NIDDK for R01 applications that were strong but not funded. It is not an open competition; NIDDK uses it sparingly when a competing R01 narrowly misses the funding line and still looks worth rescuing.

Support runs for one or two years, and the only route is through NIDDK program staff, who initiate contact rather than accepti…

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Last verified: 1 Jun 2026Source: grants.nih.gov