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NIH Planning Grant (R34)

Funds Planning Grant, NIH's R34 mechanism.

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The National Institutes of Health uses the Planning Grant (R34) to provide support for the initial development of a clinical trial or research project, including the establishment of the research team; the development of tools for data management and oversight of the research; the development of a trial design or experimental research designs and other essential elements of the study or project, s…

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

Limited Competition: CCRP Initiative: Promoting a Basic Understanding of Chemical Threats to Skin
Open

Funds basic research on skin injury from chemicals identified as public health threats, looking for shared pathways a single countermeasure could target.

— pool·498 days
Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Program Implementation for People Who Use Substances
Open

Funds building and pilot-testing an HIV prevention, treatment or services intervention for people who use drugs — behavioural, social, structural or combined.

— pool·201 days
NHLBI Clinical Trial Pilot Studies
Open

Funds pilot work that is both necessary and sufficient to plan a later phase II, III or IV trial — with no further studies needed in between.

— pool·133 days
Pilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Disorders
Open

Funds pilot work before a larger trial of how addiction treatment and related services are delivered, paid for and reached.

— pool·253 days
Cancer Prevention and Control Clinical Trials Planning Grant Program (R34)
Open

Funds the same preparatory work before a cancer prevention trial, as an ordinary grant rather than a cooperative agreement.

— pool·424 days
Alcohol Health Services Research (R34)
Open

Funds the groundwork before an alcohol treatment-gap study — building the team, the protocol and the tools, not running the study itself.

— pool·11 days
Alcohol Treatment, Pharmacotherapy, and Recovery Research (R34)
Open

Funds the groundwork before an alcohol treatment trial — team, protocol and tools. The title requires a trial; the published summary describes a different call.

— pool·11 days
Feasibility Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions for NCCIH High Priority Research Topics
Open

Funds a small feasibility trial of a complementary or integrative therapy, to answer the questions a full-scale trial would otherwise trip over.

— pool·82 days
Innovative Pilot Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials
Open

Funds pilot mental health services research that is deliberately not a precursor to testing an intervention.

$225K pool·498 days
Navigator Emergency Department Diversion Models for Non-Urgent Mental Health Concerns (R34)
Open

Funds pilot work on family navigation models that divert non-urgent mental health visits away from the emergency department.

— pool·498 days
NEI Clinical Research Study Planning Grant Program
Open

Funds the planning work behind a large vision research study — the protocol and procedures manual, not the study itself.

— pool·498 days
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R34)
Open

Funds research building and testing health interventions for Alaska Native and American Indian communities, from cause to scale-up.

— pool·133 days
Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults
Open

Funds a pilot trial of a behavioural sleep intervention for adolescents and young adults who have a mental health disorder or are at risk of one.

$1.5M pool·56 days
Last verified: 27 Aug 2026Source: grants.nih.gov