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NIH Phase 1 Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement (UG3)

Funds Phase 1 Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement, NIH's UG3 mechanism.

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The National Institutes of Health describes the Phase 1 Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement (UG3) this way: As part of a bi-phasic approach to funding exploratory and/or developmental research, the UG3 provides support for the first phase of the award. This activity code is used in lieu of the UH2 activity code when larger budgets and/or project periods are required to establish feasib…

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

Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Biologic-based Drug Discovery and Development for Disorders of the Nervous System
Open

Funds a biologic for a nervous system disorder from lead optimisation to phase I, with NIH-paid manufacturing and tox work — and the applicant keeps the IP.

— pool·356 days
NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials and Biomarker Studies for Stroke Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention
Open

Funds stroke trials and biomarker studies run inside NIH's national StrokeNet — with its coordinating centres doing recruitment and data.

— pool·84 days
NIDCR Drug, Biologic, Device and/or Procedure Intervention Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement
Open

Funds the planning of a clinical trial in oral, dental or craniofacial health, and then running it, as one phased award.

— pool·497 days
NIAMS Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3)
Open

Funds the implementation of a clinical trial in arthritis, musculoskeletal or skin disease as a phased cooperative agreement with the institute.

— pool·189 days
NIDCR Behavioral and Social Intervention Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement
Open

Funds up to two years planning a behavioural or social intervention trial in oral health, then up to five running it if the milestones are met.

— pool·497 days
Seamless Early-Stage Clinical Drug Development (Phase 1 to 2a) for Novel therapeutic Agents for the Spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-related Dementias (ADRD)
Open

Funds one bundled run from first-in-human through phase 2a for a dementia drug that works on something other than amyloid or tau.

— pool·84 days
Limited Competition: Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program: Collaborative and Innovative Acceleration Award
Open

Funds collaborative projects that build, test and spread new tools or methods across NIH's national network of clinical and translational research hubs.

$650K pool·418 days
Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Conduct Innovative Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Persons with Disabilities
Open

Funds multisite clinical trials and studies for infants, children, pregnant or lactating women, or people with disabilities, through NICHD's own network.

— pool·445 days
Blueprint MedTech Translator
Open

Funds the translational and first clinical-feasibility steps for a device treating a nervous-system or neuromuscular disorder.

— pool·519 days
Development of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Substance Use Disorders and Overdose
Open

Funds discovering and developing a medication or device to prevent or treat substance use disorders and overdose, in two phases.

— pool·725 days
Clinical Trials and Ancillary Studies Conducted within NIH-Funded Clinical Trial Research Networks
Scheduled

Funds a multi-center clinical trial or ancillary study run inside an already-funded NIH Clinical Trial Research Network, in two milestone-driven phases.

— pool
Clinical Coordinating Center for Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials
Open

Funds the Clinical Coordinating Center that runs a multi-site heart, lung or blood trial, paired with a data-center twin.

— pool·798 days
Community-Based Participatory Research to Advance Data and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) for Optimizing Oral Health for All
Open

Funds community-based research testing policies and cross-sector partnerships that address the risk factors driving unequal oral disease.

— pool·812 days
Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials
Scheduled

Funds an investigator-led, multi-site clinical trial in two phases — up to two years to start up, five more to run it.

— pool
BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System
Open

Funds taking a brain recording or stimulation device from prototype through safety testing and an FDA exemption into a first small clinical study.

— pool·32 days
HEAL Initiative: Non-addictive Analgesic Therapeutics Development [Small Molecules and Biologics] to Treat Pain
Open

Funds optimizing an existing non-addictive pain drug or biologic candidate through IND filing and into a first human trial.

$11M pool·908 days
PRIMED-AI: Data-to-Model Academic-Industrial Partnerships (D2M-AIP) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data
Open

Funds a company and an academic team to build and test an imaging-centred multimodal AI decision tool, developed as software that is a medical device.

— pool·53 days
Model-to-Clinic (M2C) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI)
Open

Funds the move of an imaging-centred multimodal AI tool from a trained and tested prototype towards real clinical use, as regulated device software.

— pool·53 days
Last verified: 27 Aug 2026Source: grants.nih.gov