Funding Opportunities | The Common Fund

Current Funding Opportunities

High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) Program

TitleFunding Announcement NumberCommon Fund ContactDue Date
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)RFA-RM-27-002Patricia Labosky, Ph.D.
NewInnovatorAward@mail.nih.gov
August 17, 2026
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)RFA-RM-27-003Patricia Labosky, Ph.D.
Transformative_Awards@mail.nih.gov
September 3, 2026
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)RFA-RM-27-001Patricia Labosky
PioneerAwards@mail.nih.gov
September 9, 2026
NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional)RFA-RM-27-004Becky Miller, Ph.D.
earlyindependence@mail.nih.gov 
301-594-9979
September 10, 2026

Precision Medicine with AI (PRIMED-AI)

TitleFunding Announcement NumberCommon Fund ContactDue Date
Validation Center for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (U54 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)RFA-RM-27-014Common Fund PRIMED-AI Program
ODPRIMED-AI@od.nih.gov
October 2, 2026
Logistics Center for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)RFA-RM-27-015Common Fund PRIMED-AI Program
ODPRIMED-AI@od.nih.gov
October 2, 2026
Development and Testing of a Multi-use Frameworks Playbook for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)RFA-RM-27-011Common Fund PRIMED-AI Program
ODPRIMED-AI@od.nih.gov
October 9, 2026
PRIMED-AI: Data-to-Model Academic-Industrial Partnerships (D2M-AIP) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)RFA-RM-27-012Common Fund PRIMED-AI Program
ODPRIMED-AI@od.nih.gov
October 19, 2026
Model-to-Clinic (M2C) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trial Optional)RFA-RM-27-013Common Fund PRIMED-AI Program
ODPRIMED-AI@od.nih.gov
October 19, 2026