This funding opportunity invites applications for investigator-initiated Resource-Related Research Projects (R24) that provide significant benefits to ongoing high priority projects or develop new resources for the scientific community. Funded research must align with NIAID's mission, including studies on microbes, immune function, autoimmunity, allergy, asthma, transplant rejection, and translational research for vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. Clinical trials are not allowed under this mechanism.
Eligible applicants include Native American tribal governments, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, small businesses, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, public housing authorities, government entities, and others as specified. Foreign organizations are not eligible to apply, b