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NIH P30 Grants — Center Core Grant

Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed June 9, 2026Data refreshed September 5, 2026Editorial standards

Shared resource cores supporting NIH-funded investigators

Funding

Varies (typically $1M–$5M/year)

Duration

5 years

Eligibility

Institutions with critical mass of related research

Activity code

P30

What is the NIH P30 grant?

The P30 funds shared resource cores at institutions that have a critical mass of NIH-funded investigators in a research area (cancer centers, ADRCs, DRCs, etc.).

Recent P30 awards from NIH RePORTER

Examples of funded P30 projects across the last two fiscal years. The matching-award count comes from the full result set; funding totals, averages, rankings, and examples use the first 500 records returned by NIH RePORTER. Figures reflect a snapshot last refreshed on September 5, 2026.

Matching awards (last 2 FYs)
849
Full matching record count on RePORTER
Sampled funding
$929.9M
Sum of award amounts in the sample
Average award
$1.9M
Mean award amount in the sample

Example P30 projects from the sample

  • Vermont Center on Behavior and Health

    5P30GM149331-04
    Stephen Higgins · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE, VT · $1,113,044 · awarded Aug 28, 2026 · NIH

    PROJECT SUMMARY Overall Plan The overarching goal of this application for a Phase 3 Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) award is to firmly establish the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health (VCBH) at the University of Vermont (UVM) as a sustainable center of research excellence. This multidisciplinary center investigates relationships between…

  • Core Grant for Vision Research

    5P30EY008098-38
    John Ash · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA · $795,000 · awarded Aug 27, 2026 · NIH

    SUMMARY – OVERALL COMPONENT This P30 renewal proposal requests continued funding to support the operation of six resource modules within the Vision Institute (VI) at Mercy Pavilion of the University of Pittsburgh. The VI provides a home base for the basic and clinical vision research for ~30 vision scientists in four departments at the University of…

  • The Johns Hopkins and Emory University AIDS Research Center – Center for HIV and Mental Health Stigma Elimination Strategies (CHIMES)

    5P30MH136919-03
    Stefan Baral · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD · $703,675 · awarded Aug 26, 2026 · NIH

    The overarching goal of these proposed aims is to form the Center for HIV and Mental Health Stigma Elimination Strategies (CHIMES) focused on improving the measurement of stigma and interventions focused on responding to stigma as a threat to both mental health and suboptimal individual and population-level HIV outcomes in the US and around the world. In…

  • Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

    5P30AG062677-08
    Bradley Boeve · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, MN · $4,509,334 · awarded Aug 26, 2026 · NIH

    PROJECT SUMMARY - OVERALL The Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) has been operating at the Mayo Clinic Rochester (MCR) and Mayo Clinic Florida (MCF) since 1990. The theme of the current cycle of the ADRC is Multiple Etiology Dementias. We recruit and follow participants on the Alzheimer’s disease (AD), frontotemporal lobar degeneration…

  • District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research

    5P30AI117970-12
    Alan Greenberg · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, DC · $1,070,534 · awarded Aug 25, 2026 · NIH

    Modified Project Summary/Abstract Section The District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR) was established in 2010 to galvanize HIV research in Washington, DC in response to one of the most severe urban HIV epidemics in the United States The DC CFAR has a unique citywide multi-institutional model with 260 investigator members at nine…

  • Pittsburgh Older Americans Independence Center

    5P30AG024827-22
    JENNIFER BRACH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA · $1,291,189 · awarded Aug 24, 2026 · NIH

    The overall goals of the Pittsburgh Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center (OAIC), funded since 2004, are to address the critical need to improve mobility, balance, and falls risk. We will continue to achieve these goals both through improved understanding of their causes and through development of preventive and therapeutic interventions. New…

  • Cancer Center Support Grant

    5P30CA082103-27
    Alan Ashworth · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA · $8,129,891 · awarded Aug 21, 2026 · NIH

    UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center: Summary/Abstract The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) seeks to drive scientific discovery and develop tailored interventions to improve cancer outcomes in the catchment area and beyond. This mission, established through a unique strategic planning process, encompasses three…

  • UCSF-Bay Area Center for AIDS Research

    5P30AI027763-35
    Monica Gandhi · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA · $3,097,293 · awarded Aug 21, 2026 · NIH

    Modified Project Summary/Abstract Section (Overall) Over the past four decades, UCSF and its affiliates have worked persistently on the domestic and global HIV/AIDS crisis, including in treatment, prevention, cure efforts, advocacy, co-infections and comorbidities. The now renamed UCSF-Bay Area Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), embedded at UCSF but with…

  • Cancer Center Support Grant

    5P30CA047904-38
    JOHN BYRD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA · $5,995,559 · awarded Aug 20, 2026 · NIH

    The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center (HCC) at University of Pittsburgh is a matrix cancer center, currently led by Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH who has served as Interim Director of HCC since January 2025. With funding from the National Cancer Institute and other peer- and non-peer-reviewed sources, HCC conducts impactful basic, clinical/translational, and…

  • West Virginia University Stroke COBRE

    5P30GM159569-02
    Anne DeVries · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, WV · $1,147,500 · awarded Aug 20, 2026 · NIH

    Abstract. Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in the US and the world, and a significant health burden in West Virginia (WV). Furthermore, stroke survivors often have persistent cognitive, affective, and sensorimotor deficits, which substantially compromise quality of life. Unfortunately, effective approaches for preventing and treating stroke…

  • UW Core Center for Clinical Research of Musculoskeletal Conditions

    5P30AR072572-10
    JEFFREY JARVIK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, WA · $782,546 · awarded Aug 20, 2026 · NIH

    The overall aim of our CCCR is to develop and provide scientifically rigorous, state-of-the-art methods and resources for conducting musculoskeletal clinical research, thereby expanding the community of investigators performing high-quality musculoskeletal clinical research and increasing the amount of available useful data for researchers, clinicians,…

  • The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR)

    5P30AI094189-15
    Richard Chaisson · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD · $2,983,282 · awarded Aug 19, 2026 · NIH

    The mission of the CFAR is to catalyze, support, and sustain the continuation of innovative research to end the HIV epidemic in the United States and globally; our vision is The End of AIDS Begins Here. For the past 9 years the CFAR has reinvigorated a sense of connectedness among investigators in the School of Medicine, Bloomberg School of Public Health,…

Funding institutes in the sample

InstituteAwardsFunding
NIH491$921.2M
AHRQ9$8.8M

Most frequent institutions in the sample

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR — 19 awards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO — 18 awards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — 15 awards
  4. EMORY UNIVERSITY — 14 awards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM — 14 awards
  6. STANFORD UNIVERSITY — 13 awards
  7. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — 13 awards
  8. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — 12 awards

Source: NIH RePORTER. Verify any award in the official record by searching its project number. See our data methodology for how this sample is built and its limitations.

Decision guide

Choose P30 when

P30 supports cores (imaging, biostatistics, genomics, animal models) that serve multiple R01-funded labs at one institution.

Choose another mechanism when

P30 does not directly fund research projects.

Who applies for P30

Institutions building or maintaining a thematic research center.

Compare nearby NIH grant mechanisms

Searchers often land on P30 while deciding between adjacent NIH activity codes. Compare scope, NIH staff involvement, budget scale, and applicant stage before choosing a funding opportunity.

For broad grant lookup, use the NIH grant search to find funded examples by activity code, PI, institution, and award year.

Search tips for P30

  • P30 award lists identify NIH-recognized institutional centers (NCI cancer centers, NIA ADRCs, NIDDK DRCs, etc.).

Open NIH NOFOs for P30

NIH accepts P30 applications only through a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO). These 10 are open or opening soon; each page lists due dates, participating institutes, related notices, and the projects NIH funded under it.

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