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PA-26-001: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Current recipients of specific types of NIH research grants may apply for administrative supplements, using this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), to provide additional funding to a currently funded grant to meet increased costs that are within the scope of the peer-reviewed and approved project, but that were unforeseen when the new or competing renewal application was awarded. Applications for administrative supplements are considered prior approval requests (as described in Section 8.1.2.11 of the NIH Grants Policy Statement) and will be routed directly to the Grants Management Officer of the parent award. There is no guarantee that funds are available from the awarding IC or for any…
- NOFO number
- PA-26-001
- Type
- PA
- Activity code
- Admin Supp
- Primary institute
- NIH
- Clinical trials
- Optional
- Posted
- Nov 26, 2025
- Opens
- Dec 1, 2025
- Expires
- Dec 1, 2028
PA-26-001 due dates
No application due dates remain in the listed cycles. Dates marked * are NIH standard due dates. Check the related notices below for changes NIH made after posting.
| Application Due Date(s) |
|---|
| Not Applicable |
| Not Applicable |
| Not Applicable |
Projects funded under PA-26-001
NIH RePORTER lists 598 projects funded under PA-26-001 in FY2022–FY2026, with $382.1M in award dollars. Counts include each project's later non-competing years, which keep the original NOFO number.
Projects funded
598
Distinct projects, FY2022–FY2026
New awards
0
Type 1 (new project) award records
NIH funding
$382.1M
Award dollars under PA-26-001, FY2022–FY2026
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Award records | New awards | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2026 | 689 | 0 | $382.1M |
Institutions with the most funding
- Johns Hopkins University$26.5M · 15 projects
- Massachusetts General Hospital$17.9M · 9 projects
- Stanford University$16.3M · 15 projects
- Research Inst Nationwide Children's Hosp$14.0M · 4 projects
- Broad Institute, Inc.$14.0M · 8 projects
- Yale University$13.6M · 14 projects
- University of Washington$13.1M · 15 projects
- University of California, San Diego$9.9M · 11 projects
What its predecessor PA-20-272 funded
PA-26-001 reissues PA-20-272. Its funding history is the best guide to who wins under this program: 6,634 projects and $3.03B in FY2022–FY2026.
Projects funded
6,634
Distinct projects, FY2022–FY2026
New awards
0
Type 1 (new project) award records
NIH funding
$3.03B
Award dollars under PA-20-272, FY2022–FY2026
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Award records | New awards | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2,416 | 0 | $963.7M |
| FY2023 | 3,072 | 0 | $878.3M |
| FY2024 | 2,070 | 0 | $518.1M |
| FY2025 | 809 | 0 | $644.5M |
| FY2026 | 134 | 0 | $22.7M |
Institutions with the most funding
- University of California Los Angeles$201.5M · 66 projects
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$184.8M · 26 projects
- Duke University$84.3M · 111 projects
- Johns Hopkins University$79.2M · 161 projects
- Emory University$78.4M · 77 projects
- Yale University$63.5M · 103 projects
- University of California, San Diego$60.9M · 154 projects
- Washington University$56.3M · 108 projects
FY2026 closed on September 30, 2026, but NIH keeps posting that year's awards to RePORTER for several weeks. FY2026 figures reflect records available on October 16, 2026 and may rise slightly at the next refresh.
Participating institutes
33 NIH institutes and offices take applications under PA-26-001. Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your research before applying.
- NIH
- NEI · National Eye Institute
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- NHGRI · National Human Genome Research Institute
- NIA · National Institute on Aging
- NIAAA · National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- NIAMS · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- NIBIB · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- NIDCD · National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- NIDCR · National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse
- NIEHS · National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- NINR · National Institute of Nursing Research
- NIMHD · National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- NLM · National Library of Medicine
- FIC · Fogarty International Center
- NCCIH · National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- NCATS · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- ORIP
- NCI · National Cancer Institute
- OD · NIH Office of the Director
- ODP
- OBSSR
- ODS
- ORWH
- ECHO
- RM
Related notices
NIH lists no related notices for PA-26-001 yet.
Award terms
- Application types allowed
- Non-competing Administrative Supplements.
- Award budget
- Application budgets are limited to no more than the amount of the current parent award and must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.The funding mechanism being used to support this program, administrative supplements, can be used to provide for an increase in costs due to unforeseen circumstances. All costs must be within the current scope of the peer reviewed and approved project,…
- Project period
- The project and budget periods must be within the currently approved project period for the existing parent award. Administrative supplements are not permitted during a no-cost extension and will be considered only in rare situations e.g., public health emergency declaration, or natural disaster). NIH grants policies as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement will apply to the applications…
- Funds available and number of awards
- The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
Summarized from the NOFO text; the full NOFO governs eligibility, budget, and review.
Related NOFOs
- Reissue of PA-20-272.
Other open NOFOs for Admin Supp
About this page
GotGrant gathers the NOFO, its participation and change notices, and its NOSIs from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, and counts funded projects from NIH RePORTER by the opportunity number each award was made under. Data refreshed October 16, 2026; the NIH Guide is the authoritative source. See our data methodology.