NIH PAR · NCATS · K12

PAR-25-196: Limited Competition: Mentored Research Career Development Program Award in Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)

Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards

Open for applicationsNext due date: Jan 28, 2027Expires Sep 29, 2027

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) will award Institutional Research Career Development (K12) programs through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA). The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage institutions to propose creative and innovative institutional research career development programs designed to prepare an outstanding heterogeneous pool of promising later stage postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty scholars who have made a commitment to independent clinical and translational science research careers (i.e., tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions)to facilitate their timely career advancementand continued…

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NOFO number
PAR-25-196
Type
PAR
Activity code
K12
Primary institute
NCATS · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Clinical trials
Optional
Posted
Dec 10, 2024
Opens
Jan 13, 2025
Expires
Sep 29, 2027

PAR-25-196 due dates

3 application due dates remain before the NOFO expires. Dates marked * are NIH standard due dates. Check the related notices below for changes NIH made after posting.

Application due dates and review cycles for PAR-25-196
Application Due Date(s)Renewal / Resubmission / Revision (as allowed)AIDS - New/Renewal/Resubmission/Revision, as allowedScientific Merit ReviewAdvisory Council ReviewEarliest Start Date
March 13, 2025March 13, 2025Not ApplicableJune 2025October 2025December 2025
May 28, 2025May 28, 2025Not ApplicableOctober 2025January 2026April 2026
September 29, 2025September 29, 2025Not ApplicableMarch 2026May 2026July 2026
January 28, 2026January 28, 2026Not ApplicableJune 2026October 2026December 2026
May 28, 2026May 28, 2026Not ApplicableOctober 2026January 2027April 2027
September 28, 2026September 28, 2026Not ApplicableMarch 2027May 2027July 2027
January 28, 2027January 28, 2027Not ApplicableJune 2027October 2027December 2027
May 28, 2027May 28, 2027Not ApplicableOctober 2027January 2028April 2028
September 28, 2027September 28, 2027Not ApplicableMarch 2028May 2028July 2028

Projects funded under PAR-25-196

NIH RePORTER lists 9 projects funded under PAR-25-196 in FY2022–FY2026, with $8.9M in award dollars. Counts include each project's later non-competing years, which keep the original NOFO number.

Projects funded

9

Distinct projects, FY2022–FY2026

New awards

9

Type 1 (new project) award records

NIH funding

$8.9M

Award dollars under PAR-25-196, FY2022–FY2026

Funding by fiscal year

Award records, new awards, and funding by fiscal year under PAR-25-196
Fiscal yearAward recordsNew awardsFunding
FY202200$0
FY202300$0
FY202400$0
FY202500$0
FY202699$8.9M

Institutions with the most funding

  1. University of California, San Francisco$1.6M · 1 project
  2. University of Pennsylvania$1.6M · 1 project
  3. University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh$1.0M · 1 project
  4. University of California at Davis$972K · 1 project
  5. University of Kentucky$756K · 1 project
  6. University of California-Irvine$756K · 1 project
  7. Georgetown University$753K · 1 project
  8. Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr$725K · 1 project

Funding institutes

  • NCATS$8.9M · 9

Activity codes funded

  • K129 records

Most recent new awards

What its predecessor PAR-21-336 funded

PAR-25-196 reissues PAR-21-336. Its funding history is the best guide to who wins under this program: 37 projects and $113.4M in FY2022–FY2026.

Projects funded

37

Distinct projects, FY2022–FY2026

New awards

37

Type 1 (new project) award records

NIH funding

$113.4M

Award dollars under PAR-21-336, FY2022–FY2026

Funding by fiscal year

Award records, new awards, and funding by fiscal year under PAR-21-336
Fiscal yearAward recordsNew awardsFunding
FY202200$0
FY20231212$13.3M
FY20242311$24.2M
FY20253512$36.7M
FY2026372$39.2M

Institutions with the most funding

  1. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor$6.5M · 1 project
  2. Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill$6.5M · 1 project
  3. Harvard Medical School$6.5M · 1 project
  4. Tufts University Boston$6.1M · 1 project
  5. University of Alabama at Birmingham$4.8M · 1 project
  6. Stanford University$4.2M · 1 project
  7. Scripps Research Institute, the$3.9M · 1 project
  8. Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah$3.9M · 1 project

Funding institutes

  • NCATS$113.4M · 107

Activity codes funded

  • K12107 records

Most recent new awards

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

2 NIH institutes and offices take applications under PAR-25-196. Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your research before applying.

  • NCATS · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • none

Related notices

  1. Mar 31, 2025 · NOT-OD-24-084

    This funding opportunity was updated to align with agency priorities. Carefully reread the full funding opportunity and make any needed adjustments to your application prior to submission.April 4, 2024 - Overview of Grant Application and Review Changes for Due Dates on or after January 25,…

Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs)

NIH has attached 2 NOSIs to PAR-25-196; none are active now. A NOSI flags a topic an institute wants to fund through this NOFO.

Award terms

Application types allowed
NewRenewalResubmission - Resubmission Applications to PAR-21-336 and this NOFORevision The OER Glossary and the How to Apply - Application Guide provide details on these application types. Only those application types listed here are allowed for this NOFO.
Award budget
Information
Project period
The project period duration is up to 5 years. Other
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 PAR-21-336.
  • Companion NOFOs: PAR-24-272.

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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.

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