Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA OD 19 012
The NIH funding opportunity called "Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences" (R25; clinical trial not allowed) is a research education grant designed to build methodological and analytic skills across the behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) community. It is led by the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) along with participating NIH institutes and centers, and it aims to speed progress in BSSR by supporting short, focused training courses that teach modern, cross-cutting methods that many researchers need but cannot easily access through existing, widely available training programs.
The core purpose is to fund education activities that strengthen the field's capacity to use innovative methodologies and analytics. The announcement highlights several example domains, including new or improved data collection methods, advanced analytic techniques, and approaches for working with large-scale or "big" data, such as strategies for analyzing and linking large datasets. It also calls out the need for training on study designs that may be important for moving research forward across the translational spectrum but are currently underused, suggesting an emphasis on practical methods that can be applied from early-stage discovery through real-world implementation and impact.
This program prioritizes short courses that clearly address an important and broadly relevant training gap, meaning the course should meet a cross-cutting need shared by researchers across multiple BSSR areas rather than serving a narrow niche. Reviewers are directed to favor proposals that fill a genuine void in the training landscape and are not duplicative of other readily available educational offerings. In addition to the content itself, the FOA strongly emphasizes reach and sustainability. Applicants are expected to plan for how the course will be delivered to more people over time and how it can persist beyond the grant period, for example by developing materials that can be reused, adapted, and shared, creating a model that can be repeated at lower cost, or building partnerships that help the training continue.
A key expectation is that, during the funding period, the course will not remain static. Instead, it should be refined and improved based on experience and feedback, and it should become well documented and well resourced so it can be disseminated when the award ends. In other words, NIH is not only paying to run a course a few times; it is investing in the development of a training product that can be shared with the wider community, with enough structure, instructional content, and supporting resources to make it usable by others.
The funded activity type is an NIH Research Education Program (R25) award, and the primary educational activity supported under this FOA is "Courses for Skills Development." Consistent with the "clinical trial not allowed" designation, the grant is intended for education and training in methods rather than for running clinical trials. The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity is listed as discretionary. The award ceiling is noted as $200,000, indicating the maximum budget level anticipated per award under the solicitation.
Eligibility is broad across U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; other tribal organizations; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (outside of higher education); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The FOA also explicitly highlights additional eligible applicants such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions. At the same time, it clearly restricts foreign involvement: non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components as defined in NIH policy are not allowed.
Administrative details included in the source data identify the opportunity as RFA-OD-19-012, issued by the National Institutes of Health, with a creation date of November 26, 2018, and an original closing date of January 24, 2019. The CFDA program numbers listed (93.113, 93.121, 93.213, 93.242, 93.279, 93.398, 93.865) reflect multiple NIH funding authorities and participating NIH components tied to behavioral, social, and health-related research and training missions. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a targeted NIH investment in short, high-impact methodological training that is broadly useful, fills a recognized education gap, and produces durable, shareable course materials that can continue to benefit the BSSR community after the grant ends.Apply for RFA OD 19 012
- The National Institutes of Health in the education, environment, health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.113, 93.121, 93.213, 93.242, 93.279, 93.398, 93.865.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-11-26.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-01-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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