NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PA 18 648

Opportunity Information: Apply for PA 18 648

The NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), funding opportunity number PA-18-648, is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant program designed to help fund high-quality scientific conferences and meetings. The main goal is to support events that clearly connect to public health priorities and align with the scientific missions of the specific NIH Institutes and Centers participating in the program. In practical terms, this opportunity is meant for organizers who are planning research-focused meetings where the content can advance knowledge, encourage collaboration, share emerging findings, and strengthen a field that NIH considers important. As the title indicates, clinical trials are not allowed under this mechanism, so the supported activities should focus on convening, presentation, discussion, training-oriented scientific exchange, and related meeting functions rather than running a clinical trial.

This is a discretionary grant program under an education and health-related activity category, and it is associated with a broad set of CFDA numbers (including many NIH institutes and disease or research-area portfolios). That wide range signals that the program is not limited to a single disease area; instead, it can potentially support conferences across many NIH-relevant disciplines, as long as the meeting topic fits the mission of an NIH Institute or Center that would consider supporting it.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations and government entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and a variety of nonprofit organizations (both those with 501(c)(3) status and those without it). It also includes for-profit organizations (other than small businesses) and small businesses. Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) and other Native American tribal organizations are eligible, as are public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities. NIH also explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant categories 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). Faith-based and community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal government agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions are also included among the eligible applicant types. Another notable point is that Indian/Native American Tribal Governments that are not federally recognized are listed among “other eligible applicants,” which can matter for certain community-based or regional convenings.

At the same time, the opportunity places clear limits on foreign eligibility. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply. However, “foreign components,” as NIH defines them in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed. In real-world planning, that typically means a U.S. applicant organization can involve certain foreign collaborations or foreign participation in the supported activities if they meet NIH’s definition and rules for foreign components, but the applicant organization itself must be domestic and the project cannot be routed through an ineligible non-U.S. institutional component.

The sponsoring agency is the National Institutes of Health. The source information lists an original closing date of 2020-05-08 and a creation date of 2018-02-09. The provided record does not specify an award ceiling or the expected number of awards, which usually means applicants need to consult the full NIH announcement and any institute-specific guidance to understand typical budget ranges, allowable costs, and how many awards might be made in a given cycle. Overall, the program is best understood as NIH support for well-justified, scientifically strong meetings that serve the public health and research mission, with broad U.S. organizational eligibility, no clinical trials, and limited but permissible foreign involvement under NIH’s foreign component rules.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, environment, food and nutrition, health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 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, 93.172, 93.173, 93.213, 93.233, 93.273, 93.279, 93.286, 93.307, 93.310, 93.350, 93.351, 93.393, 93.394, 93.395, 93.396, 93.399, 93.837, 93.838, 93.839, 93.840, 93.846, 93.847, 93.853, 93.855, 93.856, 93.859, 93.865, 93.866, 93.867, 93.879.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2018-02-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-05-08. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• 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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