Grant opportunity
Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Transition Scholar (StARRTS) Program
NIH/NHLBI NOFO supporting residency transition scholars and research access for physician-scientist career development.
- Funder
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Deadline
- Oct 13, 2026
- Award
- See NIH NOFO for award budget and project period
- Applicant
- Early-career researchers
- Discipline
- Health & Biomedical Sciences
- Region
- United States
- Posted
- May 16, 2026
Call summary
Overview
Official NIH Grants Guide funding opportunity announcement for the NHLBI StARRTS Program.
Who can apply
- Applicants and institutions should review the NIH NOFO for eligible organisations, scholar requirements, career-stage rules, and clinical/residency transition conditions.
- Applicants should confirm whether the NOFO allows or requires clinical trial components and all NIH submission requirements.
What it supports
- Research access, mentoring, residency-transition support, and career development activities in NHLBI mission areas.
- Projects must follow the full NIH NOFO, including responsiveness, budget, application components, review criteria, and award administration rules.
Funding and duration
Award budget, project period, and allowable costs are specified in the NIH NOFO.
Application deadline
Oct 13, 2026
How to apply
Use the official NIH Grants Guide NOFO and submit through the NIH application route by 13 October 2026.
Call details
About the opportunity
Official NIH Grants Guide funding opportunity announcement for the NHLBI StARRTS Program.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) lists this opportunity for Early-career researchers, Health & Biomedical Sciences, United States.
This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for Health & Biomedical Sciences grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in United States contexts.
Eligibility
Applicants and institutions should review the NIH NOFO for eligible organisations, scholar requirements, career-stage rules, and clinical/residency transition conditions.
Applicants should confirm whether the NOFO allows or requires clinical trial components and all NIH submission requirements.
Funding and benefits
Award budget, project period, and allowable costs are specified in the NIH NOFO.
Themes and supported activities
Research access, mentoring, residency-transition support, and career development activities in NHLBI mission areas.
Projects must follow the full NIH NOFO, including responsiveness, budget, application components, review criteria, and award administration rules.
Deadline and timeline
Application deadline: Oct 13, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Use the official NIH Grants Guide NOFO and submit through the NIH application route by 13 October 2026.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.