The NIH has designated $200 million of its stimulus money for 200 or more “Challenge Grants” in specific areas where NIH has judged the money will have the most immediate impact.
“Challenge Areas” in which funds will be available:
- Behavior, Behavioral Change, and Prevention
- Bioethics
- Biomarker Discovery and Validation
- Clinical Research
- Comparative Effectiveness Research
- Enhancing Clinical Trials
- Enabling Technologies
- Genomics
- Health Disparities
- Information Technology for Processing Health Care Data for Research
- Regenerative Medicine
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education
- Smart Biomaterials – Theranostics
- Stem Cells
- Translational Science