What is the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award?
The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award addresses two important goals: stimulating highly innovative research that has the potential for significant impact, and supporting promising new investigators. As part of NIH’s commitment to increasing opportunities for new scientists, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award supports a small group of exceptionally creative new investigators who propose bold new approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on a broad area of biomedical or behavioral research. This award complements ongoing efforts by NIH and its institutes and centers to fund new investigators through R01 grants and other mechanisms, which continue to be the major sources of support for new investigators.
The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award addresses two important goals: stimulating highly innovative research that has the potential for significant impact, and supporting promising early stage investigators. As part of NIH’s commitment to increasing opportunities for new scientists, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award supports a small group of exceptionally creative early stage investigators who propose bold new approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on a broad area of biomedical or behavioral research. This award complements ongoing efforts by NIH and its institutes and centers to fund new and early stage investigators through R01 grants and other mechanisms, which continue to be the major sources of support for new and early stage investigators.
