The Biomedical Research Environment & Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) (PAR-24-268) Program aims to promote broad participation in biomedical research by supporting Resource-Limited Institutions (RLIs) to conduct research, enhance their research environments, and increase sponsored programs administration capacity. The BRE-SPAD program is designed to support the needs of organizations that are in different stages of biomedical research capacity building.
All applications should propose plans in at least two of the developmental funding areas listed below:
The administrative and funding instrument used for this program will be the cooperative agreement. For more information see Section VI.2 of PAR-24-268. For any questions about BRE-SPAD, please email NIGMSBRE-SPAD@nigms.nih.gov.
The first application due date for the BRE-SPAD program has changed to February 19, 2025.
See Section III of PAR-24-268 for complete eligibility information. This table summarizes BRE-SPAD program-specific criteria for organizations with different levels of involvement in a potential program.
These written instructions [PDF] walk through organizational eligibility and how to determine NIH funding and biomedical Ph.D. conferment levels.
Virtual question and answer office hour sessions. Participation is optional. Advanced registration is not required. Potential applicants may attend more than one session. Participants requiring sign language interpretation and/or other reasonable accommodations should submit a request using the NIGMS contact us form at least 5 days prior to the event.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, ET
Monday, January 6, 2025, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, ET
Friday, February 7, 2025, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm, ET
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Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with their organization to develop an application for support. The contact PD/PI must be from the applicant organization and is expected to have a full-time appointment at the applicant organization unless extremely well-justified.
BRE-SPAD programs may focus on developing biomedical research across the broad range of areas at NIH; however, certain participating NIH Institutes and Centers have expressed funding priorities below.
BRE-SPAD awardees are required to submit the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) annually. Tracking progress of biomedical research activities and environment and sponsored programs administration development is critical to increasing biomedical research capacity.
Below are additional, suggested ways to describe some accomplishments or outcomes that could be included in RPPRs.
* If applicable, note whether any outcomes were achieved from Pilot Research Funding and the name of the pilot investigator.