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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Biomedical Research and Research Training

Federal program · program number 93.859 (the federal Assistance Listing number)

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Project grant
Typical award
$20,000 to $10,000,000.
Deadlines
Application due dates are provided in each notice of funding opportunity.

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What it pays for

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports basic research that increases our understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. NIGMS also supports research in specific clinical areas that affect multiple organ systems: anesthesiology and peri-operative pain; clinical pharmacology common to multiple drugs and treatments; and injury, critical illness, sepsis, and wound healing. NIGMS-funded scientists investigate how living systems work at a range of levels�from molecules and cells to tissues and organs�in research organisms, humans, and populations. Additionally, to ensure the vitality and continued productivity of the research enterprise, NIGMS provides leadership in supporting the training of future scientists and developing research capacity throughout the country.

Who can apply

NIGMS trainees must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents.

How applications are judged

All accepted applications are reviewed for scientific and technical merit by an appropriate initial review group and by a national advisory council. The goal of NIGMS funding policies is to maximize the scientific impact of investments in investigator-initiated biomedical research to drive fundamental scientific discoveries that advance understanding of human health and disease. To address this goal, the Institute strives to support a broad portfolio of research grants of high scientific and technical merit, as determined by peer review, in its mission areas. However, in deciding to fund any application, NIGMS staff also considers other factors, including (consistent with applicable law): the breadth of the Institute�s research portfolio; approaches, and investigators; the total amount of funding available to the investigator; the priority of the research area for the Institute�s mission; Early-stage investigator status; At-risk investigator status?;? and whether the PI would have more than one NIGMS funded R01 (including multi-PI R01s). Because these factors are considered, NIGMS does not have a �payline� or strict cutoff in scores that it will fund. It is important to understand that even applications with outstanding scores might not be funded if the investigator already has substantial other support. Because NIGMS prioritizes funding for meritorious investigators who otherwise would not have support over providing additional grants to already well-funded...

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

31 awards to Tennessee groups since 1977 · 0 in Johnson County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville$30.6M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$23M2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$17.7M1977
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$17.3M2011
Meharry Medical CollegeNashville, Davidson County$16.4M1999
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby County$8.9M1985
State of TennesseeNashville$8.7M spent that year2025
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby County$6.8M2017
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.Memphis, Shelby County$6.6M spent that year2025
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby County$6.4M2006
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$6.4M2019
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$6.4M1978

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse, USAspending.gov.

Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 84 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Johnson County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyEast Tennessee State University$998K2026
Meharry Medical CollegeNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University Medical Center$507K2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountySeattle Children's Hospital$304K2025
Fisk UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyFisk - Vanderbilt Biomedical Bridge (1)$272K spent that year2023
Belmont UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyPresident and Fellows of Harvard College$270K2026
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyEast Tennessee State University$262K spent that year2025
Fisk UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Illinois$257K2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$244K2026
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.Memphis, Shelby CountyIcahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai$243K spent that year2025
Fisk UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Illinois$210K2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyRector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$207K2024
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.Memphis, Shelby CountyWeill Medical College of Cornell University$204K spent that year2025

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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