Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA ES 21 007
The Virtual Consortium for Translational/Transdisciplinary Environmental Research (ViCTER) funding opportunity (RFA-ES-21-007) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant that uses the R01 mechanism (clinical trial optional) to jump-start early-stage, team-based research in environmental health. The main goal is to bring together investigators who do not typically work in the same lanes, specifically basic scientists (including technology- and mechanism-focused researchers), clinical or patient-oriented researchers, and population-based researchers. Projects are expected to focus on understanding and testing potential linkages between human health outcomes and one or more environmental stressors, with an emphasis on research that benefits from being intentionally cross-cutting rather than staying within a single discipline.
A defining feature of ViCTER is its push for transdisciplinary and translational work that is considered high-risk and high-reward, meaning the program is designed to support bold ideas and innovative approaches that can be harder to justify or assemble under a standard R01 application. The intent is not just to fund another incremental study, but to catalyze new collaborative teams and enable them to build shared frameworks, methods, and data strategies that bridge the gap between mechanistic science, clinical relevance, and population impact. The program also explicitly encourages multi-institutional collaboration through a virtual consortium model, which signals that the NIH expects applicants to coordinate across organizations using remote and distributed ways of working rather than relying on a single site.
Eligibility is broad and spans many types of U.S.-based organizations and governmental units. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The announcement also highlights additional eligible applicant categories that NIH wants to encourage, such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, Indian/Native American tribal governments other than federally recognized entities, and U.S. territories or possessions.
There are important restrictions related to foreign participation. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply as the applicant organization, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible to apply. However, “foreign components” are allowable under the NIH Grants Policy Statement definition, which generally means a U.S. applicant may include certain defined foreign activities or collaborations if they meet NIH policy requirements and are appropriately justified and structured, even though a foreign institution cannot serve as the primary applicant.
From the funding details provided, the opportunity is categorized under the activity areas of education, environment, and health, and is associated with CFDA numbers 93.113 and 93.143. The listed award ceiling is $475,000 (as presented in the source summary), and the original closing date was February 1, 2024, with the funding opportunity created on October 6, 2021. Overall, ViCTER is best understood as an R01 pathway specifically tailored to help new or emerging cross-disciplinary teams form quickly, collaborate effectively across institutions in a virtual consortium format, and pursue environmental health questions that require integrated basic, clinical, and population research perspectives.Apply for RFA ES 21 007
- The National Institutes of Health in the education, environment, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Virtual Consortium for Translational/Transdisciplinary Environmental Research (ViCTER) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.113, 93.143.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-10-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-02-01. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $475,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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