Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA DE 18 011
The NIDCR Award for Sustaining Outstanding Achievement in Research (SOAR) (R35) is a discretionary NIH grant opportunity from the Department of Health and Human Services, specifically the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). It is designed to provide longer-term, stable support to mid-career investigators who already hold NIDCR funding and who have built an exceptional track record across three areas: high research productivity, strong mentorship, and meaningful professional service to the broader research community. The central idea is to back investigators who have clearly demonstrated sustained impact and who are positioned to take on bigger, higher-payoff scientific questions within the NIDCR mission area, without being constrained by short funding cycles.
This funding mechanism is meant to propel a successful mid-career researcher into an even more ambitious phase of work. Rather than supporting a narrow, short-term project, the SOAR award is structured to enable longer-term projects with extraordinary potential. The expectation is that the recipient will use the extended runway to pursue more complex or innovative research directions that may require time to mature, integrate multiple lines of inquiry, or build substantial momentum before producing major outcomes. A key feature is the unusually long project period: support can extend for up to eight years, which is intended to reduce administrative churn and allow deeper focus on science, team development, and sustained mentorship.
The opportunity is categorized under health-related research and uses the NIH grant funding instrument type (R35). Clinical trials are not allowed under this particular announcement, meaning the supported work must remain outside the scope of clinical trial activities as defined by NIH. Applicants should therefore frame proposed aims and methods to align with non-clinical-trial research while still fitting squarely within dental, oral, and craniofacial research priorities supported by NIDCR.
Eligibility is broad and includes a wide range of applicant organizations, such as public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), for-profit organizations (including small businesses and other than small businesses), and multiple levels of government entities (state, county, city or township, special district), as well as eligible Native American tribal governments and tribal organizations, and public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities. While organizational eligibility is wide, the program purpose makes it clear that the award targets specific investigators: mid-career, already NIDCR-funded, and distinguished by sustained excellence and contributions to the research enterprise.
From an administrative standpoint, the funding opportunity is identified as RFA-DE-18-011. The original posting dates back to November 1, 2017, with an original closing date of February 9, 2018. The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $650,000, and the expected number of awards is 2, indicating a highly selective competition aimed at supporting a small number of top-tier investigators with substantial, longer-duration resources.Apply for RFA DE 18 011
- The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIDCR Award for Sustaining Outstanding Achievement in Research (SOAR) (R35)- Clinical Trial Not Allowed" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.121.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 01, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 09, 2018. (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 $650,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- 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 (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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