Explore a Typical NIH Funding Opportunity

March 5, 2025

The first step to NIH funding is closely reading your funding opportunity, which contains important information about eligibility, application submission, and review. Let’s take a guided video tour of the structure of a typical NIH Notice of Funding Opportunity, or NOFO. 

https://youtu.be/iUGBBRnN4KQ

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