NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

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NIH grant program United States federal research funding program biomedical research grant

The NIH Director’s Pioneer Award is a prestigious U.S. biomedical research grant that provides substantial, flexible funding to exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative, high-risk research.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award canonical	2
National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award	1
Pioneer Award	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NIH grant program ⓘ United States federal research funding program ⓘ biomedical research grant ⓘ
administeredBy	National Institutes of Health ⓘ
applicationProcess	includes NIH council review ⓘ includes external peer review ⓘ requires submission of a research strategy essay ⓘ
approximateAnnualBudgetPerAward	up to several hundred thousand US dollars in direct costs ⓘ
approximateTotalBudgetPerAward	several million US dollars over the project period ⓘ
awardingBody	NIH Office of the Director ⓘ
awardType	individual investigator award ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	U.S.-based institutions ⓘ doctoral degree or equivalent research degree ⓘ scientists at any career stage ⓘ
field	behavioral research ⓘ biomedical research ⓘ social science aspects of health ⓘ
foundedBy	Elias A. Zerhouni ⓘ
frequency	annual competition ⓘ
fundedBy	NIH Office of the Director ⓘ
fundingCharacteristics	flexible funding ⓘ substantial funding ⓘ
fundingType	direct costs plus applicable facilities and administrative costs ⓘ
hasGoal	to accelerate transformative discoveries in health and disease ⓘ to enable highly innovative research ⓘ to support exceptionally creative scientists ⓘ to support high‑risk, high‑reward projects ⓘ
impact	encourages unconventional research approaches ⓘ supports transformative, paradigm‑shifting research ⓘ
inception	2004 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
partOf	NIH Common Fund ⓘ
relatedTo	NIH Director’s New Innovator Award ⓘ NIH Early Independence Award ⓘ NIH Transformative Research Award ⓘ
scope	basic research ⓘ clinical research ⓘ population-based research ⓘ translational research ⓘ
selectionCriterion	exceptional creativity ⓘ pioneering approach to major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research ⓘ potential for high impact ⓘ willingness to pursue high‑risk research ⓘ
shortName	NIH Director’s Pioneer Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pioneer Award
sponsor	NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research program ⓘ
typicalProjectPeriod	5 years ⓘ
website	https://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chad Mirkin → awardReceived → NIH Director’s Pioneer Award ⓘ

Chad A. Mirkin → awardReceived → NIH Director’s Pioneer Award ⓘ

NIH Director’s Pioneer Award → shortName → NIH Director’s Pioneer Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pioneer Award

Eve Marder → awardReceived → NIH Director’s Pioneer Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award