Expanding the Target Landscape by Drugging the Undruggable (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for exploratory and early-stage projects that focus on undruggable target classes within intractable human disease.

Applicants will identify a human disease relevant undruggable target class and develop a method

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or agent that is selective for one or more targets within that target class.

This NOFO is intended to jumpstart research that demonstrates innovative strategies to modulate targets that cannot be addressed by established therapeutic types, furthering the development of methods and/or agents selective for undruggable target classes.
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Agency: Department of Health and Human Services

Office: National Institutes of Health

Estimated Funding: $4,000,000





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-442.html

Additional Information of Eligibility:
Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U. S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U. S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.

Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-442.html

Contact:


Agency Email Description:
See Section VII. Agency Contacts within the full opportunity announcement for all other inquires.

Agency Email:


Date Posted:
2025-06-17

Application Due Date:


Archive Date:
2028-03-24


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