NIA Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI): Entrepreneurship Enhancement Award (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA AG 22 003

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The NIA Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI): Entrepreneurship Enhancement Award is an NIH-funded training grant opportunity (R25; clinical trial not allowed) run by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Its core purpose is to support the creation or expansion of structured entrepreneurship training programs that help researchers build practical, market-aware skills alongside their scientific expertise. The emphasis is on areas that align with NIA's mission, especially aging research and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias. Rather than funding a traditional research project or a clinical study, this program is aimed at workforce development: it is meant to immerse trainees in entrepreneurial thinking and translational pathways so they can pursue a broader range of careers, including roles outside the standard academic research track.

The target participants are graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, as well as early-career scientists holding masters, Ph.D., or Dr.P.H. degrees. The intent is to broaden their professional skillsets in ways that make them more effective at moving ideas from the lab toward real-world impact, whether that ends up being through startups, industry R&D, technology transfer offices, nonprofits, government, or other innovation-oriented settings. In practical terms, the supported programs would typically focus on skills like identifying unmet needs in aging and AD, evaluating commercial potential, understanding regulatory and reimbursement considerations, building product development roadmaps, intellectual property basics, customer discovery, partnerships, and communicating science to non-academic stakeholders. The overall goal is to produce scientists who can navigate both the scientific and the commercialization/implementation sides of innovation.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations. Eligible applicants listed in the source include state, county, and local 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; Native American tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized tribal governments); public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The announcement also calls out additional eligible applicant categories such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, and eligible federal agencies. At the same time, it places clear geographic restrictions: non-U.S. (foreign) institutions are not eligible to apply, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components (as NIH defines them in its Grants Policy Statement) are not allowed.

From the administrative details provided, this is a discretionary grant opportunity in the health category with CFDA number 93.866, issued by the National Institutes of Health. The funding opportunity title is "NIA Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI): Entrepreneurship Enhancement Award (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and the funding opportunity number is RFA-AG-22-003. The original closing date listed is October 4, 2021, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of June 10, 2021. No award ceiling amount or expected number of awards is specified in the provided source text, so applicants would normally need to consult the full funding announcement for budget limits, project period details, and any special NIA program requirements.

In short, this NIA REDI R25 opportunity is designed to fund entrepreneurship-focused training programs that prepare early-career researchers in aging and Alzheimer's-related fields to translate discoveries into real-world solutions and to pursue diverse, innovation-oriented career paths, while explicitly excluding clinical trials and disallowing foreign applicants or foreign components.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIA Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI): Entrepreneurship Enhancement Award (R25 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): 93.866.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2021-06-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-10-04. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• 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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