Bioengineering Research, Innovation and Technology Education (BRITE) Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Past Federal grant forecast Posted
- Opportunity number
- PAR-26-025
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Points of contact
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- Tina Gatlin gatlincl@nih.gov (240) 731-3794
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is forecasting grant awards under the Bioengineering Research, Innovation and Technology Education (BRITE) Program to support undergraduate education in bioengineering and biomedical imaging at baccalaureate degree-granting institutions with modest levels of NIH research project grant funding.
Eligible applicants are public and private higher education institutions. The program targets freshmen and sophomore undergraduates and requires integrated educational activities across three elements: a summer bridge program for incoming freshmen, academic-year educational activities during the freshman and sophomore years, and summer research experiences. Applications must incorporate didactic, experiential, mentoring, and career development opportunities with the goal of preparing participants to pursue doctoral degrees or research careers in bioengineering, biomedical imaging, or other NIBIB-relevant STEM fields.
Clinical trial research is not allowed under this R25 mechanism. Student participants receive support for the first two years of undergraduate training. The program intends to enhance capacity for rigorous bioengineering training and build a pipeline for research careers that address health-related research needs of the Nation.
Evaluation criteria assess significance, approach, innovation, investigator qualifications and experience level, and adequacy of the scientific environment and institutional support. Review also considers budget appropriateness, program relevance, plans for inclusive recruitment and retention of diverse participants and genders where appropriate, human subjects protections, and data-sharing plans.
The opportunity operates under CFDA 93.286 (Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health).
Forecast synopsis
The Bioengineering Research, Innovation and Technology Education (BRITE) Program is designed to foster the development of undergraduate freshmen and sophomores to pursue further studies and careers in bioengineering, biomedical imaging or other STEM fields relevant to NIBIB's scientific mission. Applications are encouraged to propose integrated educational activities that include three elements: 1) a summer bridge program for incoming freshmen, and 2) in the freshman and sophomore years, educational activities during the academic year, and 3) summer research experiences. The BRITE program is intended to expose students to bioengineering and biomedical imaging and provide research, innovation and entrepreneurship training early in their college careers by incorporating didactic, experiential, mentoring and career development opportunities.
Student participants will receive support for the first two years of their undergraduate training. To enhance capacity for rigorous bioengineering training, this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support programs at baccalaureate degree granting institutions with modest levels of NIH research project grant funding.
The ultimate goal is for participants to pursue a doctoral degree or a subsequent research career in bioengineering, biomedical imaging or other NIBIB-relevant field that will in turn have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation.
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