Bridge2AI Network for AI Health Science
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- RFA-RM-28-010
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- $1,000,000 to $7,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
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- 93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
- Other
- State Governments
- Small Businesses
- For Profit Organizations
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Special District Governments
- Independent School Districts
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Points of contact
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health is forecasting a notice of funding opportunity to support continuation of the Bridge2AI program through cooperative agreements under CFDA 93.310 (Trans-NIH Research Support), with a NOFO expected to utilize the U24 activity code. Eligible applicants include domestic higher education institutions (public and private), nonprofits, state and local governments, tribal organizations, small businesses, faith-based and community-based organizations, regional organizations, non-domestic entities, and eligible federal agencies.
The funding will establish a network of multidisciplinary Centers advancing AI science applied to biomedical and behavioral research. Stage 1 of Bridge2AI produced AI-ready datasets and best practices; Stage 2 will leverage those datasets to address biomedical and behavioral research grand challenges and develop frameworks for trustworthy, reproducible, and explainable AI-enabled research. Center activities include evaluation of AI models and products from other program initiatives, convening expert panels and round tables, supporting pilot research, multidisciplinary cross-training, and dissemination activities to grow the field of biomedical and behavioral research AI science. The network will produce best practices for AI methods and trustworthy AI model-building principles.
This is a forecast announcement; the formal NOFO has not yet issued. Applicants should use this period to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. Review timelines typically span four to nine months, with scientific and technical merit evaluated by peer review and program relevance assessed by national advisory council. Awards are generally made for at least one year with potential additional support (up to four more years) based on review recommendations, annual performance, and fund availability. Grantees must retain financial, programmatic, and statistical records for three years from annual financial status report submission.
Forecast synopsis
The purpose of this forecast is to inform the research community that the NIH Common Fund, along with its partner NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices, is planning to issue a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to support the continuation of the Bridge2AI program. Stage 1 of the Bridge2AI program produced unique, large-scale, valuable, and open resource, AI-ready datasets and best practices that the scientific community can adopt. The second stage of the program will foster advances on two fronts: 1) Leverage the AI-ready datasets from Stage 1 to yield products that can address biomedical and behavioral research grand challenges, accelerate the discovery of new biological theories and rules, and advance understanding of biological and behavioral mechanisms of health and disease; 2) Create networks of multidisciplinary researchers to advance the science of AI science by developing necessary metrics and a framework to for trustworthy, reproducible and explainable AI-enabled biomedical and behavioral research.
This forecast is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects.
This NOFO will utilize the U24 activity code.
The NOFO will support a research initiative that will create a network of multidisciplinary Centers to advance the science of AI science. Centers will work across the evolving landscape of AI science to create a framework for trustworthy, reproducible and explainable AI-enabled biomedical and behavioral research. Center activities will include evaluation of AI models and products built through other initiatives in the program and other sources, convening expert panels and round tables, supporting pilot research activities, multidisciplinary cross-training and dissemination activities to help grow the nascent field of biomedical and behavioral research AI science. The Network of Centers will produce best practices for AI methods and trustworthy AI model building principles, frameworks to enable the evaluation of AI models and methods for reproducibility, replicability and transparency, guiding principles for agentic autonomous labs of the future, and multidisciplinary training to strengthen the American biomedical and behavioral research AI workforce. This initiative will support 3-5 Centers, and is one of twoInitiatives under the Bridge2AI program, the other of which will be supported by a research contract.
Eligibility
Other Eligible ApplicantsIndian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized);Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government;U.S. Territory or Possession;Faith-based or Community-based Organizations;Regional Organizations;Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions).
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