Special NEI Application Guidelines

Note that as grant mechanisms transition to electronic submission at Grants.gov on the SF424 (R&R), the NIH will be issuing mechanism-specific omnibus solicitations. In those cases where the NEI deviates from the omnibus guidelines, the appropriate information will be presented as a link associated with the omnibus on the Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) section of the NEI Research Funding website. This page will not duplicate links that are available in the FOA section.
Listing of all Grant Mechanisms Supported by the NEI

• Basic Research and Development
• Applied Clinical Research
• Research Training and Career Development
• Research Resources

Basic Research and Development

No NEI-specific guidelines are available for these mechanisms of support. General information about NIH extramural research programs, electronic submission (http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/), and NIH grants policy is available on the NIH Web site at http://www.nih.gov/grants/.

Applied Clinical Research

• NEI Policy on Open Access to Research Results (PDF)
• Long Term Follow Up for Patients in Gene Transfer Protocols
• Reminder of NIH Policy for Enhancing the Science, Safety, and Ethics of Recombinant DNA Research
• NEI Guidelines for Data and Safety Monitoring
• NEI Guidelines for Data Monitoring and Oversight of Observational Studies
• Support for Clinical Trials in Vision Research (U10)
• Participating Clinics in Multicenter Clinical Trials (U10)

Research Training and Career Development

• NEI Institutional Clinical Scientist Development Program (K12)
• NEI Career Transition Award (K22)
• Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
• Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient Oriented Research (K24)

Please note that for K series awards, the NEI does not impose any special cap on salary requests beyond that imposed legislatively (currently $186,600).

Research Resources

• Core Grants for Vision Research (P30) - Competing
• Core Grants for Vision Research (P30) - Noncompeting Continuation