NIAID has multiple funding opportunities currently open to support new data science research, training, and technology development to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. The list below is coordinated by the Office of Data Science and Emerging Technologies (ODSET). Funding opportunities from across NIAID will be added on an ongoing basis.
View a list of data science projects that have been awarded by ODSET and NIAID on the Awarded Data Science Projects page.
For a full list of NIAID funding opportunities, visit the NIAID Opportunities & Announcements page. Find links to more NIH funding sources at the bottom of this page.
NIAID Notices of Funding Opportunities
Limited Competition: Data Analysis and Sharing Center (DASC) for the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS) (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to renew the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study of HIV in United States Adults (MWCCS) for a 7-year project period (2026-2033). This NOFO seeks applications to fund a single Data Analysis and Sharing Center (DASC) for the MWCCS.
Notice Number: RFA-HL-26-010Posting Date:
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Systems Modeling of Infection and Immunity Across Biological Scales
The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to announce that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is encouraging applications to advance research activities relevant to systems modeling of infection and immunity.
Notice Number: NOT-AI-24-060Posting Date:
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Notice of Special Interest: R13 Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings to Support Consensus Building for Autoimmune Disease Research Related Common Data Elements
This notice encourages submission of permission-to-submit applications for R13 proposals seeking funding for the support of conferences and workshops that bring together autoimmune disease research experts to develop and refine Common Data Elements (CDEs) for autoimmune disease research.
Notice Number: NOT-OD-24-145Posting Date:
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Promoting Data Reuse for Health Research
This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) solicits competitive revision applications that focus on data reuse and secondary data analysis in NIH-funded data repositories and knowledgebases to advance scientific inquiry and address health research questions.
Notice Number: NOT-OD-24-096Posting Date:
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Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science
The purpose of this Notice is to announce the collaboration between the NIH and the National Science Foundation (NSF) on an interagency funding opportunity, NSF-23-614, Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science. The Smart Health program supports innovative, high-risk/high-reward research with the promise of disruptive transformations in biomedical and public health research.
Notice Number: NOT-OD-23-165
Posting Date: August 28, 2023
Expiration Date:
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Supporting the Exploration of Cloud in NIH-supported Research
This notice announces the availability of funds from the Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) to NIH-managed or NIH-majority-funded projects that may benefit from using the cloud. The purpose of this announcement is to explore and test potential opportunities for leveraging cloud solutions to enhance existing NIH activities. Projects already using cloud may apply to explore and test cloud capabilities not yet leveraged.
Notice Number: NOT-OD-24-078
Posting Date: March 27, 2024
Expiration Date: June 19, 2026
NIAID Research Career Development Awards
K01: Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
Qualified applicants must have a research or health-professional doctoral degree and research must focus on epidemiology and/or data science. Per K01 guidelines in the 2019 Guide notice (NOT-Al-19-061), "This includes but is not limited to computational modeling, bioinformatics, big data and advanced statistical analyses in the prevention, treatment, discovery, prediction or forecasting of infectious, immunologic and/or allergic diseases." Search for NIAID K01 Funding Opportunities to get a current list.
K25: Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award
Qualified applicants must have an advanced doctoral degree in a quantitative science field and must be at a postdoctoral to senior faculty level. Additionally, they must demonstrate productivity in their field and must demonstrate intentions to expand their research such that their contributions to behavioral, biomedical, bioimaging, or bioengineering research will increase. Note that there may be restrictions based on past NIH funding - details can be found in the parent K25 notice of funding opportunity.
More NIH Funding Opportunities
NIH Data Science Funding
The query linked below, developed by the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS), shows a list of data science and related funding opportunities on the NIH Grants and Funding website.
NIH Common Fund Programs
The NIH Common Fund supports research spanning NIH research domains. Explore the list of current programs to find active or future funding opportunities indicated on each project’s page.