Biomedical/Biobehavioral Research Administration Development (BRAD) Award (G11) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Biomedical/Biobehavioral Research Administration Development (BRAD) Award (G11) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant opportunity designed to strengthen the administrative backbone that supports biomedical and biobehavioral research at colleges and universities. Rather than funding a specific scientific project, this program focuses on building or improving the institutional capacity to manage research and sponsored funding effectively. The core aim is to help institutions either establish an Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) or enhance the services of an existing ORSP (or a comparable administrative unit) so that faculty and staff can compete more successfully for external grants, comply with sponsor requirements, and handle research administration in a more organized, sustainable way.

A central feature of the BRAD FOA is its emphasis on institutions that may have strong educational missions and promising research potential but limited research administration infrastructure. For U.S.-based (domestic) applicants, NIH highlights priorities that include emerging research institutions and primarily undergraduate institutions, including womens colleges, especially those with racially and ethnically diverse student enrollments. Domestic applicants are expected to meet the eligibility requirements associated with the NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program, which is commonly used to support research at institutions that have not historically received substantial NIH funding and that often emphasize undergraduate education. The practical intent is to reduce structural barriers that can keep faculty at these institutions from pursuing NIH and other sponsor support, such as limited pre-award development assistance, insufficient post-award management systems, or lack of trained personnel to handle compliance, budgeting, and reporting.

The program also has a strong international capacity-building component. International priorities include institutions of higher education located in sub-Saharan Africa, India, and low- and middle-income countries in the Caribbean and South America, provided they meet the stated eligibility requirements. In these settings, the award is meant to support the development of research administration and sponsored program management capabilities that can help institutions engage more effectively in global health and biomedical research, manage international collaborations, and meet sponsor expectations for stewardship, ethics, and reporting. The focus on these regions reflects NIH interests in strengthening research ecosystems and administrative capacity where needs can be high and where improved infrastructure can have an outsized impact on research productivity and partnership readiness.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is offered as a discretionary grant and is categorized under Health, Income Security, and Social Services. The funding opportunity number is PAR-14-333, and it is associated with CFDA numbers 93.865 (Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) and 93.989 (International Research and Research Training). The maximum award amount listed is an award ceiling of $85,000, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which can make the program more accessible to institutions with limited discretionary resources. The FOA was posted on September 4, 2014, and ultimately closed on August 19, 2016, with an archive date of September 19, 2016, indicating it is no longer open but remains relevant as a reference point for similar capacity-building initiatives.

Eligibility is oriented toward institutions of higher education, including public and state-controlled universities and private universities, along with several categories of institutions that serve historically underrepresented populations. Specifically, eligibility includes Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities (including Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs). The FOA also allows non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations) to apply, aligning with the international development goals described above.

In practical terms, an application under BRAD would typically propose concrete steps to create or upgrade systems and services that support sponsored research, such as developing pre-award support for proposal development, strengthening post-award financial management and reporting, improving compliance oversight (for example, human subjects protections, animal welfare where relevant, and other sponsor requirements), training staff, adopting or improving administrative processes, and establishing standard operating procedures. The underlying logic is that improved research administration capacity can lead to more competitive submissions, better grant management, and a more sustainable research enterprise, especially at institutions that have historically faced constraints in administrative infrastructure.

For applicants or interested parties looking for the original announcement details, NIH provided an information link at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-333.html. For technical issues accessing the announcement, NIH directed users to the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster contact at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV.

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