NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13), Funding Opportunity Number PA 10 071, is a discretionary National Institutes of Health program designed to help pay for well-planned, high-quality scientific conferences that clearly connect to NIH priorities and, more broadly, public health needs. NIH uses this program to encourage meetings where researchers, clinicians, educators, and other stakeholders can come together to share findings, coordinate efforts, and move a field forward. Under this announcement, a "conference or scientific meeting" is interpreted broadly and can include a symposium, seminar, workshop, or any other organized, formal gathering focused on exchanging and disseminating information or examining a specific problem or area of knowledge.

A central requirement of this opportunity is that applicants must align the proposed meeting with the mission and current priorities of the specific NIH Institute, Center, or Office that would potentially support it. Because those priorities can change over time and vary widely across NIH components, NIH strongly emphasizes early coordination with the appropriate NIH staff contact listed on the R13/U13 program website (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r13/). This is not just a recommendation; applications that have weak, marginal, or no relevance to participating NIH components will not be accepted for review or considered for funding. To avoid spending time on an application that cannot move forward, NIH requires applicants to request advance permission to submit, and that request must be made early enough that it is received no later than six weeks before the chosen application submission date. The written documentation from NIH granting that advance permission must then be included in the application as part of the Cover Letter component. NIH also points applicants to the program FAQ page (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r13/index.htm) for practical guidance on expectations and common questions.

In terms of award structure, this funding announcement allows applications under two related mechanisms: the R13 conference grant and the U13 conference cooperative agreement. Both are used to support scientific meetings, but they differ in how NIH is involved during the project, with cooperative agreements typically implying a more substantial programmatic involvement from NIH compared with a standard grant. The announcement does not promise a fixed number of awards or a guaranteed funding level; instead, it states that awards depend on the availability of NIH funds and on whether NIH receives enough high-quality, competitive applications to justify making awards.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants listed include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, small businesses, and a wide range of governmental bodies such as state, county, city or township governments, special district governments, and certain housing authorities. The opportunity also recognizes additional eligible applicants such as federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, tribally controlled colleges and universities, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, eligible federal agencies, faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions. The listing of many CFDA program numbers underscores that conference topics may fall across a large span of NIH mission areas, from environmental health and genomics to mental health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, aging, child health, and many others.

The public record associated with this specific posting indicates it was originally posted January 4, 2010, with an original closing date of January 7, 2013, and later archived (archive date July 26, 2012). Even so, the program description captures the core operating expectations that NIH has traditionally applied to R13/U13 conference support: strong scientific and public health relevance, early and explicit coordination with the appropriate NIH Institute or Center, and documented permission to submit well in advance of the deadline. For applicants seeking the most authoritative details, NIH directs readers to the full announcement page (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-071.html) and provides contact help through the NIH Office of Extramural Research webmaster for access or linking problems.

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