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NHLBI R01 Funding Duration Clarified

The NHLBI will fund investigator-initiated R01 competing applications, regardless of percentile or priority score, for four years or less.

For PIs working with the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:

The NHLBI will fund investigator-initiated R01 competing applications, regardless of percentile or priority score, for four years or less. The only exceptions to this policy are:

  • awards made to Early Stage Investigators (ESIs)
  • awards for studies with patient accrual and follow-up timelines that cannot be accomplished within four years;
  • awards for AIDS-related research

These excepted applications will generally be awarded for the full length of their National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council (NHLBAC) recommended project period.