Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools stimulates basic and clinical research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. REAP grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH research programs to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. These grants support small-scale research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible domestic institutions, expose undergraduate and graduate students at health professional schools or graduate schools to meritorious research projects, and strengthen the research environment of the applicant institution. Eligible institutions must award NIH-relevant baccalaureate or advanced degrees in health professions and have received less than $6 million per year of NIH support in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years.