Federal grant · National Institutes of Health

HEAL Initiative: Whole Joint Health Program (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)

Status
Open
Posted
Sep 28, 2026
Closes
Oct 30, 2026
Est. total funding
—
Award range
—
Expected awards
—
Opportunity number
PAR-27-045
Who can apply

Eligible applicants

Refer to Section III. Eligibility Information in the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.Foreign Organizations/International CollaborationsNon-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

About this grant

The NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term® (HEAL) Initiative is releasing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support a phased mechanistic clinical research program focusing on understudied biological mechanisms that drive joint pain. The phased projects supported by this program (of up to five years total in duration) will first identify and validate multi-tissue mechanisms underlying joint pain, then test non-pharmacologic or multimodal interventions that directly target these mechanisms. The initiative responds to priorities identified in the 2023 HEAL Whole Joint Pain Workshop and supports the broader goals of the NIH HEAL Initiative and the Make America Healthy Again vision by advancing safe, non-addictive, and prevention-oriented approaches to chronic pain.

Instrument
Grant
Activity
Health
Assistance listings
93.121, 93.213, 93.273, 93.286, 93.473, 93.846, 93.853, 93.866
Cost sharing
Not required
Last updated
Sep 28, 2026

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