R3PEATS Rigor Scholar Cohort Awards (K12)

The R3PEATS Rigor Scholar Cohort Awards (K12), opportunity number RFA-RM-28-013, is a forecasted federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the National Institutes of Health. The opportunity is associated with Assistance Listing 93.310, Trans-NIH Research Support, and is part of the NIH Common Fund's Rigor, Replicability, and Reproducibility to Promote Excellence, Accuracy, and Translation in Science, or R3PEATS, program. The opportunity is classified as discretionary funding in the Health category and is expected to make four awards. The purpose of the R3PEATS Rigor Scholar Cohort Awards is to support early-career researchers in advancing their expertise in rigorous scientific practices. Examples specifically identified by the National Institutes of Health include preregistration, blinding, randomization, and transparent dissemination. The program is designed around multi-institutional collaboration. Scholars will work within local and national cohorts to co-develop procedures, share lessons, and build skills needed to champion good scientific practice. These activities are intended to advance rigor, replicability, reproducibility, excellence, accuracy, and translation in science. Estimated total program funding is 4250000 dollars. The forecast anticipates four awards, but the source does not provide an award floor or award ceiling and therefore does not establish the amount that an individual recipient may receive. The source also does not provide detailed allowable or prohibited cost rules, indirect cost limitations, subaward limitations, or a stated project duration. Cost sharing or matching is explicitly identified as not required. The estimated award date and estimated project start date are both July 1, 2028. Eligibility is broad and includes state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status other than institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, small businesses, and other for-profit organizations. Additional eligible applicants include Indian or Native American tribal governments other than federally recognized governments, eligible agencies of the federal government, U.S. territories or possessions, faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, and non-domestic entities or foreign institutions. No state-specific restriction is stated. This opportunity is currently a forecast rather than an open application opportunity. The forecast was issued September 11, 2026, and was last updated September 11, 2026. The estimated posting date is July 1, 2027, which is treated as the anticipated application opening date based on the information currently available. The estimated application due date is October 1, 2027. The source does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating deadline. It also does not provide application questions, required uploads, narrative requirements, evaluation criteria, or detailed submission mechanics. Those requirements may become available when the full opportunity is posted. The estimated award date is July 1, 2028, and the estimated project start date is July 1, 2028, for fiscal year 2028. No archive date is provided, and the source does not state that the opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another recurring schedule. Questions about the forecast may be directed to the R3PEATS Program through the program email address R3PEATS@mail.nih.gov. No individual grantor contact name or telephone number is identified in the provided source.

Align the proposed scholar development approach with rigorous scientific practices specifically identified by NIH, including preregistration, blinding, randomization, and transparent dissemination. Emphasize multi-institutional collaboration, participation in local and national cohorts, co-development of procedures, sharing of lessons, and development of skills to champion good scientific practice.