Request for Information: Proposal to Cap the Number of Simultaneous Research Project Grants per Principal Investigator to Support More Researchers and Maximize Scientific Productivity and Innovation
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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- Posted
- Jun 9, 2026
- Closes
- Aug 3, 2026 (in 9 days)
Who can apply
Individual
About this opportunity
The purpose of this Notice is to solicit public input on the outline for a proposed policy that would cap the number of Research Project Grants (RPGs) an individual can simultaneously serve on as Principal Investigator (PI) or Multi-Principal Investigator (MPI). As stewards of the taxpayers' investments in biomedical research and in support of the NIH's Unified Funding Strategy, the NIH must ensure that it uses funding approaches that maximize scientific productivity and innovation. One way to do this is through policies that allow the NIH to support a greater number of investigators, allowing more ideas to be explored and eventually leading to more breakthroughs (see, for example, 1). Supporting this proposal, a number of studies have observed diminishing marginal returns as grant funding...