An official website of the United States governmentConcepts Under Consideration To Be Developed Into Requests for Applications or Program Announcements
These concepts are in the early planning stage in the development of a research initiative.
A concept is an early planning stage in the development of a research initiative (a program announcement, request for applications, or request for proposals).
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April 2026
- Concept: A Holistic Approach To Study Nonaddictive Natural Products for Pain Management
- Concept: Feasibility Studies To Inform the Design of Future Clinical Trials
- Concept: NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience: Establishing a Research Network To Guide Foundational Research on Human Consciousness
- Concept: Pragmatic and Implementation Trials Conducted in Real-World Settings Delivering Health Care
September 2025
March 2025
- Concept: The Role of Hormesis in Whole Person Health
- Concept: Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches To Promote Whole Person Health Restoration via Emotional Well-Being Mechanisms
September 2024
- Concept: Advancing and Coordinating Interoception Research Across the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Concept: Advancing the Science of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches To Improve Maternal Health Outcomes
March 2024
September 2023
- Concept: Consortium Advancing Research on Botanicals and Other Natural Products (CARBON)
- Concept: NCCIH MERIT (Method to Extend Research In Time) Award To Promote Innovation and Diversity in Complementary and Integrative Health Research
May 2023
- Concept: Whole Person Research Initiative
- Concept: Enhancing Mechanistic Research on Precision Probiotic Therapies
- Concept: Resource Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
January 2023
May 2022
- Concept: Reissuance of a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Dietary Supplement and Natural Product Analytical Method Validation Studies
- Concept: Building Cross-Cutting Research Network(s) To Promote Multidisciplinary Mechanistic Studies of Music and Health
- Concept: Research Networks To Promote Innovative Mechanistic and Translational Studies of Sickle Cell Disease Pain
January 2022
September 2021
- Concept: Fostering Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Among Children in School Settings: Opportunities for Complementary and Integrative Health
- Concept: NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory
May 2021
January 2021
September 2020
June 2020
February 2020
- Concept: Functional Neural Circuits in Interoception Science
- Concept: Mid-Career Enhancement Awards to Integrate Basic Behavioral, Biomedical, and Social Sciences
- Concept: Quantitative Evaluations of Myofascial Tissues: Potential Impact on Musculoskeletal Pain Research
- Concept: Underlying Mechanisms of Force-based Manipulations: High-Priority Research Networks
September 2019
- Concept: An Open-Access Repository or Database for Anatomical and Physiological Ontology of Acupoints
- Concept: NCCIH Clinical Trials Initiative for Intervention Development and Testing
- Concept: NCCIH High Program Priority Initiatives for Basic and Mechanistic Studies of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches
June 2019
- Concept: Mechanisms Underlying Modulation of the Glymphatic and Lymphatic Systems by Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches
- Concept: mHealth and Remotely Delivered Complementary and Integrative Interventions
- Concept: Natural Products and Pain Concept Clearance