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CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas

Chemical Countermeasures Research Program (CCRP) Initiative: Basic Research on The Deleterious Effects of Acute Exposure to Ultra-Potent Synthetic (UPS) Opioids (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology

Chemical Oceanography

Chemical Process Systems (CPS)

Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) 2026

Children's Mental Health Initiative

CHIPS Incentives Program – Facilities for Semiconductor Materials and Manufacturing Equipment

CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Clinical and Translational Science Award (UM1 Clinical Trial Optional)

Clinical Characterization of Cancer Therapy-induced Adverse Sequelae and Mechanism-based Interventional Strategies (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Clinical Coordinating Center for Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (Collaborative UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)

Clinical Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions (Collaborative UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)

Clinical Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Natural Products (Collaborative UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)

Clinical Observational (CO) Studies in Musculoskeletal, Rheumatic, and Skin Diseases (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Clinical Trial Readiness for Rare Diseases, Disorders, and Syndromes (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Clinical Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Neurological or Neuromuscular Disorders (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)

COE for Technical Training and Human Performance

Cognitive Neuroscience

Collaboration for Innovative Research on Aircraft Structure (CIRAS)

Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12

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