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Strengthening Transit Security and Economic Protection in Mozambique

Strengthening U.S. Studies in Higher Education in Argentina

Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth

Substance Use/Substance Use Disorder Dissertation Research Award (R36 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Successor-in-Interest (Type 6 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)

SUDAN Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund - FY26

Summer Research Education Experience Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Support for the Return and Rehabilitation of Forcibly Transferred Ukrainian Children

Supporting Effective Educator Development 84.423A

Supporting Talented Early Career Researchers in Genomics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Syria Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund FY 2026

Tactical Behaviors for Autonomous Maneuver

Talent Search Program

Teacher and School Leader Incentive Fund 84.374A

TechAccess: AI-Ready America

Technology Development Research for Establishing Feasibility and Proof of Concept (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The Educational Component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program

The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI

The Metastasis Research Network (MetNet): MetNet Research Projects (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum and 9/11 Pentagon Memorial Visitor Education Center

The NCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)

The Reentry Employment in Skilled Trades, Advanced Manufacturing, Registered Apprenticeships, and Training (RESTART) Initiative

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