Forecasted · Cooperative Agreement
HEAL Initiative: Program to Reveal and Evaluate Cells-to-gene Information that Specify Intricacies, Origins and the Nature of (PRECISION) Human Pain Network
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
Key facts
Copied from the official Grants.gov record. Last verified October 29, 2026.
- Program name
- HEAL Initiative: Program to Reveal and Evaluate Cells-to-gene Information that Specify Intricacies, Origins and the Nature of (PRECISION) Human Pain Network
- Issuing agency
- National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services)
- Opportunity number
- RFA-NS-26-013
- Funding type
- Cooperative Agreement
- Funding purpose
- Health
- Status
- Forecasted
- Application deadline
- Forecasted · estimated close October 12, 2026 (agency estimate)
- Agency estimates
- Estimated posting: July 1, 2026. Estimated award date: July 1, 2027. Estimates can change.
- Published award range
- Not published by the agency
- Cost sharing or match required
- No
- Eligible applicants (official categories)
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Others (see Additional Information on Eligibility)
- Relevant to
- Businesses and NonprofitsHow we determined this: Grants.gov eligibility includes small businesses or for-profit organizations. Grants.gov eligibility includes nonprofit organizations.
- Geographic restrictions
- None stated in structured data (federal opportunities are often nationwide). Check the eligibility details and full announcement for any limits.
- Assistance Listing (CFDA)
- 93.853
- Official source
- View on Grants.gov ↗
- Application URL
- www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/361334 ↗Apply through Grants.gov (Workspace) using the application package on the official listing, unless the full announcement names a different submission system.
- Source identifier
- Grants.gov opportunity ID 361334 · Funding opportunity number RFA-NS-26-013
- Posted
- February 20, 2026 · Source last updated February 20, 2026
- Last verified
- October 29, 2026 (against Grants.gov)
- Data completeness
- 92% of key fields published by the sourceNot published: published funding range.
- Record confidence
- mediumforecast — dates and amounts are agency estimates.
Eligibility details (from the agency)
Other Eligible ApplicantsIndian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized);Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government, including the NIH Intramural Program;U.S. Territory or Possession;Faith-based or Community-based Organizations;Regional Organizations;Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions).
Description (from the official listing)
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, in conjunction with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) as a part of the congressionally mandated NIH Helping to End Addiction Long Term (HEAL) initiative intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for comprehensive ‘omics and physiology dataset generation using primary human tissue across the pain neuraxis. Applications should focus on large-scale, high-throughput data generation and analysis of human genes, epigenome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and phenotyping of neuronal and non-neuronal cells at the single-cell and tissue levels. This NOFO is intended as a continuation of the NIH HEAL Initiative’s Program to Reveal and Evaluate Cells-to-gene Information that Specify Intricacies, Origins and the Nature of (PRECISION) Human Pain Network. The goal of this research will be to expand the generation and dissemination of comprehensive datasets using primary pain-associated human tissues, incorporate cutting-edge technologies, enhance coverage across multiple pain conditions, and extend integration and harmonization of multimodal outputs. This NOFO will utilize a milestone-driven, cooperative agreement mechanism, in which awarded centers will work collaboratively as a network to develop best practices, optimize protocols, replicate and cross-validate research findings, and collectively build an integrated knowledgebase, with digital resources for the entire pain research and therapeutics development communities. NIH program staff involvement is expected to…
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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, in conjunction with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) as a part of the congressionally mandated NIH Helping to End Addiction Long Term (HEAL) initiative intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for comprehensive ‘omics and physiology dataset generation using primary human tissue across the pain neuraxis. Applications should focus on large-scale, high-throughput data generation and analysis of human genes, epigenome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and phenotyping of neuronal and non-neuronal cells at the single-cell and tissue levels. This NOFO is intended as a continuation of the NIH HEAL Initiative’s Program to Reveal and Evaluate Cells-to-gene Information that Specify Intricacies, Origins and the Nature of (PRECISION) Human Pain Network. The goal of this research will be to expand the generation and dissemination of comprehensive datasets using primary pain-associated human tissues, incorporate cutting-edge technologies, enhance coverage across multiple pain conditions, and extend integration and harmonization of multimodal outputs. This NOFO will utilize a milestone-driven, cooperative agreement mechanism, in which awarded centers will work collaboratively as a network to develop best practices, optimize protocols, replicate and cross-validate research findings, and collectively build an integrated knowledgebase, with digital resources for the entire pain research and therapeutics development communities. NIH program staff involvement is expected to coordinate alignment with the broader HEAL Data Sharing Ecosystem and account for evolving priorities to ensure program objectives are achieved.Applications are not being solicited at this time. Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful multidisciplinary collaborations and responsive projects. Investigators with expertise and insights into comprehensive ‘omics and physiology dataset generation in primary human tissue are encouraged to consider applying for this NOFO. In addition, applications from collaborating, multidisciplinary teams of neurobiologists, pain biologists, human pain scientists and/or physicians, surgeons, and scientists with expertise in statistics, physics, engineering, and bioinformatics should consider applying to this funding opportunity.
Agency contact
HEAL Precision Pain
HEALPrecisionPain@ninds.nih.gov