How Can I Find Funding Opportunities Now That They Are Not in the NIH Guide?
Published on January 9, 2026
You have two options to find Notices of Funding Opportunities: search on Grants.gov or use NIH’s new Explore NIH Opportunities tool.
The NIH tool includes additional options for NIH-specific filters, sorting, and advanced search. To demonstrate, try out these preformatted search examples:
- Find NOFOs for Research Training and Career Development
- Find Research and Development (e.g., R01) NOFOs supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Find NOFOs with HIV or AIDS in the title
- Find all NOFOs that allow clinical trials
- Find NOFOs with the exact phrase “Mental Health” in the title
- Find NOFOs with any of these exact phrases in the title: Early-Stage Investigator, New Investigator, or Early Career
- Find NOFOs with any of these terms in the title: Global, International, Foreign, or Countries
- Find NOFOs with any of these terms in the title or body: Neurology, Neurologic, Neurological, Neurotechnology, Neurotechnologies, Neural, Neuro, Nervous.
- Find NOFOs with any of these exact phrases in the title: Mental Health, Mental Disorder, or Mental Illness
After searching, you can click the Release Date table header to sort the latest additions to the top of the list. Find more Search Tips for NIH Opportunities, including how to get email notifications of new opportunities.
NIH’s new tool supports the ongoing Updates to Finding NIH Funding Opportunities and Information. Find more background information in our September 2025 Nexus post "New Tool to Explore NIH Grant Opportunities."