Academic Career Excellence (ACE) Award (K32 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Per-recipient award not stated for business, city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, independent school districts, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofit, 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, other legal entity, private institutions of higher education, public agency, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, public housing authorities/indian housing authorities, small businesses, special district governments, state governments, tribal government, closing Jul 12, 2029.

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Academic Career Excellence (ACE) Award (K32 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to business, city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, independent school districts, native american…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
Not confirmed
Amounts not stated on page
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Jul 12, 2029
Deadline type
fixed
Opens
May 27, 2026
Status
Open
Eligible entities
Business · City or township governments · County governments · For profit organizations other than small businesses · Independent school districts · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Nonprofit · 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 · Other Legal Entity · Private institutions of higher education · Public Agency · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities · Small businesses · Special district governments · State governments · Tribal Government
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not stated

Source wording: “Amounts not stated on page

Who can apply?

industry

Health

Source field: industries
demographic

Early-stage postdoctoral scholars

Source field: demographics
use

Career development, Support rigorous, mentored scientific research

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Candidates must submit application up to one year prior to beginning postdoctoral position or no more than two years after postdoctoral training begins. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities are not eligible. Non-domestic components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Jul 12, 20291045 daysfixed deadline

Response date provided

What can the money be used for?

Support rigorous, mentored scientific researchCareer development

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No
Cost sharing is false

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

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When is the application deadline?
Jul 12, 2029. Response date provided
Who is eligible to apply?
Business, City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofit, 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, Other Legal Entity, Private institutions of higher education, Public Agency, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments, Tribal Government.
What can the funding be used for?
Support rigorous, mentored scientific research, Career development, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-01
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-01

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.