How much funding is available in total?

$22,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

When is the application deadline?

Sep 25, 2028. Response date as posted on Grants.gov

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

OtherOpenFixedNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services

Limited Competition: Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program (P42 Clinical Trial Optional)

Awards Up to $1,750,000 per recipient for nonprofit, private institutions of higher education, public agency, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, closing Sep 25, 2028.

Official page

Nonprofit Private institutions of higher education Public Agency Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Health

In one sentence

Limited Competition: Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program (P42 Clinical Trial Optional) awards up to $1,750,000 per recipient, open to nonprofit, private institutions of higher education, public agency, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, closing…

Record fields

Program pool (total): $22,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $1,750,000
Award ceiling is $1,750,000 per award. Total estimated funding is $22,000,000 with an expected 10 awards.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Sep 25, 2028
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: May 19, 2026
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Nonprofit · Private institutions of higher education · Public Agency · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
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

$22,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$1,750,000

Source wording: “Award ceiling is $1,750,000 per award. Total estimated funding is $22,000,000 with an expected 10 awards.”

Who can apply?

entity

Nonprofit, Private institutions of higher education, Public Agency, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Source field: entity types

industry

Health

Source field: industries

use

Biomedical research, Environmental science and engineering research, Problem-based research centers, Research on hazardous substances, Training programs

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Limited competition. Eligible applicants are limited to accredited institutes of higher education per 42 USC 9660(a)(3). Foreign organizations and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible. Eligible applicants may subcontract with other organizations including hazardous waste generators, environmental remediation companies, facility operators, and state/local governments as necessary.

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

When does it close?

Sep 25, 2028756 daysfixed deadline

Response date as posted on Grants.gov

What can the money be used for?

Research on hazardous substancesTraining programsProblem-based research centersBiomedical researchEnvironmental science and engineering research

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: 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

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: Up to $1,750,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award ceiling is $1,750,000 per award. Total estimated funding is $22,000,000 with an expected 10 awards.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $22,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Sep 25, 2028. Response date as posted on Grants.gov
Who is eligible to apply?: Nonprofit, Private institutions of higher education, Public Agency, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
What can the funding be used for?: Research on hazardous substances, Training programs, Problem-based research centers, Biomedical research, Environmental science and engineering research, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-08-31

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-08-31

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.