Tribal Institutional Review Board Establishment and Enhancement (TIRBEE) (R24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · Opportunity PAR-24-260
Who can apply
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Others
Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
About this opportunity
The purpose of the Tribal Institutional Review Board Establishment and Enhancement (TIRBEE) award is to support federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes, Tribal colleges and universities, Tribal health programs, or Tribal organizations(collectively, eligible Tribal entities) to establish Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) or enhance the capacity of existing Tribal IRBs.
Award history — this exact opportunity
NIH RePORTER lists 2 funded awards under PAR-24-260 across 2 organizations.
Total award obligations, not per-year amounts.
Recent awardees include: GREAT LAKES INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC., CHICKASAW NATION.
Source: NIH RePORTER, matched on the exact opportunity number. NIH publishes success rates by institute and activity code — source.
Portfolio context — this listing covers more than this opportunity
This opportunity is funded under Assistance Listing 93.859 (“Biomedical Research and Research Training”), a broad federal program that made about 1313 new awards per year over the last five fiscal years (median award $562k). Those figures describe that whole portfolio — not this specific solicitation, so we don't show them as if they were this opportunity's track record.
Applicant counts per solicitation are not published by any federal agency — no one can honestly sell you that number. NIH publishes success rates by institute and activity code — source.
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