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NIH forecasts SIREN enrollment hub funding; non-federally recognized tribes eligible

National Institutes of HealthNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Ninds)National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (Nhlbi)Funding availableAug 13, 2026

Check: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) forecasts a funding opportunity for clinical enrollment hubs in its SIREN emergency care trial network, and lists non-federally recognized tribal governments as eligible applicants.

What it does

The forecast covers SIREN (Strategies to Innovate EmeRgENcy Care Clinical Trials Network), which runs trials on non-stroke neurological and cardiovascular emergencies in pre-hospital and emergency department settings. Applications are not being solicited yet; the notice is meant to give applicants time to build collaborations. Tribal governments that are not federally recognized are listed as eligible, with no separate (money reserved for a specific group) stated.

Why it matters for tribal funding

Tribes eligible. Tribes or Native organizations are among those who can apply or are covered, alongside others.

Who it covers: Tribal governments.

: 93.853

What to do next

  1. Watch for the full -NS-28-004, estimated to post 2027-01-04.
  2. Start identifying clinical partners and emergency care sites now, since the estimated application due date is 2027-03-04.

Sources

Every signal is built from public records. The highlighted words appear in the source exactly as shown.

  • Grants.gov: forecasted opportunitiesforecastAug 13, 2026

    Strategies to Innovate EmeRgENcy Care Clinical Trials Network (SIREN) Infrastructure – Clinical Enrollment Hubs

    • Quoted from the source: “Applications are not being solicited at this time.”
    • Quoted from the source: “Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)”
    • Quoted from the source: “The program will encourage applications for network clinical enrollment hubs to support the NIH SIREN clinical trial network.”
    Read the originalU.S. government record, public domain.

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