Skip to main content
GrantsPathGrantsPath
Log InSign Up

Policy Watchtower/Funding available

NIH plans SMaHT tissue procurement funding; tribal governments listed as eligible

National Institutes of HealthFunding availableSep 14, 2026

Check: NIH intends to issue a forecasted () for a SMaHT Tissue Procurement Center, and the eligibility list includes Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized).

Read the original

What it does

Tribal governments that are not federally recognized are listed among the eligible applicants for this NIH tissue procurement award, which would collect, process, store and distribute human tissue samples from at least 50 additional healthy donors. The listed estimated posting date is 2027-05-01 and the estimated application due date is 2027-07-01, so this is a forecast for a future opportunity, not an open solicitation. Federally recognized tribes are not named in the eligibility list for this forecast.

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.

: 93.310

What to do next

  1. Watch for the posted -RM-28-014 around the estimated posting date of 2027-05-01.
  2. Confirm eligibility under the itself before preparing an application, given the estimated application due date of 2027-07-01.

Sources

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

  • Grants.gov: forecasted opportunitiesforecastSep 14, 2026

    Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Program: Tissue Procurement Center (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

    • Quoted from the source: “Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized);”
    • Quoted from the source: “Building on the 150 healthy donors enrolled during Stage 1, the TPC will procure tissues from at least 50 additional healthy donors, bringing the total to 200.”
    • Quoted from the source: “Estimated application due date: 2027-07-01”
    Read the originalU.S. government record, public domain.

Terms with a dotted underline open a plain-language definition. This is guidance, not legal advice: the official text always controls. A free public service from GrantsPath, a Native-owned business.