Before you write your next NIH grant application, consider reviewing NIH's centralized list of highlighted topics that represent research priority areas within one or more NIH Institutes, Centers, or Offices. Recently released highlighted topics include:
- Advancing Data Science Approaches to Address Health Disparities Through Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML), and Community-Engaged Research
- Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research on HIV-Associated Co-occurring Conditions
- Health and Extreme Weather: Advancing Critical Research to Address the Direct and Indirect Health Impacts of Weather-Related Natural Disasters and Emerging Weather-Related Harms
- Interventions to Promote Health by Fostering Connectedness
- Research on Chatbots and their Usage
- Strengthening Biomedical Research, Promoting Trust, and Improving Health through Bioethics Research
Published: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
