F30 Application in Mouse Model

[Peritus_Medicus]

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Hello - I am in the process of writing an F30 for the upcoming application window (08/08/2025). Sources have said that the NIH will no longer be funding animal model projects. However, my research project focuses on an animal model for a dermatological condition (with an expressly translational scope). Should I be worried about this funding ban?
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In Landmark Shift, NIH Announces No More Exclusive Funding for Animal Experiments

Washington, D.C. – In a historic move, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that it will no longer seek research proposals exclusively for projects involving animals.

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Now, of course the language is vague. I don't think they will move away from animals entirely. I mean, it's not like you are going to experiment on humans instead of mice for hypothesis testing and compound development. But I don't think you can just do animal models and cells or study just animal-based disease, it has to have a human component. That actually makes some sense to me.