You may be interested in these recent funding opportunity announcements from the NIH Common Fund:
2013 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1)
(RFA-RM-12-015)
Purpose: Support exceptionally creative individual scientists who propose pioneering, and possibly transforming, approaches to major challenges that have the potential for unusually high impact on a broad area of biomedical or behavioral research
Application due date: October 9, 2012
NIH contact: Ravi Basavappa, 301-594-8190
2013 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
(RFA-RM-12-016)
Purpose: Support exceptionally creative early stage investigators who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential for major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research
Application due date: October 17, 2012
NIH contact: Ravi Basavappa, 301-594-8190