May two or more new investigators apply as a team for the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award?
No. Since the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award considers the creativity and potential for innovation of the PI as a very significant part of the review of the application, only one PI is allowed on a New Innovator Award. The PI may collaborate with others, but only one person may be the PI. Co-investigators, collaborators, and consultants are allowed and may be funded on a New Innovator Award.