2025 High-Risk, High-Reward Research Symposium

June 4-6, 2025
Bethesda, Maryland

The Symposium brings together recipients of the NIH Director’s Pioneer, New Innovator, Transformative Research, and Early Independence awards to share their groundbreaking research and discoveries.

Join us for:

  • Scientific talks and posters from HRHR awardees
  • Networking with some of the most creative scientists in the U.S.
  • “Office hours” with NIH staff from multiple NIH Institutes and Centers
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Click below to register to attend the Symposium. Registration is free and open to everyone.



Click below to submit an abstract for a talk or poster. Submitting an abstract is optional, but only awardees of the NIH Director’s Pioneer, New Innovator, Transformative Research, or Early Independence Awards are allowed to submit abstracts.

Abstracts are due by January 24, 2025.