UPDATE: The deadline to respond to this RFI has been extended to October 15. See NOT-GM-24-059 for details.
NIGMS supports National and Regional Resources (NRRs) that provide biomedical researchers with access to mature technologies and Biomedical Technology Optimization and Dissemination (BTOD) Centers that optimize and disseminate late-stage technologies for the research community to use. The NRR-associated mature technologies are ready for researchers’ immediate use without further development. By contrast, the late-stage technologies supported by BTOD Centers require optimization prior to dissemination to the biomedical research community.
To meet the evolving research needs of the biomedical research community, we’re seeking input from the extramural community (including but not limited to current and potential resource users, technology developers, investigators from Institutional Development Award (IDeA) state institutions, and principal investigators of currently funded NRRs and BTOD Centers) on additional NIGMS mission-related technologies that would be of high value to biomedical research with support of the NRR and BTOD Center programs.
This request for information (RFI) invites your comments on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Past and current use of funded NRRs
- Interactions with and knowledge of currently funded BTOD Centers
- Mature technologies and resources that the biomedical research community would find useful if made accessible through the NRR program
- Late-stage technologies that would be useful to the biomedical research community once optimized and disseminated through the BTOD Centers program
Responses to the RFI can be submitted using our online form and will be anonymous. The due date for RFI responses is September 30.