We’re pleased to announce that our Research on Interventions That Promote the Careers of Individuals in the Biomedical Research Enterprise notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) has been reissued under a new name: B-INSPIRE, short for Research on Behavioral INterventionS That Promote Careers In the Biomedical Research Enterprise (R01) (PAR-24-230). The new name better reflects the goal of this program: to test theoretically based behavioral interventions that enhance research-oriented individuals’ interest, motivation, persistence, and preparedness for careers in the biomedical research workforce.
Applicants must propose an intervention that tests effectiveness using robust experimental designs, such as randomized control trial approaches, case controls, or matched pair design, appropriate to performing rigorous research on effective interventions aiming to increase success in the biomedical research workforce. Possible areas for the intervention include but are not limited to training, mentoring, and networking; navigating critical transition points; institutional factors that influence persistence; harassment; and barriers to participation. The intervention should be cost-effective, practical, realistic, scalable, and sustainable at a broad range of institutions.
Through this NOFO, we’ll also accept applications that address innovative research questions proposing to conduct secondary data analyses of existing rigorous behavioral intervention datasets. Examples could include new or advanced methods or analyses, or novel combinations of interventions datasets to enhance the understanding of how and why the interventions work.
First application receipt date: October 17, 2024
Earliest start date: July 2025
B-INSPIRE is not intended to fund data collection efforts that 1.) inform but do not test an intervention, 2.) support evaluation of an existing or planned program(s), 3.) support a training program, 4.) develop curriculum, or 5.) maintain and distribute preexisting datasets.
Applicants may want to consider the Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise program for research that analyzes important aspects of the biomedical research enterprise that will foster a diverse, innovative, productive, and efficient scientific workforce.
If you have questions, please visit the B-INSPIRE webpage or contact Shakira Nelson and Mercedes Rubio.