Author: Anissa Brown

Anissa manages grants in the Postdoctoral, Early Career, and Workforce Development Branch of the Division of Training and Workforce Development (TWD). She rejoined TWD after serving for two years as chief of the Research Training and Career Development Branch at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

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Funding Opportunity: Modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Workforce Training

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UPDATE: The video from this webinar is now available.

We’ve released a new notice of special interest (NOSI) NOT-GM-24-039: Topics for Training Modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Workforce Training (R25). The NOSI, associated with the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) PAR-24-040, requests applications to develop biomedical research training modules on one of the following topics:

  • Improving mentorship experiences
  • Improving trainee and employee mental health and well-being
  • Addressing equity in the biomedical research enterprise
  • Promoting laboratory safety in research environments 
  • Strengthening rigor, reproducibility, and transparency of biomedical research techniques  
  • Enhancing program evaluation capacity
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New Biomedical Research Environment & Sponsored Programs Administration Development Program and Upcoming Webinar 

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Notice of Virtual Question & Answer Office Hours for BRE-SPAD Program Applicants (NOT-GM-25-014)

UPDATE: The first application due date for the BRE-SPAD program has changed to February 19, 2025. For more information, see NOT-GM-25-010.

The notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for our Biomedical Research Environment & Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) program is now available (PAR-24-268). The program aims to promote broad participation in biomedical research by supporting resource-limited institutions to conduct research, enhance their research environments, and increase sponsored programs’ administration capacity.

Applications should propose activities in at least two of the following areas:

  • Developing sponsored programs’ administration 
  • Cultivating growth in the research environment 
  • Administering pilot research projects 
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Upcoming Changes to NIH Applications for NIGMS Fellowships

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This post is part of a series outlining how NIH application and review changes will impact NIGMS training grants and fellowships.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is making a number of changes to the fellowship application and peer review process for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. For details, visit the Revisions to the NIH Fellowship Application and Review Process webpage. New funding announcements and application instructions will be released in the coming months.

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Upcoming Changes to NIH Applications for NIGMS Postdoctoral Training Grants

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This post is part of a series outlining how NIH application and review changes will impact NIGMS training grants and fellowships.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is making a number of changes to the training application and peer review process for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. For details, visit the Updates to NIH Institutional Training Grant Applications webpage. NIH will release a new parent T32 funding announcement and application instructions this fall for postdoctoral training programs to use. 

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Wanted: Training and Workforce Development Program Director

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UPDATE: This position is now closed.

We’re recruiting an accomplished scientist for a program director position in our Division of Training and Workforce Development (TWD). The successful applicant will be responsible for scientific and administrative management of a portfolio of research training and workforce development grants and will stimulate, plan, advise, direct, and evaluate program activities. The selectee will handle postdoctoral, early career, and workforce development programs.

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Webinar for Undergraduate Training Programs Applicants (MARC and U-RISE)

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UPDATE: Slides from the MARC [PDF] and U-RISE [PDF] presentations have been posted.

Are you preparing an institutional Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) or Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) grant application? If so, please join us for a webinar about these programs and the opportunity to ask questions:

Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET

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Funding Opportunity: Diversity Program Consortium Dissemination and Translation Awards (DPC DaTA) and Webinar

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UPDATE: The slides [PDF, 590KB] from the DPC DaTA Webinar have been posted.

On behalf of the NIH Common Fund, we’ve just released a new funding opportunity announcement soliciting applications for the Diversity Program Consortium Dissemination and Translation Awards (DPC DaTA) (U01).

This initiative is designed to broaden the DPC’s national impact. It provides an opportunity for institutions not currently part of the DPC to apply for funding to employ the consortium’s experimental methods to understand the effectiveness of biomedical research training, mentoring, or research capacity building interventions.

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New Undergraduate Training Programs Announced

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UPDATE: The slides from the U-RISE [PDF, 948KB] and MARC [PDF, 1.1MB] webinars have been posted.

In May 2018, we shared with you our plans to reorganize the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity. As part of this reorganization, in December we announced two new graduate training programs. Now, we are pleased to announce two new undergraduate funding opportunities aimed at developing and implementing effective, evidence-based approaches to biomedical training and mentoring. The goal of these funding announcements is to enhance diversity in the biomedical research workforce and to encourage applications from training programs that:

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Webinar for Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) Program Applicants

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UPDATE: The slides [PDF, 522KB] from the NIGMS G-RISE Webinar have been posted.

Are you preparing an institutional Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32) grant application? If so, please join us for a webinar about the program and the opportunity to ask questions:

Tuesday, March 26, 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET

During the webinar, we’ll provide a broad overview of the program and share our expectations of applications and the required data tables for the upcoming May 21 receipt date.

Feel free to send your questions in advance to us (Luis Cubano or Anissa Brown) or post them live in the chat box during the event.

To access the webinar, visit the WebEx Meeting page (link no longer available) and enter the meeting number 624 352 823 and the password GRISET32. If you’re unable to attend online, you can join by phone by calling 1-650-479-3208 from anywhere in the United States or Canada and entering the meeting number above.

NIGMS Staff Participating in the March 26 Webinar:

Anissa Brown, G-RISE Program Director
Luis Cubano, G-RISE Program Director
Justin Rosenzweig, Grants Management Specialist
Office of Scientific Review Staff

We look forward to talking to you about the G-RISE program. Slides will be posted on the RISE website following the event.