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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
Continue reading “Webinar for Undergraduate Training Programs Applicants (MARC and U-RISE)”If you’re considering applying to the Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (PAR-20-103) or to the Biomedical Technology Development and Dissemination Center (PAR-20-104) funding opportunity announcements (FOAs), you’ll want to join our webinar:
Thursday, March 5, 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Continue reading “Webinar on Recently Released Funding Announcements: Team Science and Biomedical Technology Centers”
Among the research organisms discussed at the NIGMS workshop last September are (clockwise): Ambystoma mexicanum (axolotl, credit: iStock), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast, credit: see NIGMS Image and Video Gallery), Euprymna scolopes (bobtail squid, credit: Dr. Satoshi Shibata), and Platyhelminthes (planarian, credit: iStock).
Consistent with NIGMS’ mission to support a diverse portfolio of biomedically relevant basic research, we aim to support research that uses a wide range of research organisms (ROs). We see this approach as the best way to increase our understanding of life.
Continue reading “Perspectives on Choosing the Best Research Organism for Your Scientific Question”UPDATE: The slides [PDF, 3.28MB] from the IMSD Webinar have been posted.
Are you preparing an institutional Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32) grant application? If so, please join us for a webinar about the program and the opportunity to ask questions:
Monday, November 4, 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Continue reading “Webinar for Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32) Program Applicants”If you’re considering applying for programs in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity, don’t miss our workshop later this year for faculty interested in developing student research training programs:
Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. MT
Continue reading “Workshop on NIGMS Training Funding Opportunities”UPDATE: The slides [PDF, 1.5MB] from the 2019 Webinar for Bridges Applicants have been posted.
In September 2018, we presented our plans to reorganize the Bridges training programs, part of a larger effort to reorganize the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity. We’re now pleased to announce two new Bridges 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:
Continue reading “New Bridges Training Programs Announced”If you’re considering applying for our Limited Competition: NIGMS National and Regional Resources (R24 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) announcement (PAR-19-301) for the September 26 receipt date, don’t miss our upcoming webinar:
Monday, August 5, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Continue reading “Webinar for NIGMS National and Regional Resources Program Applicants”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.
Continue reading “Funding Opportunity: Diversity Program Consortium Dissemination and Translation Awards (DPC DaTA) and Webinar”UPDATE: The slides [PDF, 350KB] from the SPAD Webinar have been posted.
We’ve just released a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) soliciting applications for the Diversity Program Consortium’s Sponsored Programs Administration Development (SPAD) Program (UC2).
A primary goal of the program is to enhance faculty and student participation in biomedical research and research training programs. These programs include undergraduate research programs, Academic Research Enhancement Awards (R15), and Support of Competitive Research (SC1, SC2, SC3), among others. Funded institutions are expected to develop offices that provide services such as professional development in targeted areas (e.g., enhancing grant-writing skills), pre- and post-award services, and certification-guided training of sponsored program staff and leadership.
Continue reading “Funding Opportunity: Sponsored Programs Administration Development (SPAD) Program and Webinar”UPDATE: The slides [PDF, 1.04MB] and video 
from the PRAT Program Applicant Webinar have been posted.
We recently reissued the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the Postdoctoral Research Associate Training (PRAT) Program and will host a webinar for interested students and fellows:
Wednesday, June 19, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Continue reading “Webinar for Postdoctoral Research Associate Training (PRAT) Program Applicants”