A Primer on NIGMS Research Capacity Building Opportunities

This post is part of a series outlining NIGMS research priorities, funding opportunities, and the grant application process. You can read more posts in this series and sign up to receive all future posts delivered straight to your inbox. Now that you understand the major types of research project grants NIGMS supports and where to apply, let’s discuss our Institute’s funding opportunities that focus on research capacity building. What Is Research Capacity Building? Part of NIH’s mission is to increase the participation and representation of researchers at institutions that don’t receive large amounts of NIH funding. This includes institutions that have partnerships with Tribal organizations and that educate students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research, and those in states and jurisdictions that traditionally have low levels of NIH funding. What Are the Different NIGMS Research Capacity Building Opportunities? NIGMS’ Division for Research Capacity Building (DRCB) offers customized programs to meet the different needs of institutions looking to increase capacity in biomedical research. The programs provide funding for faculty research, mentoring, student research participation, institutional research infrastructure enhancement, and pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (pre-K-12) science education activities to help build the nation’s biomedical workforce. NIGMS offers the following programs: Institutional Development Award (IDeA...
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