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Webinar on Recently Released Funding Announcements: Team Science and Biomedical Technology Centers
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 Both FOAs have receipt dates in May 2020 and both use the RM1 grant mechanism. However, there are significant differences between the reissued Team Science announcement and the initial funding announcement, and between the Biomedical Technology Centers and the former NIGMS Biomedical Technology Research Resource C...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 18, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Resources Preparing an Application Research Resources Webinars Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunity: IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)
We’re pleased to announce that the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) funding opportunity announcement (FOA) (PAR-20-102) has been reissued. INBRE fosters the development, coordination, and sharing of research resources and expertise that expand research opportunities and increase the number of competitive investigators in IDeA-eligible states. The program achieves these goals through partnerships between research-intensive and primarily undergraduate institutions, community colleges, and tribally controlled colleges and universities. This funding opportunity will continue to assist these ins...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 10, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Institutional Development Award Research Capacity Building Source Type: blogs

NIGMS Administrative Supplements for Helium Recovery Systems
As we did last year, we’re offering administrative supplements to NIGMS-funded awards for the purchase of helium recovery systems. The deadline for these supplement applications is March 30, 2020. All the provisions of NOT-GM-20-013 apply, except that the types of eligible NIGMS-funded parent awards include P20, P30, P41, R01, R35, R37, and RM1 awards. To submit an administrative supplement application for helium recovery systems, follow all instructions in NOT-GM-20-013, with the following additions: Up to two NIGMS grantees with projects that make use of helium-cooled instruments may apply separatel...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 6, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Administrative Supplements Research Resources Source Type: blogs

NIGMS Administrative Supplements for Equipment
As in previous years, we’re offering administrative supplements to NIGMS-funded R01, R35, and R37 awards for the purchase of single equipment systems (such as the components of a helium recovery system or the components of a working microscope). The deadline for these supplement applications is March 30, 2020. All provisions of NOT-GM-20-013 apply. Note that: These funds are intended for the purchase of single equipment systems with requested direct costs up to $250,000.The requested supplemental budget cannot exceed the total year direct cost amount of the parent award. Applications may not include requ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 5, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Administrative Supplements Research Resources Source Type: blogs

NIGMS Support for Biomedical Data Repositories and Biomedical Knowledgebases
NIH has published two new funding opportunity announcements (FOAs): PAR-20-089, Biomedical Data Repository (U24 – Clinical Trials Not Allowed) and PAR-20-097, Biomedical Knowledgebase (U24 – Clinical Trials Not Allowed). As noted in the FOAs, data repositories and knowledgebases have distinct functions, metrics for success, and sustainability needs. In order to support these resources most effectively, NIGMS intends to fund them as separate cooperative agreement grants. NIGMS applications proposing a free-standing data repository or knowledgebase resource must apply under one of these FOAs. Thus, applications s...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 27, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Administrative Supplements Research Resources Source Type: blogs

Erica Brown Named Associate Director for Extramural Activities
I’m pleased to announce that Erica Brown has been named NIGMS associate director for extramural activities and director of our Division of Extramural Activities (DEA). In this role, Erica oversees the receipt, referral, review, and fiscal management of the Institute’s grants. Additionally, she serves as executive secretary of our advisory council and advises senior staff on the planning, development, and administration of Institute grant activities. Erica joined NIGMS in 2017 as deputy DEA director and has served as acting director since Ann Hagan’s departure in early 2019. She has made considerable contributi...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 16, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages Job Announcements News NIGMS Staff News Source Type: blogs

How do I know if my work fits in the mission of NIGMS?
Ninety percent of the applications to our Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators (known as the ESI MIRA program) that were submitted in October are about to undergo peer review. The remaining 10% were administratively withdrawn, mostly because the research proposed fell outside the NIGMS mission. This is comparable to the proportion that was withdrawn over the past 3 years. Withdrawn applications represent a lot of wasted time and effort on the part of affected PIs and are the source of considerable frustration. So what can you do to minimize the chance of this happening to your ES...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 15, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Research Administration Early Stage Investigator Funding Policies MIRA Preparing an Application Source Type: blogs

Perspectives on Choosing the Best Research Organism for Your Scientific Question
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), Vibrio fischeri (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. This past fall, we hosted a gro...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 13, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Meetings/Events Research Organisms Webinars Source Type: blogs

Wanted: Program Director, Biochemistry and Bio-related Chemistry Branch
We’re recruiting for an accomplished scientist with experience in the biochemical sciences to join the Biochemistry and Bio-related Chemistry (BBC) Branch of the Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry (PPBC). The BBC Branch supports research studies in synthetic chemistry, biochemistry, and bio-related chemistry. Research in this Branch is related to enzymology, bioenergetics, carbohydrate chemistry and recognition, synthetic methodology development, natural product synthesis and biosynthesis, peptide and protein chemistry, and synthetic biology.  The successful applicant will be resp...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 9, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunity: Support of Competitive Research (SC1, SC2, SC3) Awards
The Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) program strives to increase the research competitiveness of faculty at institutions with a historical mission or demonstrated track record of training and graduating students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research (see NIH’s Notice of Interest in Diversity). Funding opportunity announcements for the three SCORE mechanisms were just reissued: SCORE Research Advancement Award (SC1)PAR-20-039The SC1 mechanism is for established investigators who can demonstrate a need to augment their research skills (e.g., quality/quantity of preliminary data) and p...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 20, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Training/Fellowships/Career Development Source Type: blogs

Wanted: Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences Director
BBCB Search Committee Members: Enrique De La Cruz, Yale University Daniel Gallahan, National Cancer Institute Jill Heemskerk, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Ming Lei, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Chair Cathy Wu, University of Delaware The search is now open for an outstanding candidate to serve as director of our Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences (BBCB). The division supports the development of biophysical and computational methods and tools for understanding basic biological questions; physical and theoretical methodol...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 18, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs

Advancing Sepsis Research: New Models and Novel Approaches
At the September meeting of the NIGMS Advisory Council, I delivered the Institute’s response to the recommendations of the Working Group on Sepsis. For more information, you can watch the videocast of the presentation. Watch the sepsis presentation at the September Advisory Council meeting. As a funding institute, we want to rebalance our research portfolio to invest in sepsis in more targeted, strategic ways. Planned efforts include: Placing greater emphasis on patient-derived materials (“bedside to bench”)Developing a mechanistic understanding in patients to categorize sepsis endotypesPromoting di...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - October 28, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Research Administration NIGMS Advisory Council Sepsis Research Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunity: Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) R25
In March, we released an NIH Guide notice informing the community of our intent to continue the Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) R25. We’re now pleased to announce that the IPERT funding opportunity announcement (FOA) (PAR-19-383) has been reissued with minor changes. The goal of IPERT is to enable the scientific community to develop and implement innovative educational activities that equip diverse cohorts of participants with the skills required for careers in the biomedical research workforce. IPERT activities must integrate the required components of the Research Education Program Plan (REPP),...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - October 4, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Training/Fellowships/Career Development Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunity: Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) Program
We’re pleased to announce that the Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12) funding opportunity announcement (PAR-19-366) has been reissued with some minor changes. IRACDA combines a mentored postdoctoral research experience at a research-intensive institution with an opportunity to develop critical teaching and mentoring skills at a teaching-intensive partner institution that has a diverse student population. The primary goal of the program is to develop an inclusive pool of well-trained biomedical scientists who have the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue independent academic t...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 30, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Training/Fellowships/Career Development Postdoctoral Source Type: blogs

Webinar for Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32) Program Applicants
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 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 January 28 receipt date. Feel free to send your questions in advance to us (Sailaja Koduri or Veerasamy Ravichandran) or post them live in the chat box during the event. To access...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 26, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Graduate Education Preparing an Application Webinars Source Type: blogs