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Wanted: Program Director, Genetic Mechanisms Branch
We’re recruiting for an accomplished scientist to manage research grant, fellowship, training, and other types of awards focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying inheritance, gene expression, and development. The position is in our Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Job responsibilities involve working collaboratively with other staff to stimulate, plan, advise, direct, and evaluate program activities for a portfolio of research awards. Applicants should have expertise and experience using state-of-the-art molecular genetics and/or genomics-based approaches...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 13, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs

Susan Gregurick to Lead Data Science Activities at NIH
It’s with profoundly mixed emotions that I tell you that Susan Gregurick has been named the NIH associate director for data science and director of the Office of Data Science Strategy. This new position will allow her to play a key role in shaping data science activities across NIH. Susan has provided extraordinary leadership to our Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences (BBCB) for the past 6 years and has been an essential member of the Institute’s senior staff. I’m confident that she’ll bring the same level of enthusiasm, professionalism, judgment, and keen intellect...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 12, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages Job Announcements News NIGMS Staff News Source Type: blogs

New Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Programs Announced
In March, we shared our plans to develop a new program as part of our efforts to enhance postdoctoral career transitions to promote faculty diversity in the biomedical research workforce. We’re pleased to announce that the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) funding opportunity announcements have been published. MOSAIC is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at re...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 26, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Funding Opportunities Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Graduate Educations Biomedical Research Enterprise Postdoctoral Source Type: blogs

Request for Information on Human Biospecimens for Research on Sepsis
NIGMS wants to advance our understanding of sepsis in order to accelerate improved diagnosis and treatment strategies. Based on the recommendations of our National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council Working Group on Sepsis, we intend to continue our support of fundamental discovery and mechanistic science relevant to sepsis. We recently identified the Institute’s specific priorities for sepsis research in an NIH Guide notice (NOT-GM-19-054). Additionally, the Working Group recommended that NIGMS encourage the use of human clinical materials to facilitate more rapid progress toward better identification, staging, a...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 23, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Requests for Information NIGMS Advisory Council Sepsis Research Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunities for National Cryo-ET Service Network
NIH has issued two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to advance the application of cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), a powerful imaging method for directly visualizing macromolecular associations and organization in native cells. The first FOA, RFA-RM-19-009, will establish four service centers that will specialize in cryo-ET specimen preparation. The other FOA, RFA-RM-19-010, in addition to cryo-ET specimen preparation, will establish a network hub that will support these service centers and collect cryo-ET images for their users. These centers will provide the following services to the community: Ac...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 20, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Funding Opportunities NIH Guide Notices Source Type: blogs

Seeking Two Branch Chiefs for the Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry Division at NIGMS
We’re recruiting for two accomplished individuals with interest and experience in the scientific areas that comprise the Biochemistry and Bio-related Chemistry (BBC) and the Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences (PPS) Branches of the Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry. Successful applicants will be responsible for scientific and administrative planning, evaluation, and management of one of the branches, along with supervision of program directors with portfolios of funded research and small business grants. Each Chief will additionally handle a portfolio of research grants consistent...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 19, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs

Workshop on NIGMS Training Funding Opportunities
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 During the event, which will be held at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, we’ll discuss our funding opportunities for community colleges and bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degree-awarding institutions. You’ll gain information on the grants and peer review processes, obtain tips for writing proposals, and get a chance to...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 13, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Preparing and Application Webinars Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunity: Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), Phases 1 and 2
The Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program supports biomedical research and research capacity building in states and territories that historically have had low levels of NIH funding. The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) are long-standing IDeA funding initiatives supporting thematic, multidisciplinary centers that establish and strengthen institutional biomedical research capacity via three sequential 5-year phases. Funding opportunity announcements for the first and second phases of COBRE were just reissued: COBRE Phase 1 (P20) PAR-19-313 Supports the development of a multidiscip...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 1, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Funding Opportunities Institutional Development Award Research Capacity Building Source Type: blogs

Notice of Information on NIGMS Priorities for Sepsis Research
At the recent National Advisory General Medical Sciences (NAGMS) Council meeting, the Recommendations of the NAGMS Working Group on Sepsis were presented. As one of our first responses to the recommendations of this working group, NIGMS has published a Notice of Information on NIGMS Priorities for Sepsis Research. The Notice of Information provides potential applicants with details of specific research topics that are of special interest to NIGMS as well as those that are considered to be of low priority for funding. If you have any questions about NIGMS Priorities for Sepsis Research, please contact me. (Source...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 31, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities NIGMS Advisory Council Sepsis Research Source Type: blogs

New Bridges Training Programs Announced
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: Focus on skills development (including an em...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 30, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Preparing an Application Webinars Source Type: blogs

NIGMS Grantees Receive Top U.S. Award in Science and Engineering
I’m pleased to congratulate four members of the NIGMS community who are among the recipients of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers . This award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology. Michael Boyce, Ph.D. , is an assistant professor of biochemistry at Duke University. As an expert glycoscientist, he is bringing state-of-the-art chemical-biological approaches to studies of cell signa...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 25, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages News NIGMS Grantee News Source Type: blogs

Webinar for NIGMS National and Regional Resources Program Applicants
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 During the webinar, we’ll provide an overview of the program, explain the process for assessing applications, and answer any questions you may have. To join the webinar, visit the WebEx meeting page and enter the meeting number 627 078 274 and the password nigms. Alternatively, you can join by phone by calling 1-650-479-3208 and entering the me...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 24, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Resources Preparing and Application Research Resources Webinars Source Type: blogs

NIGMS Administrative Supplements for Helium Recovery Systems
We’re offering administrative supplements to NIGMS-funded P20, P30, P41, R01, R35, R37, and RM1 awards for the purchase of helium recovery systems. The deadline for these supplement applications is August 5, 2019. Note that: These funds are intended for the purchase of a single system 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 requests for future-year funds.For these supplements, we request one application from an NIGMS grantee on behalf of all active NIGMS-funded resea...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 11, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Administrative Supplements Research Resources Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunity: NIGMS National and Regional Resources
Research resources provide access to technologies, methods, and expertise that are not generally available to individual laboratories. Large-scale research resources can significantly broaden access to cutting-edge technologies and can achieve economies of scale not possible for facilities serving individual institutions. We have just published a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support national and regional (multistate) resources for biomedical research that will provide access to state-of-the-art facilities, equipment, technologies, research tools, and software to many users. We expect the impact of thes...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 27, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Research Resources Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunity: Diversity Program Consortium Dissemination and Translation Awards (DPC DaTA) and Webinar
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. Funded programs are expected to: Conduct hypothesis-driven researchUse ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 26, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Diversity Program Consortium NIH Common Fund Preparing an Application Webinars Source Type: blogs