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Reviewers Will Be Ready for the New Predoctoral T32 FOA
The first receipt date for predoctoral T32 applications in response to NIGMS Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) PAR-17-341 is fast approaching—May 25, 2018. While a wealth of information is already available regarding the intent and requirements of this new FOA, including on our NRSA Institutional Predoctoral Training Grants website and a recent Feedback Loop post, we want to reassure prospective applicants that we are also actively preparing for the review of these applications. All predoctoral T32 applications submitted to NIGMS are currently reviewed by two in-house standing review committees, TWD-A and TWD-B, an...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 27, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Stephanie Constant Tags: Funding Opportunities Peer Review Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Graduate Education Predoctoral Source Type: blogs

NIGMS Transitions AREA Support to Undergraduate-Focused Institutions
NIGMS is realigning its support of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program to focus on providing research experiences to undergraduate students in scientific areas within its mission. Accordingly, we’ve published a new undergraduate research-focused AREA funding opportunity announcement (FOA) and are discontinuing our participation in the NIH Parent AREA FOA. The undergraduate research-focused AREA FOA will allow us to continue to: 1) support small-scale meritorious research projects at institutions that do not receive substantial NIH funding (less than $6 million in total costs in 4 of the last 7 years), ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 15, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Alexandra Ainsztein Tags: Funding Opportunities Research Administration Uncategorized AREA Source Type: blogs

Planning to Apply for an NIGMS Established Investigator MIRA? Points to Consider
When NIGMS issued PAR-17-094, Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (R35), in December 2016, we opened the established investigator MIRA mechanism to all NIGMS grantees whose single-PI R01-equivalent grants were set to terminate in the same or subsequent fiscal year as the MIRA application. The purpose of this post is to remind you of important points to keep in mind if you are eligible to apply for a MIRA. Before applying, we strongly encourage you to contact your program director, who can advise you on whether MIRA is the best funding program for you and can help estimate a project budget if your application does we...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 9, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Judith Greenberg Tags: Funding Opportunities Research Administration Established Investigator Funding Policies MIRA Source Type: blogs

Webinar for MARC U-STAR Program Applicants
If you’re preparing an institutional MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) grant application for the May 24 receipt date, don’t miss our upcoming webinar: Tuesday, March 27, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET. During the webinar, we’ll answer your questions about the MARC U-STAR funding opportunity announcement and data tables. You may send questions before the webinar or post them in the chat box during the event. To access the webinar, visit the WebEx Meeting page and enter the meeting number 621 811 686 and the password “MARC2018.” If you are unable to attend online, you can join by phone...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 7, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Sailaja Koduri and Dr. Luis Cubano Tags: Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Preparing an Application Undergraduate Webinars Source Type: blogs

Requesting Your Input on the Draft NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science
To capitalize on the opportunities presented by advances in data science, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is developing a Strategic Plan for Data Science. This plan describes NIH’s overarching goals, strategic objectives, and implementation tactics for promoting the modernization of the NIH-funded biomedical data science ecosystem. As part of the planning process, NIH has published a draft of the strategic plan [PDF 490KB], along with a Request for Information to seek input from stakeholders, including members of the scientific community, academic institutions, the private sector, health professionals, profession...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 5, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Jon Lorsch Tags: Request for Information Biomedical Research Enterprise NIH Source Type: blogs

Funding Opportunity for Development of Training Modules to Enhance the Rigor and Reproducibility of Biomedical Research
It’s crucial that the results of NIH-supported biomedical research are reproducible, unbiased, and properly validated. Establishment and use of rigorous and reproducible approaches require appropriate and sustained training of researchers and students. In 2014, we announced a funding opportunity to develop, pilot, and disseminate training modules to enhance data reproducibility. The products of these grants are posted on the NIGMS website as they become available, together with other relevant training modules about conducting rigorous and reproducible research. We’ve just reissued a funding opportunity announcement (...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 28, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Dorit Zuk Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Rigor and Reproducibility Source Type: blogs

Application and Funding Trends in Fiscal Year 2017
NIGMS is committed to ensuring that taxpayers get the best possible returns on their investments in fundamental biomedical research [PDF 702KB]. As part of this commitment to stewardship [PDF 7.89MB], we regularly monitor trends in our funding portfolio. We recognize the value of a diversified investment portfolio and approach our research investments in a similar fashion. Sustaining a broad and diverse portfolio of talented investigators is a central goal of the Institute, as a wide variety of research questions can be studied by an investigator pool that comprises many different backgrounds, fields, and skills. To monito...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 27, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Andrew Miklos and Dr. Jon Lorsch Tags: Director’s Messages Funding Trends Funding Outcomes Funding Policies MIRA NIGMS Strategic Plan R01 Source Type: blogs

Webinar on NIGMS Institutional Predoctoral Training Grant Program in Basic Biomedical Sciences
If you’re preparing an application for the NIGMS Institutional Predoctoral Training Grant (T32) program for the May 25 receipt date, don’t miss our upcoming webinar: Monday, March 5, from 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET. During the webinar, we’ll provide an overview of the new funding opportunity announcement and answer any questions you may have. You can send questions before the webinar or post them in the chat box during the event. To join the webinar, visit the WebEx Meeting page and enter the meeting number 627 943 381 and the password W7pyYXW4. If you are unable to attend online, you can join by phone by calling 1-650-479-32...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 26, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Shiva Singh Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Graduate Education Predoctoral Preparing an Application Webinars Source Type: blogs

The Diversity Program Consortium – Open Competitions for Phase II
We are pleased to announce that NIH Leadership has granted clearance for the second, final phase of the Diversity Program Consortium (DPC), a national program that is part of a larger, trans-NIH effort to enhance diversity in the biomedical research workforce. To accomplish this goal, the DPC takes a scientific approach to evaluating training and mentoring interventions. Two components of the second phase will be open competitions: the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and the DPC Dissemination and Translation Awards (DPC-DaTA). The DPC-DaTA grants will allow sites that are not currently part of the DPC to impleme...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 16, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Alison Gammie Tags: Funding Opportunities Training/Fellowships/Career Development Diversity Program Consortium Mentoring NIH Common Fund Source Type: blogs

Discontinuing Our Participation in the NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) Program
We recently issued an NIH Guide notice informing the community that we will discontinue participation in the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) (PA-16-309). As stated in the notice, we will not accept new or resubmission applications for this program, and its subsequent reissuances, starting with the April 8, 2018, receipt date. We will continue to accept NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31) (PA-16-308) and NRSA Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowships for Students a...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 5, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Shiva Singh Tags: Funding Opportunities Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Graduate Education Predoctoral Source Type: blogs

Webinar for RISE Program Applicants
If you’re preparing an institutional Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) grant application for the May 25 receipt date, don’t miss our upcoming webinar: Wednesday, February 7, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET. During the webinar, we’ll answer your questions about the RISE funding opportunity announcement and data tables. You may send questions before the webinar or post them in the chat box during the event. To join the webinar, visit the WebEx Meeting page and enter the meeting number 628 101 292 and the password PcyVj2JT. If you are unable to attend online, you can join by phone by calling 1-650-479-3208 fr...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 25, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Anissa Brown and Dr. Luis Cubano Tags: Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Preparing an Application Research Education (R25) Webinars Source Type: blogs

We Asked, You Responded: Community Input on Enhancing the Medical Scientist Training Program
Continuing our efforts to help modernize graduate education, we sought input from the community through a Request for Information (RFI) on strategies to enhance our physician-scientist training grants to medical schools across the country. These grants, funded through the Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional Predoctoral Training Grant (T32) Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), provide M.D.-Ph.D. dual degree students with an integrated program of biomedical sciences and clinical training. The RFI was open from June 9 to August 9, 2017. There were 16 themes in the RFI that were broadly binned into the following categories...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 23, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Jessica Faupel-Badger and Dr. Stefan Maas Tags: Request for Information Training/Fellowships/Career Development RFI Results Source Type: blogs

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Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 22, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Stephanie Older Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Wanted: Program Director, Biochemistry and Bio-related Chemistry Branch
We’re recruiting for an accomplished scientist with experience in the chemical sciences to join the Biochemistry and Bio-related Chemistry Branch (BBC) of the Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry (PPBC). The successful applicant will have responsibility for both scientific and administrative management of a portfolio of grants (both research and training) and fellowships, to include: stimulating, planning, advising, directing, and evaluating program activities for the portfolio of research awards. The BBC Branch in PPBC Division supports basic research in areas of biochemistry, bio-related c...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 12, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Pamela A. Marino Tags: Job Announcements Biochemistry and Bio-related Chemistry Program Director Source Type: blogs

Wanted: Developmental and Cellular Processes Branch Chief
We’re recruiting for an outstanding individual to serve as branch chief within our Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology (GDB). This person will oversee the scientific and administrative management of the Developmental and Cellular Processes (DCP) Branch and will be responsible for advising, directing, and evaluating program activities for a portfolio of research grants in one of the branch areas. The GDB Division supports research into the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie inheritance, gene expression, and development. The DCP Branch focuses on the genetic and biochemical pathways that cells u...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 12, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Dorit Zuk Tags: Job Announcements Cellular Processes Branch Chief Developmental Source Type: blogs