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New Undergraduate Training Programs Announced
In May 2018, we shared with you our plans to reorganize the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity. As part of this reorganization, in December we announced two new graduate training programs. Now, we are pleased to announce two new undergraduate 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 dev...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 2, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Undergraduate Source Type: blogs

Clarification About Support for Conferences and Meetings
NIGMS has published a Notice in the NIH Guide to clarify the types of conferences and scientific meetings that the Institute will support through the R13 activity code. If you are thinking of requesting NIGMS funding for a meeting, it’s important to know that: NIGMS funds very few meetings;Those R13 meeting applications that it accepts for review and considers for funding must meet all three of the following criteria: 1) they must be closely aligned with NIGMS’ mission; 2) they must be non-recurring; and 3) they must include participants who do not frequently interact in other venues; andNIGMS will not support s...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 19, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Judith Greenberg Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Conferences NIH Guide Notices Source Type: blogs

Pathways: Inspiring Future Scientists Through a New Collaboration with Scholastic, Inc.
I’m pleased to announce the debut of Pathways , a collaboration between NIGMS and Scholastic, Inc., that provides a collection of free educational resources about basic biomedical science and research careers. Cover of Pathways student magazine. Pathways, designed for grades 6 through 12, includes a student magazine, teacher lesson plans, activities, and videos, all available at http://www.scholastic.com/pathways . The Pathways student magazine is also being distributed this month to subscribers of Scholastic’s Science World magazine, reaching nearly 500,000 students in all 50 states. The maga...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 18, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Jon Lorsch Tags: Director’s Messages Resources Science Education Source Type: blogs

Planning for Maximizing Investigators ’ Research Award (MIRA) Renewals
As we work on issuing a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the established investigator (EI) MIRA program, we thought it would be useful to address a few common questions we’ve been hearing. The new FOA will allow applications from NIGMS grantees who have one or more single-Principal Investigator (PI) R01-equivalent awards, just as the current FOA does. In addition, the new FOA (to be published by Fall 2019) will allow renewal applications from PIs who already have MIRA grants. One key goal of the MIRA program is to increase funding stability for researchers. This was accomplished in part by making th...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 13, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Jon Lorsch Tags: Director’s Messages Funding Trends Research Administration Early Stage Investigator Established Investigator Funding Policies MIRA R01 Source Type: blogs

Early Notice: Concept Clearance for the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Program (UE5 and K99/R00) to Promote Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce
At the recent NIGMS Advisory Council meeting, the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity received approval to write two new funding opportunity announcements as part of our efforts to enhance postdoctoral career transitions to promote faculty diversity in the biomedical research workforce. Watch the MOSAIC presentation at the January Advisory Council meeting. The Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of talented postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds into independent faculty careers in research-inten...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 4, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Alison Gammie, Dr. Kenneth Gibbs and Dr. Michael Sesma Tags: Funding Opportunities Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Graduate Education Biomedical Research Enterprise Postdoctoral Source Type: blogs