Welcoming the Inaugural Director of the NIH Division of Biomedical Research Workforce Programs
I am pleased and excited to announce that in August, Dr. Kay Lund will join NIH as the inaugural director of the NIH Division of Biomedical Research Workforce Programs.
As you might recall, the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director‘s Biomedical Workforce Working Group recommended that NIH recruit a leader and establish a dedicated office to guide NIH’s training and development of a well-prepared biomedical workforce. Dr. Lund is both an exemplary leader and a highly accomplished biomedical researcher and mentor. She was the first to clone the proglucagon gene that led to the discovery of two new hormones now being use...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 31, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Sally Rockey Tags: Rock Talk Biomedical Workforce NIH Source Type: funding
Intramural NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program (FI2)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-15-094 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.859Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-NIH11Closing Date: Oct 03, 2017Award Ceiling: Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Jan 16, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The NIGMS Postdoctoral...
Source: Grants.gov - January 17, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding
Intramural NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program (FI2)
Funding Opportunity PAR-15-094 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program's overarching goal is to provide high quality postdoctoral research training in the basic biomedical sciences, in NIH intramural research laboratories, to a diverse group of postdoctoral fellows to prepare them for leadership positions in biomedical careers. The research projects proposed should focus on NIGMS mission-related areas of basic biomedical science. These include cell biology, biophysics, genetics, developmental biology, pharmacology, physiology, biological chemistry, computa...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 16, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Call for Research Grants: Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation
The Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation (CARF) seeks original, focused, and innovative research grant applications dealing with primary cicatricial alopecia (PCA). Applications will be accepted from laboratories around the world. The proposed project must serve to further CARF's research goals, namely, to understand the pathogenesis of PCA, an understanding that will lead to effective prevention and therapy. CARF will give priority to research proposals based on the following topics. Please see the attached review criteria at the end of the application that reviewers will use to evaluate the applications. ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 15, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation Source Type: funding
Request for Proposals: Mentoring in Active Learning and Teaching
Up to $2,000 per Fellow / $500 mentor stipend up to 4 awards; deadline December 1 A key factor for achieving Vision and Change for improved STEM teaching (http://www.visionandchange.org) is the practical support of instructors seeking to acquire, apply, and assess effective ways to achieve active learning when they teach. Immersion and mentoring experiences are particularly helpful to this process (Sirum et al., 2010; Murray et al., 2011; Vergara et al., 2013). Therefore, the Mentoring Active Learning and Teaching (MALT) program will fund up to $2,000 for individual undergraduate biology educators to visit, ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - September 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Cell Biology Source Type: funding
Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
Pre-proposal deadline: Sep 3, 2014 by 4:00pm EDT Application Deadline: Jan 8, 2015 by 4:00pm EST Accepting electronic applications only. Deadlines are firm. BWF's Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) provide $500,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. These awards are intended to foster the early career development of researchers who have transitioned or are transitioning from undergraduate and/or graduate work in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological scienc...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 19, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Source Type: funding
Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases
Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases Sponsored by the AAN and the American Brain Foundation and funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin family. This award recognizes major contributions to the understanding of the causes, prevention, treatment, and cure for Pick's, Alzheimer's, and related diseases. Presentation Recipient is expected to present a 20-minute lecture during a scientific session at the 67th AAN Annual Meeting. Recipient will receive: -- Medallion and $100,000 prize -- Complimentary registration for 67th Annual Meeting -...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 13, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Academy of Neurology/American Brain Foundation Source Type: funding
American Gastroenterological Association-R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer
American Gastroenterological Association-R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer This award is made to support the research of an established investigator working on novel approaches to gastric cancer. Eligibility: Established Investigators Total Amount: $100,000 Amount per year: $50,000 Duration: Two years Deadline: Aug. 29, 2014 Start Date: Jan. 1, 2015 This award provides $50,000 per year for two years (total $100,000) to an established investigator working on novel approaches in gastric cancer research, including the fields of gastric mucosal cell biology; regen...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 4, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Gastroenterological Association Source Type: funding
Request for Proposals: National Psoriasis Foundation Discovery Grant
The National Psoriasis Foundation is seeking grant applications that encourage the advancement of innovative research into psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Discovery Grants fund researchers while they explore preliminary ideas and conduct proof-of-concept experiments. The goal is to stimulate the development of new research programs in the field of psoriatic disease capable of competing for long-term funding from the National Institutes of Health or other agencies in the future. Funded research areas include, but are not limited to, genetics, cell biology, immunology and epidemiology/health services. Researchers wit...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 4, 2014 Category: Research Authors: National Psoriasis Foundation Source Type: funding
Call for Entries: American Society for Cell Biology Science Comic Strip Competition
First prize $500 Second prize: $200 Third prize: $100 Application deadline: October 1, 2014 Results announced: November 1, 2014 Awards presented at the ASCB Meeting Show off your creativity and talent by entering into the ASCB Science Comic Strip Contest. Sketch, draw, design a funny moment, an interesting perspective, or any creative idea that pertains to science in comic strip format. Entries will be judged by a panel of ASCB representatives and will feature celebrity judges Jorge Cham, author of PhD comics and the PHD Movie 2: Still in Grad School Kickstarter Campaign, and Nik Papageorgi...
Source: ScanGrants feed - July 9, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society for Cell Biology Source Type: funding
Request for Applications: Children’s Tumor Foundation Schwannomatosis Awards
Request for Applications: Children’s Tumor Foundation Schwannomatosis Awards Schwannomatosis is the rarest form of NF, affecting 1:40,000 persons and causing peripheral nerve tumors and unmanageable pain. CTF is offering 2014 Schwannomatosis Awards of up to $75,000 each. Schwannomatosis Awards may be requested for research in any area of relevance to advancing schwannomatosis research in the following priority areas: • Genetics • Cell Biology & Translational Research • Clinical Research Due Date: September 1, 2014* *the deadline has been changed to accomodate the ne...
Source: ScanGrants feed - June 23, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Children’s Tumor Foundation Source Type: funding
Centennial Travel Award in Basic Science Tropical Disease Research
Application deadline: June 25, 2014 The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Centennial Travel Award was established in 2003 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its parent society. This centennial milestone is honored with this award that fosters international collaboration in the basic science of tropical infectious diseases. This award also provides physicians and scientists the opportunity for field experience in combination with laboratory studies of parasitic, bacterial or viral infectious diseases in endemic developing countries. In an effort to stimulate interest in tropical...
Source: ScanGrants feed - June 5, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Source Type: funding
Call for Applications: Target Identification in Lupus
Letter of intent due date: July 10, 2014 Application due date: August 25, 2014 The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) is pleased to announce that the applications for the ALR’s Target Identification in Lupus (TIL) grants are now available online. The guidelines and application are also available through the Altum proposalCENTRAL website at https://proposalcentral.altum.com. Funding for the TIL award will be made for up to $200,000 per year (for a maximum of three years - total amount up to $600,000) including indirect costs. Funding for the third year is based on the successful submission of a n...
Source: ScanGrants feed - June 5, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Alliance for Lupus Research Source Type: funding
Call for Applications: Society for Histochemistry Robert Feulgen Prize 2015
The Robert Feulgen Prize will be awarded for an outstanding achievement in the field of histochemistry. The monetary prize to be awarded in 2014 is 3,000 EUR; the monetary prize to be awarded from 2015 is 2,000 EUR. The contributions may be either towards the development of new histochemical and cytochemical techniques or in the application of existing technology towards solving important problems in biology and/or medicine. Addressed are scientists working in microscopical sciences (in the widest sense) as well as in biochemistry, cell biology, endocrinology, in situ molecular techniques, and neurosciences. Scientist...
Source: ScanGrants feed - May 8, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Society for Histochemistry Source Type: funding
Reagents for Glucagon and Incretin Research (R43/R44)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DK-14-008 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Food and NutritionHealthCFDA Number: 93.847Eligible Applicants Small businessesAgency Name: HHS-NIH11Closing Date: Nov 24, 2014Award Ceiling: Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: May 02, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) for funding to perform research leading to the development of:
A) Validat...
Source: Grants.gov - May 2, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Food and Nutrition Health Source Type: funding
