Information and resources related to NIGMS’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic can be found below. For additional information, visit the NIH Coronavirus webpage. Guidance for NIH applicants and grantees, including NIGMS applicants and grantees, is available from the NIH Office of Extramural Research. In addition, resources for the public and health care providers about COVID-19 illness and clinical trials can be found on the HHS Combat COVID website.
The NIH RePORTER database provides information about grant awards such as abstracts, funding amounts, associated publications, and more. The search below shows only NIGMS-funded or -administered awards related to COVID-19.
NIGMS is offering several flexibilities focused mostly on awardees transitioning to independent positions whose training or career development activities have been significantly hindered by COVID-19-related shutdowns, over and above the lost research productivity that most individuals experienced.
UK Receives Renewed $11.4 Million Grant to Further Cancer ResearchUniversity of Kentucky Research News (May 25, 2022)
The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage Powered by Datavant and Regenstrief Wins 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation AwardYahoo! Finance (May 24, 2022)
COVID-19 Testing Hits the Road in West VirginiaNIH Covid-19 Research Website (April 25, 2022)
Why Testing is the Key to Getting Back to NormalNLM Musings from the Mezzanine (September 4, 2020)
NIH and the Importance of Basic Science Post COVID-19R Street Institute (June 18, 2020)
COVID-19 Special Edition with Dr. Jon LorschASBMB Pipettes and Politics Podcast (April 8, 2020)
Biomedical Research and the NIH in the Age of COVID-19Swarthmore College SwatTalk (April 6, 2020)
Shutdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated distance learning for many, from K-12 classrooms to undergraduate and graduate institutions. NIGMS created new resources and promoted existing tools to meet the unique needs of students, trainees, educators, mentors and others.
