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PAR-22-220; Laurie Stepanek; Lameese Akacem
The goals of PREP are to increase the number of baccalaureates from underrepresented groups who go on to Ph.D. degree programs, and also to enhance the diversity of students in awardee institutions' Ph.D. programs. The strategy is to support institutional programs that provide extensive research training and academic preparation at research-intensive institutions through 1- to 2-year research apprenticeships.
RFA-RM-13-016; Lameese Akacem; Marie Harton; Kalynda Gonzales Stokes; Laurie Stepanek; Consortium contact: Alison Gammie
BUILD awards are designed to implement and study innovative approaches to engaging and retaining students from diverse backgrounds in biomedical research, potentially helping them on the pathway to become future contributors to the NIH-funded research enterprise. BUILD awards differ from other NIH-funded training grants in that they aim to achieve simultaneous impact at the student, faculty, and institutional levels.
RFA-RM-18-002; RFA-RM-18-003; RFA-RM-18-004; Michael Sesma; Mercedes Rubio; Consortium contact: Alison Gammie
The National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) resource center provides mentoring and networking opportunities for biomedical researchers from diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups, from the undergraduate level through early career faculty. The NRMN coordination center brings together the NRMN awardees, including the resource center and the research on mentoring, networking and navigating critical transition points.
PA-21-071; Shakira Nelson; Zuzana Justinova
This program employs the research project grant as the platform for intensive mentored research experiences within the scope of the grant during the continuum from high school to the postdoctoral level and investigators developing independent research careers. The goal is to increase the nation's pool of students from underrepresented groups by preparing them to continue their training and career advancement in biomedical research.
PAR-21-198; Kenneth Gibbs
The goal of the program is to develop a diverse pool of scientists earning a Ph.D., who have the skills to successfully transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce. The funding supports institutions that develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical training and mentoring. Each program must consist of a partnership/consortium composed of at least two institutions: an institution that offers the master's degree as the only graduate degree in the biomedical sciences, and a research-intensive college or university granting Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences. The program supports predoctoral trainees enrolled full-time at institutions with terminal master’s degrees in the biomedical sciences the goal of transitioning into and completing biomedically relevant Ph.D. programs at partnering research-intensive institutions.
RFA-RM-18-002; RFA-RM-18-003; RFA-RM-18-004; Michael Sesma; Mercedes Rubio; Consortium contact: Alison Gammie
PAR-20-213 (Basic Biomedical Sciences); Ron Adkins; Michael Bender; Sydella Blatch; Chris Chao; Miles Fabian; Paula Flicker; Marie Harton; Sailaja Koduri; Zhongzhen Nie; Mercedes Rubio; Miljan Simonovic; Jean Yuan
PAR-23-030; Leading Equity and Advancing Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP); Mercedes Rubio
PAR-21-189; Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP); Andrea Keane-Myers; Miles Fabian
NIGMS supports predoctoral research training grants at eligible institutions to enhance graduate (Ph.D.) research training in 12 broad areas of basic biomedical sciences relevant to the NIGMS mission. In addition, NIGMS supports the integrated and clinical medical and graduate research training through the Leading Equity and Advancing Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP) and Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP).
PAR-21-026; Sydella Blatch
The goal of the program is to develop a diverse pool of scientists earning a Ph.D., who have the skills to successfully transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce. G-RISE is a predoctoral training program for institutions with research-active environments. Eligible institutions must have an average of NIH research project grant (RPG) funding less than $7.5 million in total costs per year.
PAR-21-025; Shakira Nelson; Mercedes Rubio
The goal of the program is to develop a diverse pool of scientists earning a Ph.D., who have the skills to successfully transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce. IMSD is a predoctoral training program for institutions with research-intensive environments. Eligible institutions must have an average of NIH research project grant (RPG) funding greater than or equal to $7.5 million in total costs per year.
PAR-23-030; Mercedes Rubio
The Leading Equity and Advancing Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP) program is part of NIH’s efforts to broaden participation of institution types with NIH funded dual-degree training programs (i.e., a Ph.D. combined with a clinical degree, such as M.D., D.O., D.V.M., D.D.S., Pharm.D., etc.) and have historically not been well represented among NIGMS-funded MSTPs.
RFA-RM-18-002; RFA-RM-18-003; RFA-RM-18-004; Michael Sesma; Mercedes Rubio; Consortium contact: Alison Gammie
PA-20-251 (F31); Mercedes Rubio; Laurie Stepanek | PA-21-050 (F30); Donna Krasnewich
NIGMS provides predoctoral fellowships to eligible individuals who see advances in predoctoral research training in basic biomedical sciences through the NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31) and the NRSA Individual Predoctoral MD/Ph.D. or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowships for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (F30). These fellowships, which generally provide up to 3 years of support, promote fundamental, interdisciplinary, and innovative research training and career development leading to independent scientists who are well prepared to address the nation's biomedical research needs. The strategy is to provide support to outstanding predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored training leading to the Ph.D. and M.D.-Ph.D. or other dual-degree.
This program employs the research project grant as the platform for intensive mentored research experiences within the scope of the grant during the continuum from high school to the postdoctoral level and investigators developing independent research careers. The goal is to increase the nation's pool of students from underrepresented groups by preparing them to continue their training and career advancement in biomedical research.
NOT-OD-21-134; Shakira Nelson
This program employs the research project grant as the platform for intensive, mentored research experiences that facilitate re-entry for individuals who have high potential for an active research career after taking time off to care for children or parents or to attend to other family responsibilities. Individuals at the predoctoral level who have been in a biomedical graduate program eligible re-entry candidates and include those previously enrolled in dual-degree programs (e.g., M.D.-Ph.D., D.D.S.-Ph.D., D.V.M.-Ph.D.).
