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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.
PA-23-189; Shakira Nelson; Jeremy McIntyre; Joyce Stamm
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.
PAR-24-232; Jeremy McIntyre; Sydella Blatch Alexander
The goal of the Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training Program is to promote broad participation in the biomedical research workforce by strengthening research training environments and expanding the pool of well-trained master’s students who transition to and complete biomedical Ph.Ds. relevant to the NIGMS mission. The funding supports organizations 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 organizations: a Master’s-Training organization (that is, an organization that offers the master's degree as the highest biomedically-related research degree or an HBCU, TCCU) and a Ph.D.-Training organization (an organization that grants its own biomedical Ph.Ds.)
PAR-23-228 (Basic Biomedical Sciences); See NIGMS Predoctoral Training Grant Program Areas and Contacts Website
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: Behavioral-Biomedical Sciences Interface; Biostatistics; Biotechnology; Cellular, Biochemical, and Molecular Sciences; Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI); Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Data Science; Genetics; Molecular Biophysics; Molecular Medicine; Pharmacological Sciences; Systems and Integrative Biology; Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences.
PAR-24-032; Sydella Blatch Alexander; Jeremy McIntyre
The goal of the program is to strengthen research training environments and promote broader participation in the biomedical research workforce by expanding the pool of well-trained scientists earning a Ph.D. 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-24-031; Joyce Stamm; Jeremy McIntyre
The goal of the program is to strengthen research training environments and promote broader participation in the biomedical research workforce by expanding the pool of well-trained scientists earning a Ph.D. 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-23-221; Laurie Stepanek; Lameese Akacem
The overarching goal of the ARC UE5 program is to provide ARC F99 fellows/K00 scholars with professional skills and the appropriate mentoring and networks to allow them to transition into and succeed in postdoctoral research and career development opportunities, positioning them to advance in impactful careers in the biomedical research workforce that typically require postdoctoral training (e.g., academic research and teaching at a range of institution types, industry or government research).
PAR-23-030; Leading Equity and Advancing Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP); Jeremy McIntyre
PAR-24-128; Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP); Andrea Keane-Myers; Miles Fabian
NIGMS supports the integrated and clinical medical and graduate research training through the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) and Leading Equity and Advancing Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP). The 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.
PAR-24-235; Kalynda Gonzales Stokes
The purpose of the Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) program is to fund federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes, Tribal Colleges or Universities, Tribal health programs, or Tribal organizations (collectively termed, eligible Tribal Entities) to develop a pool of scientists to conduct research on AI/AN health and health disparities. The overall goal is to support the development of individuals who have the technical, operational, and professional skills required to conduct AI/AN health research in a culturally appropriate, ethically responsible and rigorous manner, to complete their degrees in a biomedical field, and to transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce.
PA-23-261 (F30); Donna Krasnewich
NIGMS provides predoctoral fellowships to eligible individuals who are matriculated in integrated research and clinical training that combine M.D./Ph.D. or other dual-doctoral degree training program (such as, D.O./Ph.D., D.D.S./Ph.D., D.V.M./Ph.D.), and who intend careers as physician/clinician-scientists. NIGMS supports F30 applicants at institutions without a NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP).
PA-25-084; Laurie Stepanek; Lameese Akacem
The purpose of the Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (F99/K00) program is to support promising, late-stage graduate students from diverse backgrounds, (see Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity), to transition into and succeed in mentored postdoctoral research positions. It is anticipated that successful completion of this phased award program will position ARC scholars to advance in impactful careers in the biomedical research workforce that typically require postdoctoral training (e.g., academic research and teaching at a range of institution types, industry or government research). ARC F99 fellows/K00 scholars will be part of organized cohorts and will be expected to participate in mentoring, networking, and professional development activities coordinated by ARC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5) recipients.
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.).
