​Kenneth Gibbs, Ph.D., Director
Alison Gammie, Ph.D., Senior Advisor

TWD programs foster the training and development of a strong biomedical research workforce. The division supports leadership in training the next generation of scientists in the scientific workforce through a variety of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, faculty, and institutional levels. The branches and programs are listed below. Contact names for these branches and applicable program directors are listed on the Contacts by Research Area page. Funded programs are found on the TWD Dashboard​​.

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Cross-Disciplinary Pathway Programs (CPP) Branch

This branch manages dual-degree clinician scientist research training programs, training opportunities at Tribal entities, and awards to support the capacity of institutions and individuals to conduct and commercialize rigorous biomedical research. 

Behrous Davani, Ph.D., Chi​ef

Dual-Degree NRSA Cinician Scientist Training Programs

• Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)​
  

Training Programs at Tribal Entities

• Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T34)​
• Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T32​)
  

Capacity Building Programs

• Biomedical Research Environment & Sponsored Programs Administration Development (BRE-SPAD) (UC2)
• Modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Workforce Training (R25)
• Training SBIR/STTR (R41, R42, R43, R44)​
  

Discipline Specific Training (DST) Branch​

This branch manages fellowship programs for clinician scientists, and individual predoctoral institutional basic biomedical research training programs to develop the capabilities of institutions to train students.

Amanda Alise Price, Ph.D., Chief

• Individual Fellowship
  
• Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowships for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (F30)
• Basic Biomedical Sciences Institutional Predoctoral National Research Service Training Grants (NRSA) (T32)
  • Behavioral-Biomedical Sciences Interface (BBS)
    
  • Biostatistics
  • Biotechnology (BT)
  • Cellular, Biochemical, and Molecular Sciences
  • Chemistry-Biology Interface
    
  • Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Data Science
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biophysics
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmacological Sciences
  • Systems and Integrative Biology
  • Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences (TDS)​
    

Postdoc​toral, Early Career, and Workforce Development (PEWD) Branch

This branch manages competitive individual and institutional research training grants at the postdoctoral level, as well as career development awards. The branch also manages research project grants, professional meetings, research education grants, loan repayment programs, and supplements to promote workforce development across the career pathway​.

Anissa Brown, Ph.D., Branch Chief

Postdoctoral

• Institutional Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (T32)
  
• Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (F32)
  

Early Career/Faculty

• Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)​
  
• Career Development Awards (K08, K23)
• Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)
• National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Senior Fellows (F33)
  

Workforce Development

• Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) (R25)
  
• Loan Repayment Program (L30, L40, L60)​
  
• Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO)​
  
• Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers (Admin Supp)
  
• Supplements for Continuity of Research During Critical Life Events 
  
• Scientific Conferences (R13)​