National Institute of
General Medical Sciences

Alison Gammie, Ph.D., TWD Director

TWD programs foster the training and development of a strong and diverse biomedical research workforce. The division funds research training, career development and diversity-enhancing activities through a variety of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, faculty and institutional levels. In addition, TWD administers the NIH Common Fund initiative, Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce. The branches and programs are listed below. The programs may also be viewed by career stage. Contact names for these branches are listed on the Contacts by Research Area page. For a list of all TWD staff and links to their biographical sketches, see the Division Staff Contacts page.

Undergraduate and Predoctoral Cross-Disciplinary Training Branch

This branch manages individual fellowship, institutional research training, and research education grants to support undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and predoctoral cross-disciplinary research training, and to develop the capabilities of institutions to train these individuals, including those from populations and backgrounds that are underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce.

Kenneth Gibbs, Ph.D., Branch Chief

Undergraduate Student Training Programs

• Bridges to the Baccalaureate (T34)
  
• Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (T34)
• Maximizing Access to Research Careers (T34)
  

Postbaccalaureate and Masters Student Programs

• Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25)
• Bridges to the Doctorate (T32)

​Ph.D. Student Training Programs

• Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32)
• Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32)
  

Predoctoral-to-Postdoctoral Transition Programs

• Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5)
• Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00)

This branch manages individual predoctoral fellowships as well as institutional basic biomedical research training and medical science training programs to develop the capabilities of institutions to train students, including those from populations and backgrounds that are underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce.

Mercedes Rubio​, Ph.D., ​Branch Chief

• Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (F30 and Diversity F31​) Fellowships
  
• Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowships for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (F30)
• Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31)
• Institutional Predoctoral National Research Service Training Grants (NRSA) (T32)
  • 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
  • Transdisciplinary Basic Biomedical Sciences
    
• Institutional Dual-Degree NRSA Institutional Training Program
• Leading Equity and Advancing Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP)
• Medical Scientist (M.D.-Ph.D.) Training Program (MSTP)
  

Postdoctoral, Early Career, and Workforce Development 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 and diversity supplements to promote workforce development across the career pathway.

Michael Sesma, Ph.D., Branch Chief​


Postdoctoral

• Institutional Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (T32)
• Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) (K12)
• NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program (Fi2)
• Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (F32)
  
  

Early Career/Faculty

• Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
• Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00)
• Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5)
• ​ Career Development Awards (K08, K23)
• Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)
• National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Senior Fellows (F33)
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Workforce Development

• ​​ Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) (R25)
• Modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Workforce Training (R25)
• Training SBIR/STTR (R41, R42, R43, R44)
• Research on Interventions (R01/R35)
  
• Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:​BIO)
• Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp)
• Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers (Admin Supp)
  
• Supplements for Continuity of Research During Critical Life Events​ 
  

Diversity Program Consortium Programs, NIH Common Fund Initiative: Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce

Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce, also known as the Diversity Program Consortium (DPC), is a trans-NIH program funded by NIH’s Common Fund and managed by NIGMS. Through this national collaborative, NIH works together with institutions to advance the DPC’s overarching goal of developing, implementing, assessing and disseminating innovative, effective approaches to research training and mentoring. The DPC consists of the following initiatives: BUILD, CEC, NRMN, SPAD, and DPC DaTA.

Alison Gammie, Ph.D., TWD Director, Consortium Contact

• Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) (U54)
• Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC) (U54)
• National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Phase II
• Diversity Program Consortium Dissemination and Translation Awards (DPC DaTA) (U01)
• Diversity Program Consortium Sponsored Programs Administration Development (SPAD) Program (UC2)​