Promoting A Broad NIGMS Community



For Students and Postdoctoral Trainees

NIGMS provides research training support to institutions and individuals to advance the development of a strong biomedical research workforce through a variety of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and early stage faculty levels. Links to resource pages and blog posts provide extra information and highlight scientists that have received funding through NIGMS’ diversity-related programs.

NIGMS supports a strong research workforce with diverse perspectives, skills, and experiences while building research environments that are equitable, safe, and inclusive. Our notices of funding opportunities aim to attract and support individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and multiple institution types, and through critical career transition points. NIGMS also supports scientists who contribute to communities with outreach efforts that emphasize mentoring future scientists. Blog posts highlight scientists who have received funding through NIGMS’ programs and underline the Institution’s commitments to strengthen the scientific enterprise by engaging people with different experiences, interests, and backgrounds.

NIGMS provides support to help institutions develop their research capabilities, to promote training and development of a broad biomedical workforce, to advance technological innovation, and to create and disseminate tools to assess the effectiveness of research training in the biomedical sciences.

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