Research Training and Career Development
For Minority and Special Populations
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offer both intraumural and extramural programs designed to encourage the recruitment of underrepresented minorities into genome-related research. Opportunities are available at all career levels from high school to faculty.
Research Training Opportunities at the NIH Campus
Grants and Fellowships
- PA-00-069 [grants.nih.gov]: NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students (Ongoing)
- PA-00-068 [grants.nih.gov]: NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Students with Disabilities (Ongoing)
- PA-99-122 [grants.nih.gov]: Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships in Genomics and Related ELSI Topics (F32, F33) (Ongoing)
- PAR-99-022 [grants2.nih.gov]: Genome Scholar Development and Faculty Transition Award (K22)(Ongoing)
- PAR-98-061 [grants2.nih.gov]: Individual Mentored Research Scientist Development Award in Genomics Research and Analysis (K01) (Ongoing)
- PA-07-002 [grants.nih.gov]: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31)
(Expires September 2, 2007)
- PA-06-087 [grants.nih.gov]: Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)
(Expires February 1, 2009 unless reissued)
- PA-05-015 [grants.nih.gov]:
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
(Expires September 30, 2007 unless reissued)
- NOT-99-075 [grants1.nih.gov] Genome Scholar Development and Faculty Transition (K22) A ward - Change from an Annual Receipt Date to Standard NIH Receipt Dates. (PA-99-022)
- NOT-HG-03-002 [grants1.nih.gov] Genome Scholar Development and Faculty Transition Award (K22) - Restuctured
- PA-01-081 [grants.nih.gov]: Supplements to Promote Reentry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers
(Expires July 9, 2007 unless reissued)
T32 Institutional Training Grants
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) supports a series of Institutional Training
Grants that provide support for both pre- and post-doctoral students in the
genomic sciences with the objective of enabling researchers to take full advantage
of available genomic data and resources to solve biomedical problems.
Below is a list of universities currently receiving funding for institutional
training grants. Usually, a prospective applicant will have already been admitted
to the corresponding university graduate program and applies for a training
grant slot early in their graduate education. This resource, however, should
by no means be limited to already enrolled students and/or post docs. The decision
on where to apply for graduate school is multifaceted and this table can provide
a means for exploring available opportunities at participating universities.
If you are considering applying to graduate school in the research sciences
you are strongly urged to contact the appropriate person and ask questions.
Travel Awards to Genome-Related Conferences and Workshops
The NHGRI offers travel awards to students and faculty members to participate in courses, workshops and conferences related to genomics and ELSI research if there is an NIH grant in place to supplement.
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NOT99-002 [grants.nih.gov]: Minority Travel Award Program
Training Opportunities in NHGRI-Supported Research Laboratories
Beside the regular training mechanisms, such as individual pre-doctoral and post-doctoral, and career development awards, the NHGRI provides additional opportunities for research training through our funded training grants, Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science, sequence production and database centers. To learn more about these opportunities, please contact the program director or principal investigators. The contact information is provided below.
Sequence Production Centers
Richard Gibbs, Baylor College of Medicine
E-mail: agibbs@bcm.tmc.edu
Robert Waterston, Ph.D., Washington University
E-mail: bwaterst@watson.wustl.edu
Eric Lander, Ph.D., Whitehead Institute
E-mail: lander@genome.wi.mit.edu
Databases
Paul Sternberg, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
E-mail: pws@caltech.edu
William Gelbart, Ph.D., Harvard University
E-mail: gelbart@morgan.harvard.edu
Janan Eppig, Ph.D., Jackson Laboratory
E-mail: jte@jax.org
Michael Cherry, Ph.D., Stanford University
E-mail: cherry@stanford.edu
David Haussler, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
E-mail: haussler@cse.ucsc.edu
Courses and Workshops Related to Genomics
Additional Resources
Events, programs and services of interest to minorities, with an emphasis on genomics and biomedical research.
Contacts
Bettie Graham, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Program Director, Genome Research Training and Career Development
Division of Extramural Research
E-mail: bg30t@nih.gov
Elizabeth Thomson, M.S., R.N.
Program Director, Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research
Division of Extramural Research
E-mail: thomsone@mail.nih.gov
Last Reviewed: August 27, 2008
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