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April 20, 2006
Funding Opportunities/Research Administration
News
Meetings
The NIGMS Division of Minority Opportunities
in Research (MORE) administers research and research training
programs aimed at increasing the number of minority biomedical
and behavioral scientists. For more information about the
Division, see http://www.nigms.nih.gov/minority.
NIGMS is one of the National Institutes
of Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
By supporting basic biomedical research and training nationwide,
NIGMS lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention.
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other interested individuals are encouraged to subscribe.
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Got MORE news to share? Contact the newsletter editor, Susan
Athey, at atheys@nigms.nih.gov
or 301-496-7301.
A Message from the NIGMS Director: MORE Working
Group
As part of an ongoing process of evaluating NIGMS activities,
a working group to the Institute’s advisory council
has been formed to examine the programs supported by the MORE
Division. This group presented a report of its first
meeting at the January meeting of the council. The overarching
goal for this working group is to examine how programs throughout
NIGMS—including, but not limited to, those supported
by the MORE Division—can work together to build the
diverse and strong biomedical science workforce that our nation
needs. We welcome input from all interested parties.
I welcome your thoughts on the initial working group report
or on other issues.
Jeremy M. Berg
Director, NIGMS
bergj@mail.nih.gov
301-594-2172
From the MORE Director: Program Planning
For the past several months, MORE staff have been meeting
with university officials and program directors through a
series of regional outreach visits across the United States.
These meetings were a great opportunity to discuss our programs
and future directions with the MORE community, as well as
to hear your input and concerns.
In the hope of continuing the dialogue started at these outreach
meetings, the MORE Division has assembled a Web site featuring
planning documents and "thought"
pieces aimed at generating conversation and feedback on
MORE programs. We also hope to add an interactive feature
to the site in the near future so that comments and ideas
can be easily shared amongst the group.
I encourage all MORE participants, stakeholders, and other
interested individuals to visit the site and offer their thoughts
as we move into the next era of MORE programs.
Clifton A. Poodry
Director, MORE Division
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
poodryc@nigms.nih.gov
301-594-3900
NIH Moving to Electronic Grant Submission
NIH has started to transition toward electronic submission
of all grant applications through Grants.gov
using the new Standard Form 424. Information on the transition
process is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-035.html.
The current timeline for transition of MORE programs that
use the R25 mechanism, including RISE, IMSD, PREP, and Bridges,
is October 2006. As funding mechanisms are transitioned, announcements
will be issued in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
and will be posted on Grants.gov.
Applicants and their institutions will need to register for
accounts on both the Grants.gov
and eRA
Commons Web sites. See http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/
for instructions. Complete registration can often take more
than a month, so you are encouraged to begin these processes
well in advance of grant submission deadlines.
If you have any questions about these plans, contact your
MORE
program director.
MORE News
Former MARC and MBRS participant Erich Jarvis was
featured on the public television show NOVA scienceNOW this
past October. The profile
provides insight into his decision to change career aspirations
from a dancer to a scientist and describes his research on
vocal communication in songbirds. Jarvis, an associate professor
in the department of neurobiology at Duke University Medical
Center, was among the 13 recipients of NIH Director’s
Pioneer Awards in 2005.
Carlos Gutierrez, director of the MARC and
MBRS programs at California State University, Los Angeles,
was recently honored as a U.S. Professor of the Year. The
award recognizes extraordinary dedication to undergraduate
teaching. Over the course of his career, Gutierrez is credited
with mentoring more than 200 students. For more on the award,
see http://www.nih.gov/nihrecord/12_16_2005/milestones.htm.
Suggested Reading: MORE grantees are encouraged
to read the article “Moving
Research Into the Classroom” in the March/April
2006 issue of the Journal of College Science Teaching.
The article represents a significant alternative approach
to the development of students in institutions that are more
teaching versus research oriented.
Funding Opportunities/Research Administration
News
Upcoming Application Receipt
Dates
May 1 -- Individual Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority
Students.
May 10 -- Ruth L. Kirschstein institutional predoctoral National
Research Service Awards (T32) and Minority Access to Research
Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research
(T34) awards.
May 14 -- Bridges to the Baccalaureate Degree grants and
Bridges to the Doctoral Degree grants.
June 1 -- Minority Biomedical Research Support grants, both
new and renewal (except for Initiative for Maximizing Student
Diversity grants); and MORE Faculty Development Awards.
For more information on these programs, see the MORE Division
Web page, http://www.nigms.nih.gov/minority.
DOE/MORE Summer Research Opportunities
The MORE Division and the U.S. Department of Energy have
joined forces to offer current MORE students the opportunity
to spend this coming summer working in DOE labs. For more
information on the program, contact Clifton Poodry at 301-594-3900,
poodryc@nigms.nih.gov,
or visit the DOE science internship Web site at http://www.scied.science.doe.gov.
OHRP Launches Spanish Web Site
The HHS Office for Human Research Protections has launched
a Spanish Web site at http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/espanol/intro.htm.
The site includes:
- 45 CFR 46, subparts A, B, C, and D
- Step-by-Step Instructions to Register an IRB
- Instructions for IRB Updates
- Terms of the Federalwide Assurance (FWA)
- Step-by-Step Instructions for an FWA application
- Instructions for FWA Updates
Meetings
Mark your calendars now! MORE staff look forward to seeing
you at these two NIGMS-supported meetings in the fall.
Society for Advancement of
Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
October 26-29, 2006 in Tampa, FL
http://www.sacnas.org
Annual Biomedical Research
Conference for Minority Students
November 8-11, 2006 in Anaheim, CA
http://www.abrcms.org
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