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For general information on program policies, applications, and submission requirements, contact the MORE staff indicated on the specific funding opportunity announcement. For information about existing awards on the following institutional grants: MARC U-STAR; MBRS IMSD, RISE, and SCORE; and Bridges to the Future Programs, contact the program staff listed below (in alphabetical order assigned by state).

Program DirectorContact InformationAssigned States
(for existing awards)
Assigned Programs (for specific program policies)
Shawn Drew, Ph.D.E-mail: drewl@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900
Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South CarolinaNIGMS Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) Awards
Clifton A. Poodry, Ph.D.E-mail: poodryc@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900
Arkansas, Alaska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, UC San Francisco Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA)
Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH)
Alberto Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D.E-mail: riverara@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900
California (Southern region UC Irvine, Lomalinda, UC Riverside), New YorkMBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program
MBRS Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program
Shiva P. Singh, Ph.D.E-mail: singhs@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900
California (Northern and Central), San Diego State, and Cal State San Marcos, Kentucky Research on Interventions to Promote Research Careers
Bridges to the Baccalaureate
Adolphus Toliver, Ph.D.E-mail: tolivera@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900
Colorado, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico (Medical Sciences Campus, Ponce Medical School, UPR Cayey, Pontifical Catholic University, Universidad Central del Caribe, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico), Virginia MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) Awards
MARC Predoctoral Fellowships
MARC Ancillary Training Activities Grants
Jermelina Tupas, Ph.D.E-mail: tupasjer@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900
Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
Bridges to the Doctorate
Hinda Zlotnik, Ph.D.E-mail: zlotnikh@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900
Arizona, Cal State Long Beach, Illinois, New Jersey, Puerto Rico (UPR Humacao, Mayaguez & Rio Piedras, Universidad del Este, San Juan Bautista), Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virgin IslandsMBRS Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Program
Kentucky Grant Writing Program
* Karin Remington, Ph.D.E-mail: remingka@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-451-6446
Bridges to the Doctorate at the University of Utah 
* John Whitmarsh, Ph.D.E-mail: whitmarj@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-451-6446
UC San Diego 
** Marion Zatz, Ph.D.E-mail: zatzm@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-0943
Brooklyn College and Queens College 

*    Program Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, also affiliated with the MORE Division
**  Program Director, Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology, also affiliated with the MORE Division

This page last updated April 22, 2009