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 Director | Contact Information | Assigned States
(for existing awards) | Program Policy Contacts |
|---|
| 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 Carolina
Texas - MARC U-STAR Programs at:
St. Mary's University
University of Houston
Downtown | NIGMS Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31) MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) Awards MARC Ancillary Training Activities Grants (T36) |
| Clifton A. Poodry, Ph.D. | E-mail: poodryc@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900 | Arkansas
Alaska
California (UC - San Francisco only)
New Mexico
North Carolina
Texas (Baylor College of Medicine only)
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin | 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 - Specific Institutions:
Lomalinda University
UC - Irvine
UC - Riverside
New York
Texas - Specific Institutions:
El Paso Community
College
Prairie View A&M
University
Texas Women's
University
UT - El Paso
UT - San Antonio
University of North Texas
Health Sciences Center | MBRS 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 - Specific Institutions:
Northern and Central
Institutions
Cal State - San Marcos
San Diego State
University
San Diego Mesa College
Kentucky
Texas - All Bridges programs | Research on Interventions to Promote Research Careers Bridges to the Baccalaureate Bridges to Doctorate |
| Adolphus Toliver, Ph.D. | E-mail: tolivera@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900 | Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Delaware
Florida
Guam
Hawaii
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico - Specific Institutions:
Interamerican University
of Puerto Rico
Ponce Medical School
Pontifical Catholic
University
Universidad Central del
Caribe
UPR - Cayey
UPR - Medical Sciences
Campus
Virginia
| NIGMS Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31) MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) Awards MARC Ancillary Training Activities Grants (T36) |
| Hinda Zlotnik, Ph.D. | E-mail: zlotnikh@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-3900 | Arizona
California (Cal State - Long Beach only)
Illinois
New Jersey
Puerto Rico - Specific Institutions:
Universidad del Este
Universidad
Metropolitana
UPR - Humacao
UPR - Mayaguez
UPR - Rio Piedras
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas - Specific Institutions:
UT - Brownsville &
Southmost College
UT - Pan American
Texas A&M - Kingsville
Virgin Islands | MBRS 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 | RISE and MARC Programs at Brooklyn College
MARC Program at Queens College | |
| ** Matthew Portnoy, Ph.D. | E-mail: mportnoy@nigms.nih.gov
Tel: 301-594-0943 | All PREP Programs
IMSD Programs in:
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Michigan | Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) |
* 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
