National Institute of
General Medical Sciences

Weekly Update from DRCB/NIGMS
Issue 178, 04/01/2024

NIH Funding Opportunity and/or Policy Announcements

• Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (PAR-24-137). Applications Due: May 29.
• Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) (PAR-24-138). Applications Due: May 29.
• Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (PAR-24-144); Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (PAR-24-145). Applications Due: May 29. See pre-application webinar info below.
• Reminder: Expanded Program Eligibility for PA-23-189 "Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research" (NOT-GM-24-003). IDeA, NARCH, SuRE, and SCORE grantees are eligible to apply for this opportunity. See the recent Feedback Loop post and NIGMS Diversity Supplement website for more information. Applications accepted: October 1 – May 31.

Upcoming Events

• Pre-application webinar for SuRE and SuRE-First, April 2, 2:00-3:30 pm ET. Zoom link.
• Pre-application webinar for SEPA, April 4, 3:00-4:30 pm ET. Zoom link.
• SEPA PI meeting—NIH SciEd 2024, May 28-31, Salt Lake City, UT. See more information and register here.
• NISBRE biennial conference, June 16-20, Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C. See more information and register here.
• SuRE Biennial Conference, July 23-24, Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda, MD, NIH Campus. Abstract submission (deadline April 1) and hotel booking links are now OPEN! Register here.

Reports/News/Program Messages

• Your input is needed for the minimum core set of Common Data Elements (CDEs). See more information here, and respond by April 20.
• NIGMS Feedback Loop: Sample NIGMS Data Management and Sharing Plans Now Available.
• The Rocky Mountain Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (RMT-REACH) is seeking proposals for their 2024 RMT-REACH Pilot Cohort. See more information here.