National Institute of
General Medical Sciences

Weekly Update from DRCB/NIGMS
Issue 179, 04/08/2024

NIH Funding Opportunity and/or Policy Announcements

• Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (RFA-RM-24-006). Applications Due: June 27.
• Q & A "Office Hour" with NIGMS Staff for Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00) (NOT-GM-24-032).
• Change to Due Date and Budget Information for Data Coordinating and Operations Center for the ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network – 3 (NOT-OD-24-094).
• 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.
• 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

• SuRE Resource Center webinar: How to Prepare Your NIH Progress Report (RPPR), April 22, 3:00-4:00 pm ET. Register here.
• America’s Seed Fund Road Tour, May 13 — Columbia, SC; May 16 — Lexington, KY; May 17 — Huntington, WV. Register here.
• 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 (extended deadline May 1). Registration open through June 3, hotel booking through June 22.

Reports/News/Program Messages

• Slides [PDF] of the SuRE and SuRE-First Pre-application Webinar is available on the SuRE website.
• Slides [PDF] of the SEPA Pre-application Webinar is available on the SEPA website.
• Your input is needed for the minimum core set of Common Data Elements (CDEs). See more information here, and respond by April 20.