​Kenneth Gibbs, Ph.D., Director

TWD programs foster the training and development of a strong biomedical research workforce through a variety of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, faculty, and institutional levels. The branches and programs are listed below. Contact names for these branches and applicable program directors are listed on the Contacts by Research Area page. Funded programs are found on the TWD Dashboard​​.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to consult the NIGMS Profile Page for more information on our training, fellowship, research education, and career development (institutional and individual) priorities.

Cross-Disciplinary Pathway Programs (CPP) Branch

This branch manages dual-degree clinician scientist research training programs, training opportunities at Tribal entities, and awards to support the capacity of institutions and individuals to conduct and commercialize rigorous biomedical research. 

Behrous Davani, Ph.D., Chi​ef

K-12 Program

• Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)

Undergraduate Programs

• Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program (T34)​

Training Programs at Tribal Entities

• Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T34)​
• Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T32​)

Dual-Degree NRSA Clinician Scientist Training Programs

• Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)

Research Education

• R25 Program Research Experiences

Small Business Programs 

• Training SBIR/STTR (R41, R42, R43, R44)​
   

Discipline Specific Training (DST) Branch​

This branch manages fellowship programs for clinician scientists, and individual predoctoral institutional basic biomedical research training programs to develop the capabilities of institutions to train students.

Amanda Alise Price, Ph.D., Chief

• Individual Fellowship
  • Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowships for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (F30)
  • Parent F31
  • Parent F99/K00
    • See NIGMS priorities for Individual Fellowships
• Basic Biomedical Sciences Institutional Predoctoral National Research Service Training Grants (NRSA) (T32)
  • Behavioral-Biomedical Sciences Interface
  • Biostatistics
  • Biotechnology
  • Cellular, Biochemical, and Molecular Sciences
  • Chemistry-Biology Interface
  • Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Data Science
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biophysics
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmacological Sciences
  • Systems and Integrative Biology
  • Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences
     

Postdoc​toral, Early Career, and Workforce Development (PEWD) Branch

This branch manages competitive individual and institutional research training grants at the postdoctoral level, as well as career development awards. The branch also manages research project grants, professional meetings, research education grants, loan repayment programs, and supplements to promote workforce development across the career pathway​.

Anissa Brown, Ph.D., Chief

Postdoctoral

• Institutional Career Development (K12)
• Institutional Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (T32)
• Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (F32)

Early Career/Faculty

• Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)​
• Career Development Awards (K08, K23)
• Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)
• National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Senior Fellows (F33)

Workforce Development

• NIH Research Education Program - Courses, Curriculum & Methods (Parent R25)
• NIH Research Education Program - Mentoring Activities & Networks (Parent R25/UE5)
  • See NIGMS priorities for Research Education awards
• NIH Loan Repayment Program
• Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO)​
• Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers (Admin Supp)
• Supplements for Continuity of Research During Critical Life Events
• Scientific Conferences (R13)​ - see NIGMS specific information