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March 19, 2019

Archived: Clarification About Support for Conferences and Meetings

By Judith Greenberg

NIGMS has published a Notice in the NIH Guide to clarify the types of conferences and scientific meetings that the Institute will support through the R13 activity code. If you are thinking of requesting NIGMS funding for a meeting, it’s important to know that:

  • NIGMS funds very few meetings;
  • Those R13 meeting applications that it accepts for review and considers for funding must meet all three of the following criteria: 1) they must be closely aligned with NIGMS' mission; 2) they must be non-recurring; and 3) they must include participants who do not frequently interact in other venues; and
  • NIGMS will not support scientific courses through the R13 activity code.

NIGMS will consider support for freestanding meetings that focus on research training and/or workforce development or are in support of programs in the Division for Research Capacity Building that do not fit within the Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) (R25).

Further information about NIGMS’ support of scientific meetings is at https://www.nigms.nih.gov/research-training/resources/support-for-scientific-meetings.

topic Funding Opportunities , Meetings/Events , Training/Fellowships/Career Development
tag Conferences , NIH Guide Notices

About the Author

Judith Greenberg

Judith Greenberg

Before her retirement in October 2020, Judith was the deputy director of NIGMS and the acting director of the Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences. In the past, she also served as the acting director of the Institute and as the director of the former Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology. She led the development of the NIGMS strategic plan issued in 2008 and the development and implementation of the NIGMS strategic plan for training issued in 2011.