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February 21, 2020

Archived: Webinar for Undergraduate Training Programs Applicants (MARC and U-RISE)

By Sailaja Koduri , Edgardo Falcón-Morales , and Anissa Brown

UPDATE: Slides from the MARC [PDF] and U-RISE [PDF] presentations have been posted.

Are you preparing an institutional Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) or Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) grant application? If so, please join us for a webinar about these programs and the opportunity to ask questions:

Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET

During the webinar, we’ll provide a broad overview of the programs and share our expectations of applications and the required data tables for the upcoming May 21 receipt date. You may send questions to Sailaja
Koduri (MARC) or Anissa
Brown and Edgardo Falcón-Morales (U-RISE) before the webinar or post them in the chat box during the event.

To access the webinar, visit the WebEx meeting page (link no longer available).

NIGMS Staff Participating in the March 24 Webinar:

  • Sailaja Koduri, MARC Program Officer
  • Anissa Brown, U-RISE Program Officer
  • Edgardo Falcón-Morales, U-RISE Program Officer
  • Justin Rosenzweig, Grants Management Specialist
  • Tracy Koretsky and Lee Slice, Scientific Review Branch Staff

We look forward to talking to you about the MARC and U-RISE programs. Slides will be posted on the MARC and U-RISE webpages following the event.

topic Meetings/Events , Training/Fellowships/Career Development
tag Preparing an Application , Undergraduate , Webinars

About the Authors

Sailaja Koduri.

Sailaja Koduri

A biochemist with previous biotech industry experience, Sailaja administers research grants in the areas of receptors, drug targets, and signal transduction; training grants in pharmacological sciences; and serves as a program contact for the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award for early stage investigators.
Edgardo Falcon-Morales

Edgardo Falcón-Morales

Prior to moving to the National Institute on Drug Abuse in October 2024, Edgardo is oversaw the NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate Training (PRAT) Program. He also managed grants in the Division of Training and Workforce Development and a portfolio on multi-organ physiology in the Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry.
Anissa Brown

Anissa Brown

Anissa manages grants in the Postdoctoral, Early Career, and Workforce Development Branch of the Division of Training and Workforce Development (TWD). She rejoined TWD after serving for two years as chief of the Research Training and Career Development Branch at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.