You may be interested in these recent funding opportunity announcements: Research to Understand and Inform Interventions that Promote the Research Careers of Students in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences (R01) (RFA-GM-13-009) Purpose: Support research to test assumptions and hypotheses on social and behavioral factors that might inform and guide potential interventions to increase student interest, motivation and preparedness for biomedical and behavioral research careers; NIGMS has a particular interest in interventions designed to increase the number of students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research who enter careers in these disciplines Letter of intent due date: September 24, 2012 Application due date: October 24, 2012 NIGMS contact: Clifton Poodry, 301-594-3900 NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5) (RFA RM-12-018) Purpose: Support exceptional investigators who wish to pursue independent research directly after completion of a terminal doctoral/research degree or clinical residency, thereby forgoing the traditional postdoctoral training period Letter of intent due date: December 30, 2012 Application due date: January 30, 2013 NIH contact: Ravi Basavappa, 301-435-7204 NOTE: Institutions may submit up to two applications; the NIH Common Fund, which sponsors this program, is hosting a portal to facilitate the “matching” process between institutions and candidates