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Francis Collins’s testimony on NIH’s FY2011 budget request
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
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Pioneer and New
Innovator Awards
NIH welcomes proposals for 2012 NIH Director's Pioneer Awards and New Innovator Awards for innovative approaches to major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research.
Pioneer Awards:
Up to $2.5 million in direct costs over 5 years
Open to scientists at any career stage.
New Innovator Awards:
Up to $1.5 million in direct costs over 5 years
For early career stage investigators (ESI), defined as those who have not received an NIH R01 or similar grant and are within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or medical residency.
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AFMR Grant Writing Skills Workshop
Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Headquarters
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The AFMR Grant Writing Skills Workshop is designed for faculty at all career stages who are preparing grant applications to the NIH. The workshop focuses on how to communicate the key elements of successful NIH proposals through the use of didactics and experiential learning. View topics to be discussed.
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The AFMR congratulates Bruce A. Beutler of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, on being awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011. Dr. Beutler is a past recipient of the AFMR Outstanding Investigator Award.
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 FASEB is working with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to organize the 2012 Workshop for Postdocs Transitioning to Independent Positions on March 12-13, 2012 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. The registration deadline is November 30, 2011, and we encourage postdoctoral colleagues and members to apply, particularly those from underrepresented minority groups. FASEB is pleased to provide up to $1250 in travel support to all eligible attendees. For more information and registration, visit: http://www.faseb.org/Portals/0/PDFs/opa/10.12.11%20FASEB%20GM%20FASEB%20Postdoc%20workshop.pdf
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The AFMR is a member of Research!America, the nation's largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance. Read Mary Woolley's message to researchers about the federal debt ceiling talks and how it will affect research.
The NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA)/ National Center for Advancing Translation Sciences (NCATS) Integration Working Group has released its recommendations. The Working Group, chaired by the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Stephen Katz and composed primarily of NIH IC directors and deputy directors, was formed in April of 2011 and charged with 1) reviewing the CTSA program and 2) developing strategies for its integration into NCATS.
In consultation with CTSA Investigators and National Center for Research Resources staff, the CTSA/NCATS Integration Working Group developed the following six recommendations regarding the CTSA program:
- Continue to provide infrastructure supporting the full spectrum of translation research while encouraging CTSA institutions to develop their unique strengths.
- Strengthen CTSA consortia activities.
- Strengthen mechanisms for enabling IC-CTSA interactions.
- Evaluate each institutional award on its performance and allocate funds accordingly.
- Allow current CTSA awardees to submit revisions to current awards prior to their anticipated renewal date.
- Develop an explicit process for exchanging information.
Use the link provided below to view the full report.
http://www.nih.gov/about/director/10052011/recommendations.pdf
New USAID Program to Fund Research Partnerships in Developing Countries and the US
The Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program is now accepting proposals from developing country researchers interested in collaborating with their U.S. counterparts. We invite you to review the full program solicitation at http://www.nationalacademies.org/peer and pass information about PEER along to your developing country contacts so that they can prepare and submit their proposals in time for the deadline of November 30, 2011.
PEER is a new partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) that is designed to address development challenges through international research collaboration. This competitive grants program will allow scientists in developing countries to apply for funds to support research and capacity-building activities in partnership with their NSF-funded collaborators on topics of importance to USAID. Areas in which both NSF and USAID have strong mutual interests include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Food security topics such as agricultural development, fisheries, and plant genomics
- Global health issues such as ecology of infectious disease, biomedical engineering, and natural/human system interactions
- Climate change impacts such as water sustainability, hydrology, ocean acidification, climate process and modeling, and environmental engineering
- Other development topics including disaster mitigation, biodiversity, water, and renewable energy
Proposals are being accepted from researchers in 79 eligible developing countries, and all applicants must have a U.S. collaborator with an active NSF award. Complete eligibility details, proposal submission instructions, and the application form are available at http://www.nationalacademies.org/peer. PEER is being implemented by the National Academies on behalf of USAID, and potential applicants and U.S. collaborators with questions are invited to contact the program's staff at peer@nas.edu.
Proceedings from The Current Crisis in Clinical Research: Where Do We Go? are now online.
AFMR Career Connections
AFMR is pleased to announce that it has created A Career Connections site that addresses individual career development, research and training opportunities, career opportunities, funding sources, and grant development.
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AFMR is pleased to announce a new Public Section of our website:
For the Public
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