Archive for November 2012


Blogging at NIH

Communication and transparency are core values of NIGMS, and the Feedback Loop is one way we put those values into practice. On the occasion of our 300th blog post, we take a moment to look back, look ahead, and look for your continued input. Our former director, Jeremy Berg, started the Feedback Loop in 2005 [...]

Filed under: Director’s Messages, NIH
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/11/28/blogging-at-nih/

2013 Submission Deadlines for Collaborative Science Supplements

Collaborations are an ideal way to enhance a research project by introducing new approaches and complementary expertise. To support collaborative efforts by NIGMS grantees, we’re continuing our Supplements for Collaborative Science (SCS) program with two submission deadlines in 2013: January 15 and May 15. Investigators can request supplements of up to $90,000 per year in [...]

Filed under: Collaborative Research, Funding Opportunities
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/11/28/2013-submission-deadlines-for-collaborative-science-supplements/

Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Funding Opportunity

You may be interested in this funding opportunity from an interagency initiative: NIH-NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program: A Joint Program for Multidisciplinary Research (NOT-TW-12-022) Purpose: Support research, including field and laboratory studies and model development, focused on the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious disease systems Application due date: December 05, 2012 [...]

Filed under: Funding Opportunities
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/11/21/ecology-and-evolution-of-infectious-diseases-funding-opportunity/

Compliance with NIH Public Access Reporting Requirements Will Affect Renewals

Since 2008, NIH has required as a condition of all grant awards and cooperative agreements that scientists make their findings publicly accessible through the widely used PubMed Central repository. To increase the number of papers available to the public, NIH has announced that it will delay the processing of noncompeting renewals whose publications are not [...]

Filed under: Research Administration
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Guidance on Submitting JIT Information

Over the years, NIH has tried various approaches to make sure advisory council and institute or center (IC) staff members have all the information they need about applications being considered for funding. In March 2012, NIH announced the latest procedures for submission of this “just-in-time” (JIT) information: All JIT information must be submitted via the [...]

Filed under: Research Administration
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/11/15/guidance-on-submitting-jit-information/

Web Chat Stimulates Student Interest in Cells, Research Careers

Last Friday, we hosted Cell Day–an extremely exciting online interactive chat about the cell. During the event, many members of our scientific staff, including our Acting Director, Judith Greenberg, fielded more than 140 questions from mostly 5th through 12th grade students and teachers across the country. We anticipated some of the questions we’d be asked, [...]

Filed under: Meetings/Events, Resources
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/11/09/web-chat-stimulates-student-interest-in-cells-research-careers/

Wanted: Biomedical Technology, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology Division Director

Search Committee Members: Francine Berman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Valerie Florance, National Library of Medicine Daniel Gallahan, National Cancer Institute Christine Kelley, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering David Landsman, National Center for Biotechnology Information Michael Rogers, NIGMS, Chair Earlier this year, NIGMS formed the Division of Biomedical Technology, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (BBCB) to [...]

Filed under: Job Announcements
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/11/01/wanted-biomedical-technology-bioinformatics-and-computational-biology-division-director/