Archive for August 2010


New Distributor for Knockout Mice

Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 3:21 PM EST by Matt Portnoy | 0 Comments

NIGMS (and other NIH) investigators previously have been able to obtain over 2,500 knockout mouse strains at a negotiated cost from Lexicon. These mouse strains are no longer available directly through Lexicon. You may now request them, along with an additional 1,000 knockout strains, through Taconic. NIH investigators acquiring a Lexicon knockout mouse through Taconic [...]

Filed under: Research Administration, Resources
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/31/new-distributor-for-knockout-mice/

New NIH Principal Deputy Director

Monday, Aug 30, 2010 4:32 PM EST by Jeremy Berg | 1 Comments

NIH Director Francis Collins recently named Larry Tabak as the NIH principal deputy director. Raynard Kington previously held this key position. Over the years, I have worked closely with Dr. Tabak in many settings, including the Enhancing Peer Review initiative. A biochemist who continues to do research in the field of glycobiology, he is a [...]

Filed under: Director’s Messages, News
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/30/new-nih-principal-deputy-director/

Maintaining “Legacy” Scientific Resources

Monday, Aug 23, 2010 9:47 AM EST by Rochelle Long | 0 Comments

Our research programs often produce valuable scientific resources. But if one of these initiatives ends, then what becomes of the resource it generated? To address this issue, we formed a committee of NIGMS staff to explore options for maintaining scientific resources resulting from NIGMS-supported research. We defined a resource as a non-hypothesis-driven activity to provide [...]

Filed under: Concept Clearances, Funding Opportunities, Resources
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/23/maintaining-legacy-scientific-resources/

NIGMS Program Project Grants (P01) Funding Opportunity

Friday, Aug 20, 2010 1:43 PM EST by Ward Smith | 0 Comments

The program announcement for NIGMS program project grants was published yesterday in the NIH Guide. This grant mechanism enables outstanding scientists working on different aspects of a similar problem to collaborate. Applicants should propose innovative, complementary approaches to solving a significant biological question within the NIGMS mission. Over a 5-year period, program projects may receive [...]

Filed under: Collaborative Research, Funding Opportunities
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/20/nigms-program-project-grants-p01-funding-opportunity/

Elimination of Electronic Submission Error Correction Window

Friday, Aug 20, 2010 9:58 AM EST by Paul Sheehy | 0 Comments

NIH announced this week that the 2-day “error correction window” to fix NIH system-identified errors or warnings after the submission deadline is being eliminated (see NOT-OD-10-123). This change will take effect for submission deadlines on or after January 25, 2011. You will still have up to 2 business days to view the application image and [...]

Filed under: Research Administration
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/20/elimination-of-electronic-submission-error-correction-window/

Wanted: EUREKA Applications!

Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 9:08 AM EST by Laurie Tompkins | 0 Comments

If you’ve got an exceptionally innovative idea that has the potential to jump-start a field, take a look at this year’s EUREKA funding opportunity announcement. Wondering whether EUREKA is appropriate for what you want to do? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions (Link no longer active). If your question isn’t there, ask me! If you [...]

Filed under: Funding Opportunities
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/19/wanted-eureka-applications/

Research on Interventions that Promote Biomedical and Behavioral Careers

Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010 10:04 AM EST by Shiva Singh | 0 Comments

NIGMS has re-announced the Research on Interventions (R01) program that supports research on efforts to increase student interest, motivation and preparedness for careers in biomedical and behavioral research. Proposed research should test assumptions and hypotheses regarding social and behavioral factors that might inform and guide interventions. We are particularly interested in interventions that are specifically [...]

Filed under: Career Development, Funding Opportunities, Workforce Development and Diversity
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/18/research-on-interventions-that-promote-biomedical-and-behavioral-careers/

Funding Opportunity for Joint NSF/NIGMS Biological and Mathematical Sciences Program

Tuesday, Aug 17, 2010 9:03 AM EST by Paul Brazhnik | 0 Comments

NIGMS recently announced plans to continue participating in the Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences. The NSF solicitation includes more information about applying. This joint NSF/NIGMS program started in 2002 to address the pressing need to bring mathematicians into the core of biological research and to [...]

Filed under: Collaborative Research, Funding Opportunities
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/17/funding-opportunity-for-joint-nsf-nigms-biological-and-mathematical-sciences-program/

Impact Score Paragraph in Summary Statements, Plain Language in Public Sections of Grant Applications

Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 4:02 PM EST by Ann Hagan | 0 Comments

The August issue of NIH’s Extramural Nexus includes two announcements that might interest you. Impact Score Paragraph in Summary Statements Starting with September grant application reviews, reviewers will include a summary paragraph to explain what factors they considered in assigning the overall impact score. This should help investigators better understand the reasons for the score. [...]

Filed under: Peer Review, Research Administration, Resources
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/11/impact-score-paragraph-in-summary-statements-plain-language-in-public-sections-of-grant-applications/

Scoring Analysis: 1-Year Comparison

Monday, Aug 9, 2010 11:09 AM EST by Jeremy Berg | 12 Comments

I recently posted several analyses (on July 15, July 19 and July 21) of the relationships between the overall impact scores on R01 applications determined by study sections and the criterion scores assigned by individual reviewers. These analyses were based on a sample of NIGMS applications reviewed during the October 2009 Council round. This was [...]

Filed under: Director’s Messages, Peer Review
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/08/09/scoring-analysis-1-year-comparison/