Archive for the ‘Concept Clearances’ Category


Early Notice: Genomes to Natural Products FOA

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 3:46 PM EST by Barbara Gerratana | 0 Comments

Natural products have been a prolific source of therapeutic drugs because they have been selected through evolution to be biologically active.  New opportunities for natural products development are being made by genomic discoveries and are poised to reinvigorate this critically important area. At its September meeting, the NIGMS Advisory Council approved a new initiative that [...]

Filed under: Collaborative Research, Concept Clearances
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/09/19/early-notice-genomes-to-natural-products-foa/

Funding Allocation for Research Project Grants in Fiscal Year 2012

Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 10:58 AM EST by Judith Greenberg | 10 Comments

In this 200th Feedback Loop post, I’d like to share budget slides I presented earlier this month during the open session of our National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council meeting. The session also included updates on several of our initiatives as well concept clearances for two new ones, which are briefly described in the meeting [...]

Filed under: Budget, Concept Clearances, Director’s Messages, Funding Trends
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2011/09/28/funding-allocation-for-research-project-grants-in-fiscal-year-2012/

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/

Early Notice: Program Projects for Collaborative Research on the Basic Biology of Pluripotency and Reprogramming

Wednesday, Jun 9, 2010 1:14 PM EST by Sue Haynes | 0 Comments

It’s safe to say that the discovery that human non-embryonic cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic stem cell-like state has created a lot of excitement in the scientific community. These cells provide a wonderful opportunity to investigate the fundamental molecular and genetic properties of pluripotent cells. Last month, the NIGMS Council approved a new [...]

Filed under: Concept Clearances, Stem Cells
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2010/06/09/early-notice-program-projects-for-collaborative-research-on-the-basic-biology-of-pluripotency-and-reprogramming/

Apply Now for Microbe-Host Interactions Grants

Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 4:14 PM EST by Shiva Singh | 0 Comments

Back in May, I described a concept clearance for a new grant program focused on microbe-host interactions. A number of readers commented on the post, and I was delighted to see the early interest in this new program, as well as other related programs at NIH. The RFA has now been published in the NIH [...]

Filed under: Concept Clearances, Funding Opportunities
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/08/26/apply-now-for-microbe-host-interactions-grants/

Early Notice: New Microbial-Host Interactions Grants

Friday, May 22, 2009 9:26 AM EST by Shiva Singh | 9 Comments

Microorganisms are everywhere–in and on our body, and in our environment. We know that these microbial communities affect our health and the health of plants and animals that we depend on. Yet, we know very little about the physiology and ecology of these communities and their interactions with their hosts.  Today, the NIGMS Council approved [...]

Filed under: Concept Clearances
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/05/22/early-notice-new-microbial-host-interactions-grants/