Archive for May 2009


Early Notice: New Microbial-Host Interactions Grants

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/

Comment Notification

We’ve been posting lots of comments and replies to Feedback Loop entries, particularly ones about Recovery Act funding opportunities. So that you can automatically receive alerts when comments have been added, we’ve set up a special “Comments” RSS feed. To sign up or learn more about it, go to https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/comments/feed/. If you have questions about [...]

Filed under: Site Features
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/05/20/comment-notification/

Explaining Recovery Act Faculty Recruitment

We’ve received a lot of questions about the Recovery Act faculty recruitment funding announcement. In addition to posting the questions and answers in our Recovery Act FAQs, I thought I’d share them here on the Feedback Loop. What is the intent? The intent is to contribute to startup packages for junior faculty so that they [...]

Filed under: Funding Opportunities, Recovery Act
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/05/19/explaining-recovery-act-faculty-recruitment/

Scientific Workforce Development, Diversity and the Power of Basic Research

As part of our strategic plan, Investing in Discovery, we pledged to “expand and extend the NIGMS commitment to facilitating the development of a diverse and inclusive biomedical research workforce” and “adopt a comprehensive, systems-based approach to address future workforce development issues.” In keeping with these goals, we convened a workshop to examine the benefits [...]

Filed under: Director’s Messages, Funding Opportunities, Workforce Development and Diversity
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/05/07/scientific-workforce-diversity-basic-research/

Justifying the NIGMS Budget

Every year, we develop a Congressional budget justification that supports our appropriation request for the upcoming fiscal year. We just posted our FY 2010 budget justification. It contains both retrospective and prospective information that might interest you, including: Director’s Overview Program Descriptions and Accomplishments Budget Mechanism Table Budget Graphs

Filed under: Budget, Director’s Messages
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/05/07/2010-congressional-budget-justification/

Clearing Up Confusion about Supplement Length and Budget Limits

I’d like to address several questions about supplement length and budget limits that were submitted after my last post on requesting Recovery Act administrative supplements. Supplement Length You can request a Recovery Act administrative supplement for the remaining active period of a current award. The supplement should not exceed two years if you have more [...]

Filed under: Funding Opportunities, Recovery Act
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/05/07/supplement-length-and-budget-limits/