Archive for September 2009


Nominate Your Top Student for 2010 Nobel Laureate Meeting

Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009 12:29 PM EST by John Schwab | 0 Comments

A select number of graduate students will have the unique and exciting opportunity to meet and learn from dozens of Nobel Prize winners next summer in Germany during the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Now’s your chance to nominate  your most outstanding students. If you are unacquainted with this program, you can visit the official [...]

Filed under: Career Development, Meetings/Events
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/23/nominate-your-top-student-for-2010-nobel-laureate-meeting/

Back By Popular Demand…EUREKA!

Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 12:03 PM EST by Laurie Tompkins | 0 Comments

We’re once again soliciting applications for exceptionally innovative research projects whose outcome, if successful, could have a major impact on a broad swath of the scientific community. NIGMS is the lead institute for the EUREKA initiative, and eight other NIH institutes are also participating this year. If you’ve got an idea that could change the [...]

Filed under: Funding Opportunities
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/22/back-by-popular-demand-eureka/

The New Scoring System

Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 10:22 AM EST by Jeremy Berg | 2 Comments

At the recent meeting of the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council, our Council members had their first opportunity to examine summary statements using the new peer review scoring system.  Many aspects of the new scoring system are unfamiliar, including the use of overall impact scores as integers from 10 (best) to 90 (worst). A [...]

Filed under: Director’s Messages, Peer Review, Research Administration
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/22/the-new-scoring-system/

Nearly Half of NIGMS Recovery Act Funds Now Awarded

Friday, Sep 18, 2009 11:58 AM EST by Jeremy Berg | 12 Comments

Three weeks ago, I posted a graph of the cumulative investment of NIGMS Recovery Act funds as a function of the award start date. Below is an updated version. This graph differs from my previous one in two ways. First, it is up to date as of yesterday. Second, it includes commitments for the second year [...]

Filed under: Director’s Messages, Funding Trends, Recovery Act
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/18/nearly-half-of-nigms-recovery-act-funds-now-awarded/

Nation’s Top Science Honor Goes to Francis Collins, JoAnne Stubbe, Others

Friday, Sep 18, 2009 11:21 AM EST by Jeremy Berg | 1 Comments

Yesterday, President Obama announced the 2009 recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation . The nine winners of the National Medal of Science include NIH Director Francis Collins and long-time NIGMS grantee JoAnne Stubbe, a biochemist at MIT. I am delighted that the President recognized these outstanding [...]

Filed under: Director’s Messages, News
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/18/nations-top-science-honor-goes-to-francis-collins-joanne-stubbe-others/

PSI:Biology Reminder and Application Resources

Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 1:29 PM EST by Peter Preusch | 0 Comments

This is just a reminder that letters of intent for the three PSI:Biology funding opportunities are due on Monday, Sept. 28. If you’re still thinking about applying, please view these resources: Archived videocast briefing from August 31 Potential collaborators for PSI:Biology partnerships You can access this and other relevant information from our PSI:Biology Web site. [...]

Filed under: Resources, Structural Biology
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/17/psibiology-reminder-and-application-resources/

Receipt Dates Change for Collaborative Science Supplements

Thursday, Sep 10, 2009 8:00 AM EST by Marion Zatz | 0 Comments

We’ve modified the receipt dates for our administrative supplement program Supplements for Collaborative Science (SCS), which helps grantees form new collaborations that enhance their NIGMS-funded research efforts. There will be only two submission deadlines in 2010: January 15 and May 15. All other details of the program remain the same. If you’re a grantee interested [...]

Filed under: Collaborative Research, Funding Opportunities, Research Administration
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/10/receipt-dates-change-for-collaborative-science-supplements/

A New Frontier for Therapeutics: Integrating Pharmacology and Systems Biology

Wednesday, Sep 9, 2009 3:53 PM EST by Mike Rogers | 3 Comments

Over the years, we have learned that drugs act in very complex ways and cause a combination of wanted and unwanted effects, many—if not most—of which are still poorly understood. Attaining a deeper knowledge of how drugs act in the body and their connections to therapeutic and toxicological outcomes now requires a systems-level approach. At [...]

Filed under: Collaborative Research, Meetings/Events
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/09/a-new-frontier-for-therapeutics-integrating-pharmacology-and-systems-biology/

Happy Fifth Birthday, MIDAS

Tuesday, Sep 8, 2009 5:09 PM EST by Irene Eckstrand | 0 Comments

Five years ago this summer, MIDAS, the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study, was born. When we began, we knew the effort to develop computational models of disease spread would play a role in preparing for new outbreaks—we just didn’t think it’d be so immediate. First with H5N1 fears and now with the H1N1 pandemic, [...]

Filed under: News, Resources
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/08/happy-fifth-birthday-midas/

Got a Progress Report Due on October 15?

Thursday, Sep 3, 2009 8:26 AM EST by Paul Sheehy | 2 Comments

NIH recently announced policy changes for progress reports (aka PHS 2590 and noncompeting continuation). These will take effect on October 1, and corresponding changes to the eSNAP Commons Module will follow on October 9. The biggest change for most NIGMS grantees is the replacement of the Senior/Key Personnel Report with an All Personnel Report (Form [...]

Filed under: Research Administration
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2009/09/03/got-a-progress-report-due-on-october-15/

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