Preparing Emerging Scientists for Success: A Train-the-Trainers Workshop

This trainer-of-trainers workshop, funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R25 GM135022), is designed to prepare faculty and administrators to establish or improve instruction in critical professional skills, responsible conduct of research, and inclusion. The workshop is designed to assist individuals who teach others at levels ranging from undergraduates through faculty and professionals. This includes faculty required by their institutions and/or NIH or NSF training grants to provide instruction in RCR.

Participants will receive an entire curriculum on professional development, inclusion, and research ethics, including syllabi, PowerPoint slides, handouts for students, in-class exercises, cases for discussion, and an extensive bibliography. Copies of selected books on these matters, as well as an extensive binder of journal articles and other readings, will also be provided.

This workshop will take place June 6-9 at the San Diego, CA Courtyard Downtown. A schedule of the workshop, comments from previous attendees, and an application form can be found here: www.EmergingScientists.com.

Space is limited to 30 participants, and applications will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis until May 27, or until the limit is reached. Pairs of individuals from the same institution are encouraged to apply. The tuition is $250. Other conference expenses are covered by the NIGMS grant. Travel and housing costs are the responsibility of attendees.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Rick McGee at r-mcgee@northwestern.edu.

May

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Seminar

Dr. Burke is Assistant Professor in the UCI School of Medicine.

1114 Natural Sciences I

May

James L. McGaugh Distinguished Lecture

Dr. Abel is the Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience, Director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology at the University of Iowa.

Herklotz Conference Room, CNLM (300 Qureshey Research lab)

May

Focus on Evolution (FoE) Seminar Series

Dr. Edge is Assistant Professor in the Quantitative and Computational Biology section of the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Southern California.

1114 Natural Sciences I or Zoom

NSF DBI Virtual Office Hour: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

During this office hour, program officers will introduce the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program and discuss recent updates to the solicitation. They will also provide tips on how to write a great CAREER proposal. It is an opportunity to raise questions and communicate directly with program officers in your field. This office hour will take place on May 17 from 12pm to 1pm PT. You can register to attend here.

DOD FY22 Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Research Program (PRARP)

The FY22 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program (PRARP) to support research that addresses the long-term implications of military service as they pertain to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD) for Service Members, Veterans, and the general public.

The PRARP consists of three mechanisms:

1. Accelerating Diagnostics Research Award (ADRA)
2. Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA)
3. Translational Research Award (TRA)

You can read more about each mechanism at the link above.

Pre-Application due date: June 17, 2022 (2pm PT)

Application due date: July 25, 2022 (8:59pm PT)

NSF Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)

The OPUS program is targeted to individuals, typically at later-career stages, who have contributed significant insights to a field or body of research over time. The program provides an opportunity to revisit and synthesize that prior research into a unique, integrated product(s) useful to the scientific community, now and in the future.

All four clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science) encourage the submission of OPUS proposals.

Due date: Proposals Accepted Anytime

In FY 2021, the national average size of an NIH R01-equivalent grant (for that fiscal year) was $571,561.¹

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