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September 13, 2024

In This Issue

  • Register for our upcoming workshop on NIH fellowships, geared toward doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers.
  • Look out for departmental seminars in our next issue on September 27.
  • Learn about funding opportunities from the NIH and NSF
    • Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R01)
    • The Impact of Stressors on the Biological Mechanisms of Aging and Other Aging-Associated Outcomes in Experimental Model Systems (R61/R33)
    • Dear Colleague Letter: Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE)
    • NIA Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Awards to Promote Diversity in Translational Research for AD/ADRD (K99/R00)
    • Dear Colleague Letter: Post-Baccalaureate Research and Training (PBRT) in the Biological Sciences Supplemental Funding Opportunity
    • Microglial Pathophysiology in Comorbid Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and HIV (R61/R33)

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Announcements

Upcoming Events and Seminars

Information about upcoming events and seminars will resume in our next issue on September 27!

Funding Opportunities

Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R01)

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages grant applications from investigators interested in conducting basic, mechanistic research into the biological/genetic causes of cancer health disparities. These research project grants (R01) will support innovative studies designed to investigate biological/genetic bases of cancer health disparities, such as (1) mechanistic studies of biological factors associated with cancer health disparities, including those related to basic research in cancer biology or cancer prevention strategies, (2) the development and testing of new methodologies and models, and (3) secondary data analyses.

Deadline: October 5, 2024
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The Impact of Stressors on the Biological Mechanisms of Aging and Other Aging-Associated Outcomes in Experimental Model Systems (R61/R33)

This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) invites applications proposing research that incorporates exposures to a stressor(s) during the post-development period (“adulthood”) into studies of aging processes. Research proposed in the initial, exploratory (R61) phase will seek to determine whether exposure to a stressor(s) (e.g., physical, social, and/or environmental stressors of well-defined duration, intensity, and timing) during adulthood results in measurable changes in one or more of the hallmarks of aging. The second, developmental (R33) phase will then expand upon findings yielded in the R61 phase to determine the impacts of the stressor(s) on lifespan, healthspan, resilience, and/or interactions with other “input variables” such as genotype, diet, interventions, etc.

Deadline: November 7, 2024
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Dear Colleague Letter: Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems
(NiCE)

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance research on neurobiological mechanisms in changing ecosystems, focusing on how organisms adapt to anthropogenic environmental changes.

Deadline: February 10, 2025
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NIA Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Awards to Promote Diversity in Translational Research for AD/ADRD (K99/R00)

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to promote diversity in the translational research workforce for Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD), including frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia, and vascular dementia. This pathway to independence award will support early career investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, to gain critical translational research skills that they can apply to various aspects of AD/ADRD research (from populations studies to research that can lead to new treatments and diagnostics, including all aspects of behavioral and social research).

Upcoming Deadlines: February 12, 2025; June 12, 2025; October 12, 2025
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Dear Colleague Letter: Post-Baccalaureate Research and Training (PBRT) in the Biological Sciences Supplemental Funding Opportunity

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support inclusive research training pathways for recent graduates in the biological sciences, providing them with mentored research experiences to enhance their competitiveness for graduate education or STEM careers.

Deadline: May 19, 2025
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Microglial Pathophysiology in Comorbid Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and HIV (R61/R33)

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to seek applications that examine protein interaction networks in HIV-infected microglia, and how these host-viral interactions contribute to cell type- and brain region-specific alterations in cellular signaling in the context of comorbid HIV and substance use disorder (SUD).

Deadline: August 14, 2025
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