resources for pursuing endocrine-related research opportunities
Endocrine researchers are at the core of solving many of the most pressing health problems of our time, from diabetes and obesity to infertility, bone health, thyroid conditions, and hormone-related cancers. Your work has led to incredible accomplishments and remarkable progress in the biological and biomedical sciences that have benefited the lives of millions of Americans.
NINDS Issues Diversity NOSI: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) issued a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to encourage R01 applications from diverse backgrounds. Relevant applicants include individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis; individuals with disabilities as defined in the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act; and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to criteria in the notice. The NOSI also acknowledges the additional challenges faced by women from any of the aforementioned backgrounds. The Notice expires May 8, 2023.
Reminder of Changes to NIH Biosketch and Other Support Format: NIH issued a notice reminding grantees that NIH expects applicants and recipients to use the updated biosketch and other support format for applications, Just-in-Time (JIT) Reports, and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) described in NOT-OD-21-073 as of May 25, 2021. The updated format pages will be required by NIH on and after January 25, 2022.
Clin-STAR FOA Announced: The Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center is seeking to fund pilot grants of up to $50,000 each. The funding provides opportunities to build mentee-mentor relationships at different institutions and content expertise in different disciplines for the junior investigator. Awards will be made to junior clinician-scientists who work collaboratively with a senior investigator from a different discipline and institution to stimulate new areas of age-related clinical human subjects research. For more eligibility requirements and to learn more, visit here. Letters of Intent (required) due May 28th at 5:00 PM ET. Looking for inspiration? Check out the 2020 Clin-STAR Pilot Awardees!
NIH Extends Deadline for DEI RFI: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced an extension of the deadline for the Request for Information (RFI) “Inviting Comments and Suggestions to Advance and Strengthen Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Biomedical Research Workforce and Advance Health Disparities and Health Equity Research.” The new deadline is April 23. The Endocrine Society previously submitted comments to this RFI that were developed jointly by the Society’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion and research Affairs Core Committee.
NOSI on Physical Activity Interventions: The Office of Disease Prevention and participating NIH Institutes and Centers issued a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to highlight their interest in encouraging highly innovative and promising translational research to improve our understanding of how to increase and maintain health-enhancing physical activity using multi-level interventions in a wide range of population groups across the lifespan. The notice applies to a number of grant mechanisms, and expires on February 16, 2024. For more information, please see the full notice.
NICHD to Issues SBIR FOA for Reproductive Health and Infertility: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement to encourage the small business community to collaborate with scientists and clinicians in the fields of female and male reproductive medicine, infertility, andrology/urology, and gynecology to develop, adapt and validate discoveries in genomics, epigenomics, metabolomics and biomarkers to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of women and men with infertility, and diseases and disorders that affect fertility. Grants will be issued under the R43/44 activity code for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards. Applications are due July 29, 2021, with letters of intent due 30 days prior. Learn more at the NIH Grants Guide.
Women’s Health Research Administrative Supplements: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a Notice of Special Interest for the availability of administrative supplements to IDeA awards to expand research and research capacity in the IDeA states to address important issues of women’s health across the lifespan. The proposed research must address at least one of the strategic goals of the 2019-2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research "Advancing Science for the Health of Women." Research on maternal and infant morbidity and mortality is of particular interest.
Administrative Supplements for Childcare Costs: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the availability of administrative supplements to support childcare costs on NRSA-supported Fellowship awards. Fellows may request $2,500 per budget period for costs for childcare provided by a licensed childcare provider. For more information, please see the Notice of Special Interest and policy announcement.
NOSI for Biophysical and Biomechanical Aspects of Embryonic Development: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) issued a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to encourage innovative and high risk/impact research in the area of physics/mechanics of embryonic development explored in model organisms. The Notice expires on November 17, 2022. Learn more at the NIH Grants Guide.
NOSI for Secondary Analysis of Human Connectome Data: Several NIH institutes issued a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to encourage secondary analyses of data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) including the multiple datasets in the Lifespan Human Connectome projects and the Human Connectomes Related to Human Disease. Applicants beyond the groups that originally collected the data are encouraged to apply. For more information, see the announcement in the grants guide or the website for the Connectome Coordination Facility.
NOSI For Adopting Techniques and Tools Developed from the BRAIN Initiative: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) issued a NOSI expressing interest in leveraging these technologies developed as part of the BRAIN initiative to understand nervous system function in the service of cognition, social, or affective processing. Applicants are encouraged to propose research to understand functioning of brain circuits in healthy subjects as well as translational work. NIMH is particularly interested in BRAIN tools that allow large, population-scale in vivo recording, imaging, or circuit manipulation during cognitive, social, or affective behavior. Learn more at the NIH Grants Guide, or the BRAIN Initiative website.
NIH Launches New Early Investigator Grant: National Institutes of Health recently announced the Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant award. This new award will support early stage investigators (ESIs) for innovative projects in an area of science that represents a change in research direction for the investigator. Importantly, applications will not be allowed to submit preliminary data. For application deadlines and other information, see the NIH Notice.
MARC Program Reissue With Modifications: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) issued a notice with their intent to reissue PAR-19-219 "Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC)" with minor modifications. Modifications to the planned Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) include an emphasis on promoting safety in the research training environment and teaching to the highest practices in biomedical research. The FOA release is anticipated February 17, 2021, with the first round of applications due May 21, 2021.
NCI to Issue Cancer Global Health FOA: National Cancer Institute (NCI) issued a notice advising the research community of an upcoming FOA to support the development of cancer-relevant technologies suitable for use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Specifically, the FOA solicits applications for projects to adapt, apply, and validate existing or emerging technologies into a new generation of user-friendly, low-cost technologies for preventing, detecting, diagnosing, and/or treating cancers in people living in LMICs. The FOA release is anticipated on February 27, 2021, with the first application due June 02, 2021.
NICHD Data Safety and Monitoring Guidelines: NICHD issued a notice advising the community of new guidelines for data safety and monitoring applicable to clinical research and clinical trials. NICHD expects investigators to apply these guidelines for competing applications or newly started protocols for January FY21. Learn more here.
The following resources may be useful for researchers seeking data repositories, databases, or other opportunities for data deposition and/or sharing.
Carol A. Lange, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology, and Stephen R. Hammes, MD, PhD, past Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Endocrinology share critical tips on how to get published.
Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, MD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, is the recipient of the 2020 Laureate Award for Outstanding Research. Endocrine News spoke with Dr. Maratos-Flier to learn more about her path to becoming one of the leading endocrine researchers in the country today.
Getting published can be a challenging journey. Andrea Gore, Ph.D., from the University of Texas at Austin talks about what makes for a well-written scientific paper and about the peer review process: what to expect and how to understand the feedback from editors.
We know you've heard of wearing your heart on your sleeve, but what about wearing your glands on your feet? Designed exclusively by the Endocrine Society, our gland socks will add an entertaining flair to your lab attire.
