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.
Special Announcement: NCATS “Rare Diseases Are Not Rare!” Challenge Prize Competition
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is soliciting entries for the 2020 “Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! Challenge.” The goal of this Challenge is to reward and spur innovative approaches to effectively communicate with others and to educate people about all rare diseases in a collective manner through social media or art. The challenge announcement will be posted on www.Challenge.gov and the NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! Challenge Details websites.
Release Date: February 19, 2020. Submission Deadline: April 30, 2020
Notice of Special Interest: Dissemination and Implementation Science for Cancer Prevention and Control in Low Resource Environments
The NCI is informing potential applicants of their interest in supporting implementation research related to cancer prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and in low resource settings. Note that applications proposing/describing projects involving and/or conducting research on animals are not appropriate for this funding opportunity. Release Date: February 10, 2020.
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Use of Biological Information to Understand How the Interplay of Environmental Exposures and Genes Influences Cancer Risk
NCI is interested in research that integrates biological data with epidemiological data from environmental exposure and germline genetic projects, and encourages applications that include mechanistic follow-up (e.g., appropriate laboratory experiments that go beyond annotation) designed to understand the biological processes involved in the interplay between environmental exposures and genes at the molecular, cellular, and/or organismal level. Release Date: October 9, 2019. First Available Due Date: February 05, 2020
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement: NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)
An NIGMS MIRA for ESIs is intended to provide support for the program of research in an ESI’s laboratory that falls within the mission of NIGMS. Investigators receiving a MIRA will be required to relinquish their other NIGMS research funding, including Mentored Career Development (K) awards. Investigators with K awards from another Institute/Center of the NIH may receive an NIGMS MIRA but will be required to adjust their person-months of effort on those awards to be less than the number of person-months committed to the MIRA. Release Date: October 7, 2019. Estimated Publication Date of Funding Opportunity Announcement: May 01, 2020
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement: National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI) (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) intends to re-issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement to solicit applications for the re-competition of the National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI). This re-competition will differ from the previous competition (RFA HD-19-017) in several ways, please see the link to the notice for more details. Release Date: October 1, 2019. Estimated Publication Date of Funding Opportunity Announcement: November 15, 2019
Notice of Special Interest: Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics Approaches for Nutrition Research
The purpose of this Notice is to foster collaborative research between nutrition researchers and experts in omics technologies and encourages applications that employ nutrigenetics and/or nutrigenomics approaches to basic, translational and clinical nutrition research. Collaboration between investigators with demonstrated expertise in nutrition research and omics techniques is highly encouraged. Release Date: September 25, 2019. First Available Due Date: February 5, 2020
The following resources may be useful for researchers seeking data repositories, databases, or other opportunities for data deposition and/or sharing.
"My love for endocrinology only becomes stronger; I start each endocrine course that I teach by telling the students that whether they realize it, they will have an endocrine response to my lectures (love, hate, boredom, nausea)."
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? Your serotonin levels are sure to rise once you slip your feet into these new gland socks designed exclusively by the Endocrine Society.
