Research Announcements

NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program: novel funding opportunities & webinars

Four types of NIH awards announced, with webinars available for more information.

The High-Risk, High-Reward Research program supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative research with the potential for broad impact in biomedical, behavioral, or social sciences within the NIH mission. None of these programs requires preliminary data or a detailed experimental plan. What is required is a great idea and compelling logic of how it might be achieved. The program’s four constituent NIH Director’s awards provide a diverse set of funding opportunities. See the individual award websites for more information and application help.

The NIH Common Fund will hold pre-application interactive Q&A webinars for these funding opportunities. NIH staff will discuss the funding opportunities and answer questions from prospective applicants. Preregistration for the webinar is required.

Webinar information:

NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (RFA-RM-21-018) – Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:30 AM EDT
To join the webinar, register through WebEx and submit your questions by 11:59 PM local time on Thursday, June 24, 2021 to EarlyIndependence@od.nih.gov.

NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (RFA-RM-21-015) – Monday, June 28, 2021 at 1:30 PM EDT
To join the webinar, register through WebEx and submit your questions by 11:59 PM local time on Thursday, June 24, 2021 to PioneerAwards@mail.nih.gov.

NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award (RFA-RM-21-017) – Tuesday, June 29, 2019 at 1:00 PM EDT
To join the webinar, register through WebEx and submit your questions by 11:59 PM local time on Friday, June 25, 2021 to Transformative_Awards@mail.nih.gov.

NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (RFA-RM-21-016) – Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 3:00 PM EDT
To join the webinar, register through WebEx and submit your questions by 11:59 PM local time on Friday, June 25, 2021 to NewInnovatorAwards@mail.nih.gov.

Student Opportunity: Washington D.C. Professional Enrichment Academy

The University of Nebraska’s Federal Relations Team is working with campus counterparts to promote the Summer 2020 D.C. Professional Enrichment Academy in Washington, D.C. Applications are being accepted now, with the final deadline on April 15.

This is the third summer for the Academy, which provides students from across the University of Nebraska who are interning in D.C. with a free, value-added program. The D.C. Academy meets once a week in the evening and connects students with prominent alumni and each other. Guest speakers cover topics such as “Policymaking in Congress” and “The News Media in American Democracy.”

This is a great opportunity for students to benefit from thoughtful mentoring and programming, expand their network and learn to transition from college into their professional careers.

Faculty who are interested in sharing this information with their students can find more details in this announcement.

Please contact the University of Nebraska Federal Relations Team with any questions at dcintern@nebraska.edu.

GP IDeA-CTR Annual Scientific Meeting

On behalf of the Great Plains IDeA Clinical and Translational Research Network (GP IDeA-CTR), you are cordially invited to join us for our second annual meeting.

There is no charge to attend, however, preregistration is necessary. We hope you can join us!
*CE Credits are available*

 

   GP IDeA-CTR 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting
                  October 10th-11th, 2018
                    Truhlsen Events Center

 

To register, click here.

For the agenda and additional information, please visit our website.