The National Institutes of Health is seeking applications for its Entry-Level Modules (ELM) for Training the Genomics Research Workforce Program to support research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $550,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.
This FOA will support educational activities with a primary focus on:
Courses for Skills Development
Specifically, this FOA will support the development of modules of genomics-related curriculum to be incorporated into programs that train the entry-level research workforce through collaborations between lead and partner sites, as described below in Programmatic Approach.
Awardees will be expected to share their modules with each other during the award period, so that each lead/partner site pair has a larger range of modules from which they can choose to implement. All sites implementing a particular module will be expected to participate in the evaluation of that module.
Institute Specific Considerations
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
NHGRI is interested in supporting modules that focus on genomics, as reflected in the areas of its research mission in genomics, which include:
- Resources, approaches, and technologies that accelerate genomic research focused on the structure and biology of genomes
- The genomics of disease
- The implementation and effectiveness of genomic medicine
- Computational genomics and data science
- The impact of genomic technology, advances, and implementation on health disparities and health equity
- Ethical, legal, and social issues related to genomic advances.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NICHD is interested in supporting modules directly relevant to its research mission and its priority populations, including women; pregnant and lactating persons; children and adolescents; and individuals with physical, intellectual, and/or developmental disabilities across the lifespan.
NICHD has a specific interest in modules that provide individuals in entry-level/paraprofessional positions with an introduction to the following concepts:
- Genomic issues that impact reproductive care and pregnancy, including fertility, prenatal testing and newborn screening
- The role of genomics in the diagnosis and/or treatment of a range of neonatal, pediatric, obstetric and gynecologic conditions
- Implementation of pharmacogenomics in NICHD priority populations, including the importance of considering clinical context
- Social and behavioral genomics
- The importance of enhancing the inclusion of persons from marginalized groups in genomic and other research
- Distinctions between race and ancestry, and how better understandings of both can address health disparities and health equity
- Ethical, legal and social issues in genomics specific to NICHD priority populations.
Funding Information
Application budgets are limited to $550,000 in direct costs over the three-year period. It is anticipated that budgets will be higher in the first two years of the award and lower in the third year. No single year should exceed $210,000 in direct costs. Application budgets need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Project Period
The maximum project period is 3 years.
Eligible Applicants
Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
Governments
- Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal
- Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
Federal Governments
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
Foreign Institutions
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
- Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
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