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Blog Posts Category: Research Training

 Jenny Baumgartner

Are You a Researcher Interested in NIH Student Loan Repayment Programs? Apply September 1–November 21, 2024

July 22, 2024

Jennifer Baumgartner, Ph.D.

Did you know that NIH may repay up to $100,000 of your qualified student loan debt over 2 years, including most undergraduate, graduate, and medical school loans? Read this blog post to learn more.

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Jessica McKlveen, Ph.D.

Changes to Institutional Training Grant Applications To Support Biomedical Workforce, Discovery

June 28, 2024

Jessica McKlveen, Ph.D.

Changes are coming to NIH Institutional Training Award grant applications and their peer review for applications due on or after January 25, 2025. Dr. Jessica McKlveen provides background, summarizes the changes, and gives resources for more details.

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Dr. Patrick Still

Strategizing Training and Career Opportunities in Whole Person Natural Products Research

September 20, 2023

Patrick Still, Ph.D.

Graduate training usually focuses on a specific skill set such as a chemical synthesis, organic structure analysis, or using a specific animal model, which can create knowledge gaps in the biological applications of natural products.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Administrative Supplement Program for Complementary and Integrative Health Clinician-Scientists: October 3 Deadline

August 18, 2022

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

NCCIH is collaborating with NCATS through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program to support early career complementary and integrative health clinician-scientists with clinical and translational research training opportunities.

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Lessening the Burden of Student Loans: Apply for NIH Student Loan Repayment September 1–November 17, 2022

July 21, 2022

NIH has created the NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs), which will repay up to $100,000 of qualified student loan debt for a 2-year award. The goal of the NIH LRPs is to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals in research careers by lessening the burden of student loans.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

New Supplemental Funding Opportunities To Increase Diversity in the Scientific Research Workforce and To Promote Re-Entry and Re-Integration

May 23, 2022

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

This blog post describes the unique features of these new supplemental funding opportunities.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

NCCIH Supports Research Training for Complementary and Integrative Health Practitioners

May 20, 2022

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

NCCIH provides opportunities for complementary and integrative health clinician-scientists to advance their careers.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Pursuing a Research Career? Apply for NIH Student Loan Repayment September 1–November 20, 2020!

September 11, 2020

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Student loan debt is the most often reported barrier to beginning and sustaining a biomedical research career. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working to make this transition easier.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Which Mentored K Award Mechanism Is Right For Me?

April 24, 2019

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

In this blog post, Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses different Career Development Mechanisms, or K awards, and selecting the right funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to fit your science.

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D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

Upcoming Technical Assistance Webinars for the Centers for Advancing Research on Botanicals and Other Natural Products (CARBON) Program

February 4, 2019

D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

New funding opportunity announcements present opportunities for new research related to botanicals and natural products. Find out more here.

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Wen G. Chen, Ph.D.

New Funding Available for Basic and Mechanistic Research on Pain and Complementary Approaches: Explore NIH HEAL Opportunities

January 23, 2019

Wen Chen, Ph.D.

Interested in pursuing pain treatment research with grants from the NIH HEAL Initiative? Read more about basic and mechanistic research funding opportunities here.

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Dave Clark, Dr.P.H.

HEAL Initiative Funding Opportunities for Behavioral Research

January 7, 2019

Dave Clark, Dr.P.H.

In this blog post, NCCIH's Dr. Dave Clark describes several HEAL ((Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM) funding opportunities.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

New Research Career Development Funding Opportunity for Complementary and Integrative Health Clinician-Scientists

September 18, 2018

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

In this research blog, Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses career development pathways for clinician-scientists and a new career development funding opportunity in partnership with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Institutional Training Programs for Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers

August 20, 2018

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

In this blog post, Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses institutional training programs supported by NCCIH including T32 programs and one T90/R90 program.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Pursuing a Research Career? Apply September 1–November 15, 2018 for NIH Student Loan Repayment!

July 18, 2018

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

In this blog post Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses NIH Loan Repayment Programs for researchers.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Developing Your Research Career -- a Pre-Congress Workshop at the International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health

April 19, 2018

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

Learn about advancing your research career; attend “Developing Your Research Career: NCCIH Training and Career Development Opportunities,” a workshop at the International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health (ICIMH) on Thursday, May 8, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Baltimore, MD.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

How Do New NIH Human Subjects Policies Impact Training and Career Development Awards?

March 6, 2018

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

In this blog post, Dr. Lanay Mudd describes NIH initiatives designed to enhance the accountability and transparency of clinical research.

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Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

NCCIH Resources for Research Training and Career Development

March 1, 2018

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.

In this blog post, NCCIH Training Officer Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses research training and career development opportunities.

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Grant Funding Available for Behavioral Interventions for Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder and as an Adjunct to Medication-Assisted Treatment

November 30, 2017

In this research blog, Drs. Robin Boineau (NCCIH) and Kimberly Johnson (SAMHSA) discuss a new funding initiative to examine the impact of behavioral interventions for opioid addiction within the context of states’ plans for use of Opioid STR grant funds.

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Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

A Crescendo of Interest and Research in Music and Health

May 18, 2017

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

In this blog post, NCCIH Director of Extramural Research Dr. Emmeline Edwards discusses NIH/NCCIH funding opportunities in music and art therapies.

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Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Finding Funding for the Building Blocks of Natural Product Clinical Trials

May 4, 2017

Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Find out more about a new series of funding opportunity announcements for investigator-initiated clinical trials.

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NCCIH’s New Approach to Clinical Trials

April 10, 2017

Josephine P. Briggs, M.D.

In this blog post, NCCIH Director Dr. Josephine Briggs discusses new pathways for clinical trial funding.

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Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

Funding Your Research: Going Beyond the Standard NIH R01

May 13, 2016

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

In this blog post, Dr. Emmeline Edwards offers advice on NIH funding opportunities and mechanisms, and discusses the NCCIH-sponsored session on funding opportunities at the upcoming 2016 ICIMH meeting.

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Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

NCCIH Clinician-Scientist Workforce Working Group Report

March 4, 2016

Partap S. Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

In this blog post, Dr. Partap Khalsa reports on the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health Working Group on Clinician-Scientist Workforce Development.

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Take Notice of NIH Guide Notices for 2016 Grant Applications

January 14, 2016

Dale Birkle Dreer, Ph.D.

In this blog post, Dr. Dale Birkle Dreer, chief of NCCIH's Office of Scientific Review, discusses updates to policies, forms, and instructions for grant applications in 2016.

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D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

Network Pharmacology and Natural Products Webinar

November 16, 2015

D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.

NCCIH will hold a webinar on network pharmacology and natural products on Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

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Interacting With Your Scientific Review Officer

November 5, 2015

Dale Birkle Dreer, Ph.D.

SROs are scientists, most are former faculty members and NIH grantees, who manage the first level of peer review, commonly known as the study section. SROs are the people who take the first thorough look at your application, determine the expertise required for the review, recruit the external scientists to match that expertise, manage the study section meeting where the applications are discussed and scored, and prepare the summary statement for your application.

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Wen G. Chen, Ph.D.

New Funding Initiatives on “Phased Innovation Award for Mechanistic Studies to Optimize Mind and Body Interventions”

October 16, 2015

Wen Chen, Ph.D.

New RFAs represent NCCIH’s new funding mechanisms direct research attention toward investigating the mechanisms by which: 1) mind and body interventions might work, and 2) strategies to optimize these interventions.

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