Looking to the Future of the Biomedical Workforce

January 31, 2011

You may have heard that Dr. Collins has charged a new subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) with creating a model of the biomedical research workforce that will address future workforce needs, as well as help inform NIH in implementing policies to facilitate a vibrant and diverse future biomedical research workforce.

New Statement Clarifies Proposal for Translational Research Center

January 25, 2011

Since last week there has been quite a bit of news on the formation of the new National Center for Accelerating Translational Sciences (NCATS) here at NIH. You may have seen the New York Times article where the NIH Director, Dr. Francis Collins, described the intent of NCATS and the potential it has for accelerating the translation of basic discoveries into therapeutics.

Get Your Application in Early

January 24, 2011

Tomorrow is the first standard application submission date without an error correction window. Wondering what will happen if you fail to get an application in on time? Our newly updated policy on late grant application submissions provides the details.