From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue May 20 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Carol Gross" Newsgroups: bionet.prof-society.biophysics Subject: NIGMS Announcement Date: 21 May 1997 12:22:05 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 63 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: cgross@biosci.cbs.umn.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <199705211849.NAA21518@biosci.cbs.umn.edu> Reply-To: "Carol Gross" NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net NIGMS ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO SUPPORT EXPLORATORY STUDIES FOR HIGH RISK/HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently announced a new program to provide pilot-scale support for potentially ground-breaking ideas, methods, or systems. The goal of this program is to promote research that lacks sufficient preliminary data to establish feasibility, but that, if successful, would be likely to have a major, precedent-setting impact on biomedical research. The proposed research must fall within the areas supported by NIGMS, which include basic research on cell biology, biophysics, genetics, developmental biology, pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry. Program Highlights + Awards will be made using the R21 mechanism, in amounts not + exceeding $70,000 per year in direct costs for a maximum of two + years. Application receipt dates are February 1, June 1, and + October 1. Applications will be reviewed in NIH Division of + Research Grants initial review groups, but will not receive + percentile scores and will not be included in the base from which + the percentiles of other applications are calculated. Reviewers + will be asked to take into account the NIGMS requirement that the + project show "potential for ground-breaking, precedent-setting + significance of the proposed research, with particular emphasis on + novel and innovative approaches that clearly require additional + preliminary data for their value to be established." There is no + "set-aside" for this program; NIGMS staff will recommend for + funding only those proposals clearly meeting the state + requirements. The award cannot be renewed. If sufficient data are + generated during the term of the award, investigators could then + apply for further funding through research project grant (R01) or + other mechanisms. For More Information Complete details on this program are published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts as Program Announcement PA-97-049. The program announcement and additional information for applicants can be found on the NIGMS World Wide Web home page at http://www.nih.gov/nigms/funding/pa/r21.html. NIGMS contact people for programmatic questions: Cell Biology and Biophysics: Dr. James Cassatt (301) 594-0828 Genetics and Developmental Biology: Dr. Judith Greenberg (301) 594-0943 Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry: Dr. Michael Rogers (301) 594-3827 NIGMS contact person for fiscal questions: Grants Management: Ms. Carol Tippery (301) 594-5135 =========================== Biophysical Society Christine K. Carrico, Ph.D. Executive Director 9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20814-3998 Phone: (301)530-7114 FAX: (301)530-7133 .