5) expand the trainee’s professional network

Download the form and email your application to Cristal Yee. 

NIH will provide the qualifying institutions with the funds to seed the creation of academic entrepreneurship Hubs. Watch the recorded REACH Program Pre-Application Webinar to learn about the opportunity for five new Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) to join NIH’s nationwide proof-of-concept network and receive $1 million per year for four years.

The HHMI Investigator Program competition is open to basic researchers and physician scientists in basic biological and biomedical sciences in many scientific disciplines, at hundreds of institutions. Candidates apply directly to HHMI. Applications must be received by March 21, 2023. Information about this program and competition, including benefits of becoming an HHMI Investigator, may be found on the program page.

RSVP to join the live information session on February 9.

GRANT ALERT: Danone North America Public Benefit Corporation, announces its 11th Danone North America Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant.

As a part of our commitment to advancing the study of the gut microbiome on well-being, Danone will award $25,000 each to two graduate students who aim to explore how the gut microbiome, probiotics and yogurt helps support and maintain human health and wellness. Visit Danone for more information and how to apply.

Established Investigators - $50,000 max; Early Career Investigators - $40,000 max. Research topics should be translational in nature and related to musculoskeletal disease. If you have any research questions in regards to applying, please contact Pui Yee Law.  

Both through the CCMBM and through NIH, funding is available to support mechanistic research in human musculoskeletal biology. CCMBM has partnered with CoLabs to stimulate use of the CoLabs resources to pursue clinically relevant and cutting edge unbiased analyses of human tissue in MSK disease with a special RFA for Pilot awards in the upcoming RAP cycle. Consultations with CoLabs are required before submission. In addition, the NIH HTORR program—co-funded by the NDRI and the NIAMS—provides investigators with donated tissues and organs from a diverse donor pool. Learn more on the NDRI website. 

Access to the applications with the full set of instructions can be found here.

Applications should be mailed as a single PDF to LTI@ucsf.edu by close of day March 17, 2023. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to Cammie Edwards, Director, Living Therapeutics Initiative: cammie.edwards@ucsf.edu.