This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) will study the effects of interventions to promote productive failure responses and STEM persistence among college students, particularly those from historically excluded communities. The $388,750 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, will fund two experiments: 1) testing the impact of videos about personal and...
This Project Grant award of $270,000 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) aims to create a sustainable model for culturally relevant STEM learning environments that engage students' interests and prepare them for careers in medicine, science, engineering, and technology. The key products and services to be delivered under this five-year project include: 1) providing longitudinal mentorship to...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), provides $271,544 to San Francisco State University (SFSU) from September 13, 2024 through August 31, 2029. The award aims to expand the successful Scientist Spotlights initiative by engaging high school students nationwide as authors of curriculum supplements that highlight diverse biomedical science role models. The project will...
This Project Grant award of $748,930 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) program supports a longitudinal, randomized experiment to examine the impact of peer and mentor network interventions on promoting diverse students' success in biomedical engineering (BME) programs. The key objectives are to: (1) test the effects of "creating birds of a feather" (CBOAF) peer network activities and...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $736,344 Project Grant under CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) with a project period from February 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025. The grant aims to cultivate a supportive academic environment and strengthen the scientific identity and career pathways for historically underrepresented and marginalized graduate students in biomedical research...
The University of Pittsburgh was awarded a $2,639,070 Project Grant by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) federal grant program. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund a cluster randomized trial across 26 institutions to test a structured cognitive behavioral training (SCBT) intervention aimed at addressing systemic inequities and promoting inclusive excellence in the biomedical research...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) program provides $450,313 to The Johns Hopkins University from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030. The purpose of this grant is to investigate the molecular mechanisms and dynamic domain interactions that govern the function of nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs), which are complex, multi-domain enzymes that synthesize natural products with...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) totals $408,750 and is effective from September 15, 2024 through July 31, 2029. The award will support the development of large-scale composite hypothesis testing approaches for performing translational genetics analyses. Specifically, the research will focus on creating interpretable and robust statistical methods for...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) federal grant program, provides $502,479 to the University of Michigan to measure the impact of research data reuse on diversity and novelty, and identify synergistic data-method-researcher combinations to spur scientific discovery. The project will construct knowledge graphs connecting research objects like publications, code, datasets,...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $243,840 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to the University of Pittsburgh. The project, titled "An Effective Statistical Inference Framework to Develop Innovative Compensations for Protein Mutations," aims to develop quantitative methods for predicting the impact of protein mutations and identifying compensatory mutations that can restore normal protein...