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Headlines for this newsletter: 2025 INBRE Research Conference now accepting registration and abstracts • AR INBRE Core Voucher Program applications due Sept 1 • Sustaining the Biomedical Workforce Virtual Workshop • Meet Summer Students: Tori-Beth Poland and Bryce Rhodes and so much more! |
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The 2025 AR INBRE conference will take place on Fri, Nov 7 at the Embassy Suites Northwest Arkansas in Rogers and Sat, Nov 8 on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Conference begins at noon on Friday and ends noon on Saturday.
The Arkansas INBRE Research Conference involves participation from colleges and universities in Arkansas and surrounding states in biological sciences, physics and chemistry and biochemistry. This conference is sponsored by the Arkansas INBRE. It is hosted by the departments of Biological Sciences, Physics, and Chemistry and Biochemistry – Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas.
Registration for the conference and poster presentations will close Sept 22 or sooner if the capacity is reached.
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AR INBRE Core Voucher Program. The Arkansas INBRE Research Technology Core is providing three voucher opportunities to obtain paid access to UAMS and UAF Core Facilities. The different vouchers are available: Faculty Research Core Facility Vouchers
Student Research Core Facility Vouchers
Faculty Curriculum Core Facility Vouchers
Vouchers are offered three times a year. The next round is due 5 pm on Sept 1. More |
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Sustaining the Biomedical Workforce: Innovative Pathways for Retaining and Supporting Physician-Scientists Virtual Workshop, Sept 9, 9 am to 2:30 pm. Workshop will convene leaders from academia, government, industry, philanthropy, and health systems to confront long-standing structural challenges and explore bold, innovative models for sustaining physician-scientist careers. Through retrospective analysis and forward-looking panels, participants will co-develop actionable strategies to support and retain this critical segment of the biomedical workforce.
NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will be the Keynote speaker. More |
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Meet our Summer Research Participants |
Arkansas INBRE’s paid summer research fellowships are available for undergraduate students who are rising juniors or seniors. Selected students will work on a project relevant to human health led by a faculty member at either the University of Arkansas, or the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. We offer two 9-week summer research programs tailored to students with STEM majors (e.g., biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, mathematics, and related disciplines) who are considering careers in biomedical research. Here are some of our students. Meet more on our website. |
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Tori-Beth Poland, Junior, Hendrix College Proteomics Student Researching at UAMS
Major: Health Science Major
What I am researching this summer: Proteomics in Dr. Dennis Province Lab
Plans after graduation: Attend Medical School at UAMS and then become a pediatric cardiologist
Outside of the lab/classroom: I have been dancing since I was 2 years old, and I am currently a collegiate cheerleader at Hendrix College. I enjoy creating floral arrangements for both myself and others. Additionally, I compete in pageants within the Miss America Organization, and I am proudly holding the title of Miss Diamond Lakes 2025! |
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Bryce Rhodes, Senior, University of Central Arkansas
Clinical Trials Office (CTO) Student Researching at UAF
Major: BS in Nursing
What I am researching this summer: This summer, I am interning at the UAMS Clinical Trials Office, where I am shadowing clinical trial nurses and coordinators. I am learning how clinical research is conducted, with a focus on trials for different types and stages of cancer. (Mentor: Matt Kovak, MS, CCRP)
Plans after graduation: I hope to become an APRN after finishing nursing school.
Outside of the lab/classroom: I like to rock climb and hike mountains around Arkansas. |
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NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026. This Notice informs the extramural community that, beginning in fiscal year 2026, NIH will no longer post NOFOs in the NIH Guide. Grants.gov will serve as NIH’s single official source for grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities. The NIH Guide will continue to be used for policy and informational notices. More |
From NIH DIrector Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: Advancing NIH’s Mission Through a Unified Strategy. As stewards of taxpayer funds, NIH must deliver results that matter to the public. Today, I’m pleased to announce that NIH is moving toward a unified strategy that aligns our priorities and funding approaches to fulfill this commitment. Through this strategy, we will better leverage the synergistic missions of each NIH Institute and Center to fund the most meritorious science, address urgent health needs, and sustain a robust biomedical research workforce. More |
NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Keynote Speaker for National Academy of Medicine Workshop, Sept 9. Dr. Bhattacharya to deliver Keynote, “Sustaining the Biomedical Workforce: Innovative Pathways for Retaining and Supporting Physician-Scientists” Sept 15. More |
NIH Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs. NIH aims to maximize the value of each research grant, and as such, NIH grantees should utilize as much of their grant funds as possible for research activities. While NIH recognizes the value of disseminating and publishing findings, journals with large publishing fees can lead awardees to pay unreasonably high fees from their NIH awards that lessen the funds available for conducting research and which burden American taxpayers. Respond to RFI by Sept 15. More |
New NIH AI Usage Policy and Grant Submission Limitations.NIH released NOT-OD-25-132 providing guidance to researchers on the appropriate usage of artificial intelligence (AI) to maintain the fairness and originality of NIH’s research application process. NIH is also instituting a new policy limiting the number of applications that NIH will consider per PI per calendar year. This policy is effective for applications submitted to the Sept 25, 2025 receipt date and beyond. More |
R16 SuRE and SuRE-First NOFOs. The SuRE program supports research capacity building at eligible higher education institutions through funding investigator-initiated biomedical research in basic, social, clinical, behavioral, or translational science that falls in the mission areas of the NIH. Applications due for both on Sept 29.
Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (PAR-25-414) provides support for investigator-initiated research at resource-limited institutions by full-time faculty who are not currently funded by any NIH Research Project Grants (RPGs) with the exception of SuRE or SuRE-First awards.
SuRE – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (PAR-25-145) provides support for investigator-initiated research at resource-limited institutions by full-time faculty who have not had any prior independent, peer-reviewed, external research grants. |
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Third Annual Data Sharing Symposium: How Data Advances the Impact of Cancer Research, Sept 30-Oct 1, NCI Office of Data Sharing, Shady Grove Campus, Rockville, MD. Attendees are invited to present a poster describing how data sharing has impacted your cancer research, or to set up a table to demo an innovative data sharing product. Abstracts due Sept 1. More |
OmicsLogic 3-Day Hands-On Online Workshop: Data Science Foundations using R for Biotechnologists, Sept 1-5, Virtual. This workshop is crafted for biotechnologists aiming to build practical data science skills using the R programming language. Over three interactive sessions, participants will explore key concepts and tools in R — ranging from data handling and statistical analysis to machine learning techniques — all tailored for biological research. More |
ABRCMS 2025, Nov 19-22, San Antonio, TX. This year, ABRCMS is offering several options for submitting an oral, poster, or ePoster abstract. Gather your latest research and get ready to present your science to esteemed and established researchers from universities across the country. Take note of important dates and get familiar with the submission steps to ensure a smooth process when you're ready to submit. Submit abstracts by Sept 5. More |
Sigma Xi International Forum on Research Excellence (IFoRE), Oct 30-Nov 1, Virtual. Features speakers and research competition for STEM students of ALL education levels and disciplines. Accepting submissions for Student Research Competition (due Sept 5) and General Session Proposals, as well as registrations. More |
OKRA Opportunity Pool Program. The George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance (OKRA) offers the OKRA Opportunity Pool Program on a yearly basis to early-stage investigators and investigators new to kidney research. This program supports pilot grants (up to $50,000 total costs) that address scientific and technological gaps in kidney research and promotes new collaborations. Letter of Intent due Sept 8. More |
Pathobiology for Investigators, Students, and Academicians (PISA) 2025 Young Investigators Virtual Meeting, Oct 28-30. This annual event is designed to highlight and support the next generation of experimental pathobiology researchers. The PISA 2025 program will feature short oral presentations from undergrad, grad, and postdoc trainees and include sessions that explore professional development and career navigation. Submit abstracts by Sept 15. More |
SACNAS National Postdoc Appreciation Week, Sept 15-19. SACNAS wants to celebrate postdocs by highlighting postdocs doing incredible work in STEM. Five postdocs will be selected to be featured throughout the SACNAS NPAW. Want to be featured? Fill out this form. |
Innovative Science Accelerator Program (ISAC) award, funded by the NIH NIDDK, is seed funding for exceptionally innovative, disruptive (high-risk/high-reward) research relevant to Kidney-Urologic-Hematologic communities. Applicants may request up to $100,000 (direct + indirect costs) Total Costs for one year. The next submission deadline is Sept 17. More |
ASIP Women in Pathology Special Event: How to Delegate, Create Accountability, and Have More Productive Meetings, Sept 18, 12 pm CT. Leadership Coach Deb Elbaum will help people feel more empowered around their delegating and accountability by sharing ideas they can immediately put into action. In addition, because delegation and follow up often happens in meetings, it’s important to think about how to use meetings most productively. More |
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Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR): Council on Undergraduate Research’s Advocacy Program engages students in the varied stages of the undergrad research process. Participants learn valuable skills in communicating the impact of their undergrad research experiences to a variety of audience members and stakeholders. The STR Program expands and enhances the learning of CUR’s previous successful advocacy offerings, Posters on the Hill and REU Symposium. Apply by is Sept 19. More |
New Non-Federal Funding/ Fellowships Source. SC INBRE has announced a new web page full of links to foundation, organization, society and other entities offering biomedical-related grants, awards, fellowships and education funding. Page is arranged by research topics. They also welcome input if a site visitor knows of a source not currently listed. More |
August 27 Submission deadline: AAMC Daily Dose Presentations
August 28 American Assoc of Immunologists RESTORE Grants Program
August 29 Registration closes – NIH NHLBI Hybrid Workshop: Lung Sensing and Its Implications in Diseases
August 31 dkNET PanKbase AI Pilot Funding Program
September 1 AR INBRE Program closed for Labor Day
Cancer Res Inst Immuno-Informatics Postdoc Fellow
Cancer Res Inst Irvington Postdoc Fellow
HUB Innovations Awards Program Proposals
NIH NCI 3rd Annual Data Sharing Symposium Abstracts
September 2
September 3
NIH Dir’s Transformative Res Awards (R01)
September 4 RFA: Simons Foundation Autism Res Initiative (SFARI) Data Analysis
September 5
LOI: NIH Interventions on Health & Healthcare Disparities on Non-Communicable & Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Improving Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01)
LOI: NIH NCI Impacts of climate change across the cancer control continuum (R01) |
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Material in this newsletter is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences (5P20GM103429). Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the AR INBRE Program and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NIH.
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