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Headlines for this newsletter: NIH NIGMS to release two new COBRE opportunities in 2026 • RFI: AR INBRE/CBEC CUREs Community of Practice • Two PUI AR INBRE researchers have new publications and so much more! |
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will release two new Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in 2026.
The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence: Development Phase (COBRE-D) program provides funding to enable institutions in IDeA states to increase their biomedical research capacity in broad scientific areas of strategic importance to them but for which they have limited existing infrastructure or expertise. COBRE-D is intended to support a long-term institutional vision focused on the recruitment and mentoring of early-career investigators by supplementing start-up packages for new hires, the establishment of research facilities, and enhancement of research administration support services. This program serves as an on-ramp for less-resourced institutions to the Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence: Expansion/Sustainability Phases (COBRE E/S) program. COBRE-D will be released as PAR-26-027. More
The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence: Expansion/Sustainability Phases (COBRE-E/S) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support the expansion and sustainability of biomedical research centers in IDeA-eligible institutions. These centers will focus on building research capacity in broad scientific areas of strategic importance for the institutions.
The goal of COBRE-E is to expand research capacity by growing the institutional faculty base and supporting research projects and core facilities in the new area.
The objective of COBRE-S is to sustain the infrastructure by continuing the growth of the faculty base and consolidating research cores. Applicants are expected to propose a sustainability plan during the COBRE-E Phase for implementation in the COBRE-S Phase.
COBRE E/S will be released as PAR-26-31. More |
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FY2026 Funding Opportunity Announcement. The DRPP will offer Pilot Project (PP) funding for up to 12 months with a direct cost budget not to exceed $50,000. Project Leaders will be required to commit 3-person months (25% annual effort) to the project during the award period with Letters of Support from Department Chairs or upper administration officials if needed. Project Leaders will be required to include a minimum of TWO undergrad students in the project.
Eligible applicants include full-time permanent faculty members
with an unmodified title at the rank of Assistant Professor, or higher, at the PUIs in Arkansas. The DRPP anticipates awarding six PPs to start May 2026.
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RFI: CuREs Community of Practice. Despite the documented value to students, Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) have proven difficult to widely implement. To better facilitate the integration of data science into the classroom, AR INBRE and the Cell Biology Education Consortium (CBEC) are establishing a community of practice for integrating research into the classroom.
We are currently recruiting interested faculty to participate. Our community of practice will not be tied to a specific discipline or experimental design. A wide range of data analysis techniques can be employed to inform experiments across multiple disciplines. Our goal is to recruit interested faculty and tailor a modular/tiered project that suits a variety of institutions, research interests, and budgetary constraints. More |
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Arkansas Tech University Dr. Aniruddha Acharya, assistant professor of biology at Arkansas Tech University, and colleagues have a new publication, “Current Assessment and Future Perspectives on Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals,” in Plants. Acharya’s paper is based upon results from his AR INBRE one-year Pilot Project Award entitled, “Investigating the role of DELLA & CBL-CIPK gene family in micronutrient sequestration” and cites the AR INBRE grant.
From the Abstract: Phytoremediation can offer a safe, inexpensive, and ecologically sustainable technique to clean habitats contaminated with heavy metals. Several herbaceous and woody plants have been identified and utilized as potential candidates for phytoremediation. More |
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Lyon College Dr. Mayron Fabria, assistant professor of exercise science at Lyon College, and colleagues have a new publication, “Exercise as an adjunctive therapy for patients on maintenance hemodiafiltration,” in Kidney Research and Clinical Practice. Faria’s paper is a result of AR INBRE Summer Manuscript Support funding. This work includes work produced by Lyon undergrad student Ayden Heitmann. Paper
Said Faria, “We presented at the American Headache Society annual meeting in June 2024, in Minneapolis. In the research, we used two equipment that we got from the INBRE shared equipment grant — NIRS and an Isokinetic dynamometer.” This work includes Lyon undergrad students Juliana Novakovic, Alexander Eadie and Isaac Cottle. Abstract (P-283) |
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Publishing or presenting research or data as a result of using an AR INBRE Core, equipment purchased by AR INBRE or funding support from AR INBRE? You need to acknowledge our grant. See our website for official Acknowledgement Statement(s). |
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AIM-AHEAD Training Programs Call for Applications. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD), funded by the NIH, is now accepting applications for four PAID training programs in AI/ML. Open to postgraduates, grad students, postdocs, healthcare workers, and early-career researchers. Applications due Sept 26.
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NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) Becoming a Resilient Scientist (BRS) five-part series. The goal of this series is to provide you with the resilience tools needed to study and work in high-knowledge environments. The material will help you develop well-being, assertiveness, and feedback skills with the goal of improved relationships in research groups and beyond. The series is for trainees and fellows at all levels.
Sept 29, 2 pm CT: An Introduction to Resilience and Well-Being. Register
Oct 20, 2 pm CT: Exploring Self-Talk: Imposter Fears and Other Cognitive Distortions. Register
Nov 3, 2 pm CT: Self-Advocacy and Assertiveness. Register
Nov 10, 2 pm CT: Developing Feedback Resilience. Register
Nov 24, 2 pm CT: Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships. Register |
NIH NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! 2025 Challenge Prize Competition. The objective of this Challenge is to reward and spur innovative approaches to effectively communicate with others and to educate people about all rare diseases in a collective manner through communication vehicles that can be easily disseminated. Each individual, team or entity may submit only one (1) entry and are limited to two (2) minutes in duration. NCATS will award a total of $5,000 to the Challenge winner(s) in cash prizes, comprised of one First Place Prize of $3,000, one Second Place Prize of $1,500, and one Third Place Prize of $500. In addition, up to five Honorable Mentions will be recognized and posted on NCATS’s website with the Challenge winners. Challenge launched Sept 15; submissions due Jan 2. More |
NIH NIGMS Maximizing Investigators Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (R35) provides support for a program of research in an early stage investigator's laboratory that falls within the mission of NIGMS. For the purpose of this NOFO, a program of research is a collection of projects in the investigator's lab that are relevant to the mission of NIGMS. The goal of MIRA is to increase the efficiency and efficacy of NIGMS funding.
The NIGMS MIRA differs from other institutes' R35 awards in that MIRA is not a grant designed to support a small number of investigators; instead, the Institute intends to have at least 60% of the R01-equivalent pool eventually be MIRAs as stated in the Institute's strategic plan.
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NM-INBRE Data Science Core Webinar: Harnessing the Power of Real-World Data to Build a Novel Cardiac Arrest Database, Sept 26, 2:30 pm CT, Zoom. Presenter: Dr. Ryan Heubinger will discuss how real-world datasets can be leveraged for impactful, low-cost research and to generate preliminary data for grant applications. He will also share examples from his own work on how these data can be applied to address research questions in innovative ways. |
NCURA Webinar: The Latest in Audits (2025), Sept 29, 1 to 2:30 pm CT. Audits are one of the few constants amidst the turbulence we have experienced. The federal government and other sponsors continue to conduct incurred cost and compliance engagements, and the Single (Uniform Guidance) Audit is still an annual task for most institutions. This webinar will focus on recent audits to help institutions know what to expect from such activities. More |
Genetics Society of America Early Career Leadership Program. In this online program, student and postdoc members work in teams to propose, develop, and implement initiatives that address unmet needs for the early career scientist community. Participants have the opportunity to work on their writing skills, which includes the option to take a writing workshop tailored for the needs of early career scientists. Apply by Sept 30, 10:59 pm CT. More |
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Funding Opportunities. Whether you’re advancing your academic journey or spearheading community programming, AAUW has individual and organizational fellowship and grant opportunities to support your vision. Proposals due Sept 30. More |
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research program. Active Members — students and advisors: Award amounts for active members, or students with advisors who are active members, range from $500 to $5,000 for grad applicants and $500 to $2,000 for undergrads. Non-members and inactive members: Award amounts for non-members & inactive members, both grad and undergrad, are available up to $1,000. Apply by Oct 1. More |
NIH/NSF Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of AI and Advanced Data Science (SCH) program supports innovative, high-risk/high-reward research with the promise of disruptive transformations in biomedical and public health research, which can only be achieved by well-coordinated, convergent, and interdisciplinary approaches that draw from multiple domains. Apply by Oct 3. More |
NCFDD Skill #9: How to Engage in Healthy Conflict. Academics are notoriously conflict avoidant and the inability to manage conflict can result in negative physical, emotional, and relational consequences for tenure-track faculty. So why not learn early in your career to master the SKILL of healthy conflict so that you can effectively manage conflicts as they arise and avoid carrying around all of the negative energy, anger, and resentment in your mind and body. Join NCFDD via Zoom for this webinar at 1 pm CT on Oct 9. |
Council on Undergraduate Research — Biology Division Student Travel Grants. Limited number of travel grants, up to $250 each, are available for undergrad students presenting original biological research at discipline-specific regional or national meetings in Fall 2025. Apply by Oct 10. More
— Psychology Division Mid-Career Mentoring Award is for a CUR Psychology Division member who has influenced undergrad research through their own research, through scholarly or creative projects with undergrads, and/or through demonstrated leadership activities. Apply by Oct 20. More
— CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Award recognizes faculty mentors who conduct their research in a STEM discipline, as defined by the Goldwater Program. Apply by Nov 14. More |
BioRender Fall Webinar Series. Learn how to streamline your figure creation process and design visuals reviewers, secure funding, and elevate your publications. More
American Physiological Society (APS) BioRender Pilot Program gives APS authors access to BioRender’s premium image tools at no cost. More |
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Arkansas State University Assistant Professor in Microbiology The Department of Biological Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track position in microbiology at the Assistant Professor rank. The successful candidate will be expected to effectively balance research and teaching, establish an externally funded research program, direct undergrad and grad student research, and collaborate with faculty within, and external to, the department. Apply by Oct 22. More |
September 22 9 am ET, NASEM Webinar: Opportunities for Doing Social-Environmental Research with Little to No Funding
September 22-23 NHLBI/UWI 18th annual Sickle Cell in Focus (SCiF) Conference
September 24 2 pm, NIH OBSSR Director’s Webinar: Developing a Geroscience, Medical Science, and Social Science: Explanations for Differences in Aging Health
September 25 NIH ORIP/NIGMS Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (S15)
NIH NIGMS National and Regional Resources (R24)
September 26 11 am ET, NIH Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV
12 pm ET, NCFDD Workshop: Writing Your Next Chapter: How to Find Your Mojo at Mid-Career
September 25-26 NIH NHLBI Virtual Workshop: Digital Twins in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Research
September 29 2 pm ET, NCURA Webinar: The Latest in Audits
NIH R16 Support for Research Excellence (SURE) Award (PAR-25-414)
SuRE – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (PAR-25-145)
BrightFocus Foundation Alzheimer’s Disease Research
September 30 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Funding Opportunities
LOI: NIH BRAIN Initiative: Production and distribution facilities for brain cell type-specific access reagents (U24)
Application Deadline: Genetics Society of America
October 1 ARVO Foundation for Eye Research Catalyst Awards
October 2 Register: NCFDD Rethinking your Research Funding Course
October 3 NIH/NSF Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH) |
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