Key Dates

Related Announcements

• June 22, 2026 - Institutional Mentored Career Development Award (Parent K12- Clinical Trial Not Allowed). See NOFO PA-27-030.
• June 8, 2026 - NIH Research Education Program - Courses, Curriculum & Methods (Parent R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed). See NOFO PA-27-034.
• June 8, 2026 - NIH Research Education Program - Mentoring Activities & Networks (Parent R25/UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed). See NOFO PA-27-035.
• June 8, 2026 - NIH Research Education Program - Research Experiences (Parent R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed). See NOFO PA-27-036.

Issued by

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Purpose

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will host an informational webinar to:

• Provide a broad overview of the training, fellowship, research education and career development funding opportunities we support.
• Have breakout sessions to answer questions about our interests in newly published Parent R25 and K12 Notices of funding opportunities. 

We encourage you to review the NIGMS ICO profile page for more information on our training, fellowship, research education, and career development (institutional and individual) priorities.  

Webinar and Office Hour Information

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Time: 1:00- 3:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (ET)

Join online:

Microsoft Teams meeting 

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/297418687672090?p=CCWFTsc3ZPA3HHZPCr

Meeting ID: 297 418 687 672 090 

Passcode: Jg2es2Qy 

+1 240-800-7959,,316286898# United States, Bethesda 

Find a local number 

Phone conference ID: 316 286 898# 

Participation in the webinar is optional and not required for the submission of an application. Advanced registration is not required. Program-specific questions can be sent to the NIGMS email box listed below at any time.

Participants requiring sign language interpretation and/or other reasonable accommodations should submit a request to [email protected] at least 5 days prior to the event.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

NIGMS Parent Research Education (R25) Inquiries

• R25 Research Experiences: [email protected] 
• R25 Mentoring Activities & Networks:  [email protected] 
• R25 Courses, Curriculum or Methods Development: [email protected] 

NIGMS Parent Institutional Career Development (K12) Inquiries

• K12 Clinician Scientist Research Independence: [email protected]
• K12 Academic Research and Teaching: [email protected]

General Inquiries

[email protected]