Funding-NIH - NIDDK Research Education Program Grants for Curriculum Development (R25); May 25, 2014

Title

NIDDK Research Education Program Grants for Curriculum Development (R25)

Agency

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Description

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers.

The over-arching goals of the NIH R25 program are to: (1) complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (2) enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce; (3) help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; and (4) foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications.

The over-arching goal of this  NIDDK  R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:

• Curriculum or Methods Development: For example, to improve biomedical, behavioral or clinical science education within the mission interests of the NIDDK, or develop novel instructional approaches or computer-based educational tools

Activity Code:

R25

Announcement Number:

PAR-15-138

Closing Date:

May 25, 2015

Link to Full Announcement

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-138.html