Please see announcement below regarding an NIH interactive mentoring workshop available to faculty. This is sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and hosted at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. It is free for faculty to attend if they are accepted into the program (competitive process). I’ve had the opportunity to attend two of their NIH grantsmanship/training events in the past and can say that it is an excellent experience! On a related note – UTSA will be hosting an NIAID Regional Workshop March 26 & 27 here at the 1604 Campus. There will be at least 4 Institutes and Centers from NIH represented there. It will also be free of charge for attendees, which include PhD, postdoctoral and faculty-level researchers. More to come on this in the near future! Best, Liana Dear Administrators and Faculty, Have you previously submitted a proposal to the National Institutes of Health? Have you been close to the pay line but need some help to land a grant? Or do you need “retooling” to facilitate your continued success with the NIH? Join the ‘IMERS’ Yourself! Workshop at the University of Kentucky for a dynamic three-day workshop of intensive, interactive grant-writing training. We are currently accepting applications from faculty researchers at minority-serving institutions for our 2019 Get Funded! event. The workshop, designed for faculty members with biomedical research interests, will be held March 11, 12 & 13, 2019 on the campus of the University of Kentucky. Sessions focus on strategies to develop a competitive research proposal for submission to the NIH, using the NIH’s R01 funding mechanism as a model application. Funding for this conference is made possible (in part) by a grant (R25GM125680) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Conference housing will be at the Embassy Suites at Lexington Green. Lodging, airfare, and ground transportation will be covered by our granting agency. Complimentary airport shuttle service and daily transportation to and from the University of Kentucky will be provided. Faculty researchers in the biomedical sciences who are interested in attending this workshop should submit the attached application and NIH Specific Aims page to Margaret McConnell. (address below) Send this form and your NIH Specific Aims page BY Dec. 20, 2018 to: Margaret McConnell, Internet Program Coordinator email: mcmcco2@uky.edu<mailto:mcmcco2@uky.edu> University of Kentucky Donald T. Frazier Science Outreach Center 103 Medical Center Annex 5 Lexington, KY 40536-0078 Cordially, Margaret Coordinator, Interactive Mentoring to Enahance Research Skills (IMERS) 103 UKMC, Annex 5 1096 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40536-0078 Monica Trevino, PhD Senior Grant Development Coordinator College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) The University of Texas at San Antonio MB 3.464 (210) 458-4806 (210) 458-4487 Fax