Broadening Opportunities for Computational Genomics and Data Science Education (UE5 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Background
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Education Program (UE5) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this UE5 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in computational genomics and data science research.

Grant Details
This funding opportunity will support faculty members at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to create undergraduate or master's degree courses in computational genomics, data science, or a combination of these topics. The courses will leverage the resources of NIH cloud computing platforms such as NHGRI's AnVIL and the All of Us Researcher Workbench. The program aims to develop curricula tailored towards students attending institutions with a mission to serve historically underrepresented populations in biomedical research.
Additionally, NIDA encourages applications focused on educational activities related to computational genomics, data science, and/or cloud computing relevant to addiction training and research.

Eligibility Requirements
The applicant institution must be a domestic institution located in the United States and its territories. It should have received an average of less than $25 million per year of R01 total cost of NIH support for the past three fiscal years, award undergraduate or master’s degrees in biomedical sciences, and have a documented historical and current mission to educate students from underrepresented populations in biomedical research as defined by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Period of Performance
The period of performance for this grant is 3 years.

Grant Value
NHGRI and partner components intend to commit a maximum of $1.5 million per year in total costs for new awards between FY24-FY27 to fund up to ten awards. Applications are limited to $150,000 direct costs per year.