Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32)

PAR-24-032

The Overarching Objective of the Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32) program is to strengthen research training environments and promote broader participation in the biomedical research workforce by expanding the pool of well-trained scientists earning Ph.D. degrees, for example, encouraging the inclusion of individuals from underrepresented groups (see Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity).  The program should provide trainees with the following:

• A broad understanding across biomedical disciplines.
• The skills to independently acquire the knowledge needed to advance their chosen fields and careers.
• The ability to think critically and identify important biomedical research questions and approaches that push forward the boundaries of their areas of study.
• A strong foundation in scientific reasoning, rigorous research design, experimental methods, quantitative and computational approaches, and data analysis and interpretation.
• The skills to conduct research in the safest manner possible, and a commitment to approaching and conducting biomedical research responsibly, ethically, and with integrity.
• Experience initiating, conducting, interpreting, and presenting rigorous and reproducible biomedical research with increasing self-direction.
• The ability to work effectively in teams with colleagues from a variety of cultural and scientific backgrounds, and to promote inclusive and supportive scientific research environments.
• The skills to teach and communicate scientific methodologies and findings to a wide variety of audiences (for example, discipline-specific, across disciplines, and for the public).
• The knowledge, professional skills and experiences required to identify and transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce (for example, the breadth of careers that sustain biomedical research in areas that are relevant to the NIH mission).

Application budgets are not limited but must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.  

Not required

January 29, 2024

Sydella Blatch, Ph.D.
National Institute  of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Email: sydella.blatch@nih.gov