Summer 2023 – NIGMS MIRA (R35) Grant Writing Workshop for New Investigators

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences created the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) program in 2016 both to broaden the pool of investigators supported by NIH and to provide investigators more flexibility in their research directions than awarded in a traditional NIH R01. Research areas supported by the MIRA include many basic biomedical research topics including: biophysics, biomathematics, pharmacology, physiology, biotechnology, cellular and developmental biology, and genetics. This workshop introduced researchers to the MIRA mechanism and provided some strategies for approaching different aspects of the MIRA application. We paid special attention to the sections new to the latest reissuance of the funding opportunity, namely the Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives and the NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan.

• Recording (Intro, Strategy, Data Management)
• Introduction to NIGMS MIRA Slides
• Dive Into the Research Strategy Section Slides
• NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan Slides
• Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives Slides, Brainstorming Activity
• Writing your NIH Biosketch Slides, Handout

This workshop was presented by the NC State Proposal Development Unit, with support from the NC TraCS (Translational and Clinical Science Institute), and NC State Genetics and Genomics Academy.