{"id":378,"date":"2021-01-27T13:55:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T18:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:57:19","slug":"mira-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/pdu\/pdu-resources\/pdu-events\/nih-summer-writing-workshop\/mira-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH MIRA For Early Stage Investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual Writing Workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 3-7, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NIGMS MIRA for ESI offers support for basic biomedical researchers looking to establish their research programs. For faculty who are within ten years of receiving their doctoral degree, have never received an NIH research grant, and conduct research in NIGMS\u2019 mission areas (biophysics, biochemistry, computational biology, genetics, cellular\/molecular biology, physiology, developmental biology, pharmacology, or general medicine), the MIRA for ESI grant can be an excellent mechanism to establish your extramural funding track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This virtual workshop gave strategies for preparing a MIRA proposal. Each day of the workshop focused on how writing can respond to the main review criteria: Significance, Innovation, Environment, Investigator and Approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of the workshop, participants were able to address:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How to relate basic biomedical research topics to public health significance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to craft an NIH biosketch that expresses your strengths as an investigator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strategies for getting a strong Institutional Letter of Support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to translate your broad research directions into a coherent approach strategy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to navigate and communicate with NIH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/intranet.research.ncsu.edu\/pdu\/nih-resources\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n         target=\"_blank\"          rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"       >\n                  <span class=\"text\">View PDU NIH Resources<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-default wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/pa-files\/PAR-20-117.html\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">NIGMS MIRA for ESI FOA<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">Workshop Materials<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\">\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Introduction to MIRA, Significance<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">NC State Unity ID Required<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YyCLa9AidH1lpWzGRo1J-vne1Y3sRS-R\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Recording<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mUdO43eAgWiRNCPUYHD0lGovH9fWy_lS\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Slides<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1aHvNuwm3wYhZGFP_QFHAPuLpaZik7yfu\/view?usp=sharing\">Q&amp;A<\/a><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\">\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Environment, Letters of Support<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">NC State Unity ID Required<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ynKYoOlkuQmvBBagZfQsAQpLb7cKL_j0\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Recording<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/10uiy0WiyIdmvH6hVt03X5OyG0JnqYPSY\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Slides<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1UTQeLNVPGGNsATHLCp0AbZK9UQ-9EZMj\/view?usp=sharing\">Q&amp;A<\/a><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\">\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Innovation, Investigator, Biosketches<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">NC State Unity ID Required<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1LwGuK6BitDL-Ob3Etn9oTzglkAIierXs\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Recording<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-fbtqC5BmP5aFdFhe6iyf511EoQfxGig\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Slides<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KlcZDcu_wohSTnr-2tZqiOqgYx15vTV4\/view?usp=sharing\">Q&amp;A<\/a><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\">\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Approach, Budget, Panel of Current PI\u2019s<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">NC State Unity ID Required<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OjXK1BRvPs10JYjLNNTpm_VRW_JjIOxk\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Recording<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wY1waLInnQ4R_YbLcMpI-fZrlZmH3_mc\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Slides<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1a57oK3irQE7fv4Mx4Bw2f1h3M-HsrKky\/view?usp=sharing\">Q&amp;A<\/a><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n 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