NIH Program Director Campus Visit: New Funding Opportunities

Dr. Ravi Basavappa from the NIH will present an overview of the The NIH Common Fund High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, which includes the Pioneer Award, New Innovator Award, and Transformative Research Award initiatives. These awards support exceptionally creative scientists pursuing unusually innovative and impactful research projects.
Learn about these three initiatives to help you determine if they may be appropriate for supporting your inventive and transformational ideas.   

Speaker Bio:
Dr. Basavappa received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Chicago for studies on the structure of tRNA. He then was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in virus crystallography. Prior to joining NIH, he was Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, where he studied the structural aspects of mitotic control by targeted protein degradation. At Rochester, he also was a Research Scholar of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America and Director of the Biophysics and Structural Biology Program. He joined NIH in 2004, first at NIGMS and then in the Office of the Director. His current responsibilities include serving as Program Leader for the Common Fund High-Risk High-Reward Research Program.

Light refreshments will be provided.

To register, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NIHVisit_9-10-15