Save the Date: University of Utah Health COVID-19 Symposium
More details will be provided as we get closer, but be sure to save the date and look for more details.... Read More
April 2021
Benning Society Lecture Series: The Viruses of Our Lives: Pandemics Past, Present, and Future
The Benning Society is pleased to announce a special virtual lecture featuring Associate Professor of Human Genetics and 2020 MacArthur Fellow Nels Elde, PhD, on Wednesday, April 28 at 4 pm. Dr. Elde is an evolutionary geneticist who investigates how viruses drive changes in evolution over millennia. As organisms evolve to fend off microbial attacks, other substantive changes can take place as a result. How do such small shifts influence the larger paths of evolution? Can we learn from them to develop new interventions and treatments?... Read More
AHA: Health Equity Research Network on Prevention of Hypertension
The American Heart Association seeks to provide a mechanism to advance the science of prevention of hypertension, with a focus on health equity. The Health Equity Research Network on Prevention of Hypertension is envisioned as a single network that encompasses multiple projects. An overall project plan will be developed by self-identified sites and submitted to the AHA as a coordinated submission.... Read More
Vilcek Foundation: 2022 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
The Vilcek Foundation will award three Creative Promise Prizes of $50,000 each to young, immigrant biomedical scientists who demonstrate outstanding early achievement.... Read More
Limited Submission Grant Opportunity: W. M. Keck Foundation - Internal Call for Concept Papers
The Office of the Vice President for Research is seeking interdisciplinary and transformative project concepts for the W. M. Keck Foundation. Keck seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two specific areas (1) medical research and (2) science and engineering.... Read More
Call for Applications – R01 Writing Groups – June 2021 Submission
Submitting a first successful R01 is a major challenge. The University's KL2 program, a part of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, is again organizing R01 writing groups that will include up to five NIH defined new investigators who are pursuing their first R01 NIH award (or equivalent). Each group will be headed by one or two senior faculty members with extensive success with NIH awards and study section reviewer experience. The groups will foster peer and senior mentoring to produce top quality grant submissions.... Read More
The Paul Shurtleff Hatch and Heidi Hatch Ford Scholar Award for Type 1 Diabetes Research
We are pleased to announce the sixth annual Hatch Family Scholar Award Competition for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at the University of Utah. The purpose of this award is to honor the Hatch family by rewarding a junior research scientist that is conducting research in the field of Type 1 Diabetes. A minimum prize of $1000 will be awarded. Prizes are subject to federal tax regulations.... Read More