Sharon Milgram of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Intramural Training and Research discussed opportunities for faculty and students to engage with the NIH and also how to write successful grant proposals more generally.
Key Points:
Interdisciplinarity between different fields is important in tackling biomedical problems.
Mandated NIH priorites include rare conditions, underfunded areas, and health disparities.
There are many student and faculty research opportunities at NIH's over 1250 labs
1-2 concise, specific AIMS are most important part of NIH application, along with Research Design