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New York Power Authority (NYPA)

As part of NYPA's funding of its workforce training incentives is the renewable energy field, NYPA is supporting St. Nick?s Alliance in a program to support a 7-week, 200-hour credentialed, employer linked, HVAC training program combining classroom and hands-on training in high-efficiency HVAC including heat pumps. Technical training includes green construction skills, green building maintenance and operations.

NCI - National Cancer Institute

Despite tremendous advances in cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment, many gaps remain, and cancer continues to be a chronic disease and the second leading cause of death in the US. To further advance the health and longevity of all Americans, it is of paramount importance to train the next generation of biomedical scientists by providing the high-quality research experiences and mentorship. Studies suggest that undergraduate research experiences can support trainee career development to pursue research careers.  The goal of this new R25 program, Stanford’s Cancer Research Education Program (SCREP) is to provide necessary research experiences to undergraduate trainees enabling them to persist in STEM fields by cultivating a scientific identity by building their confidence in their ability to succeed in cancer research setting.  SCREP will provide undergraduate trainees with the opportunity to actively engage in cancer relevant research within the stellar scientific and educational environment at Stanford University and the mentors from the Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI). The SCREP is a fully funded 10-week summer cancer research program, during which undergraduate trainees will work in cancer laboratories of the SCI and receive training in a wide range of cancer research concepts and techniques combined with curated programming that includes career and research seminars, skill building workshops and social events to complement the research components of the program. Trainees will be provided with a multi-layered supportive ecosystem where Mentors, Program Administrator and a Peer Mentor will provide individualized support. Another layer of support will be provided through leveraging existing Stanford University Resources and career enhancement partnership programs to ensure trainees continue their profession growth. This supportive ecosystem that SCREP provides is intended to help undergraduates trainees cultivate a scientific identity by building their confidence in their ability to succeed in cancer research setting. Together, SCREP will create research and career development opportunities for all undergraduates to explore, experience and pursue cancer research and careers in medicine. SCREP’s impact and effectiveness will be measured longitudinally by tracking trainees’ persistence in STEM, level of confidence in their abilities, and educational and career trajectories post program. The program ultimately supports the National Cancer Plan to develop future biomedical scientists in cancer research and clinical care workforce.

Employment and Social Development Canada

Helps key sectors of the economy implement solutions to address current and emerging workforce needs through training, job matching, and skills development.

U.S. National Science Foundation

The overarching goal of this solicitation is to democratize access to NSF s advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem and ensure fair and equitable access to resources, services, and expertise by strengthening how Cyberinfrastructure Professionals (CIP) function in this ecosystem. It aims to achieve this by (1) deepening the integration of CIPs into the research enterprise, and (2) fostering innovative and scalable education, training, and development of instructional materials, to address emerging needs and unresolved bottlenecks in CIP workforce development. Specifically, this solicitation seeks to nurture, grow and recognize the national CIP[1] workforce that is essential forcreating, utilizing andsupportingadvanced CI to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering (S&E) research and education and contribute to the Nation's overall economic competitiveness and security. Together, the principal investigators (PIs), technology platforms, tools, and expert CIP workforce supported by this solicitation operate as an interdependent ecosystem wherein S&E research and education thrive. This solicitation willsupport NSF s advanced CI ecosystem with a scalable, agile, and sustainable network of CIPs that can ensurebroad adoptionof advanced CI resources and expert services including platforms, tools, methods, software, data, and networks for research communities, to catalyze major research advances, and to enhance researchers' abilities to lead the development of new CI. The SCIPE program is led by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and has participation from other NSF directorates/divisions, as described in Section II. Program Description,Programmatic Areas of Interest. Not all directorates/divisions are participating at the same level, and some have specific research and education priorities. The appropriate contact for the SCIPE program in any directorate/division is the Cognizant Program Officer (PO) for the respective directorate/division/office/program listed below. All projects are expected to clearly articulate how they address essential community needs, will provide resources that will be widely available to and usable by the research community.Prospective PIs arestrongly encouragedto contact the Cognizant Program Officers in CISE/OACandin the participating directorate/division relevant to the proposal to ascertain whether the focus and budget of their proposed activities are appropriate for this solicitation.Such consultations should be completed at least one month before the submission deadline. PIs should include the names of the Cognizant Program Officers consulted in a Single Copy Document as described in Section V.A. Proposal Preparation Instructions. The intent of the SCIPE program is to encourage collaboration between CI and S&E domain disciplines. (For this purpose, units of CISE other than OAC are considered domain disciplines.) To ensure relevance to community needs and to facilitate adoption, those proposals of interest to one or more domain divisionsmustinclude at least one PI/co-PI with expertise relevant to the targeted research discipline. All proposals shall include at least one PI/co-PI with expertise pertinent to OAC. Prospective PIs contemplating submissions that primarily target communities relevant to directorates/divisions that are not participating in this solicitation are directed to explore instead the education and workforce development programs of the respective directorates/divisions. [1] 9CI Professionals refers to the community of individuals who provide a broad spectrum of skills and expertise to the scientific and engineering research enterprise by inventing, developing, deploying and/or supporting research CI and CI users. Examples of CI Professionals include CI system administrators, CI research support staff, CI research software engineers, data curators, and CI facilitators, and may also include computational research scientists and engineers who are not in traditional academic paths.See:Transforming Science Through Cyberinfrastructure: NSF s Blueprint forCyberinfrastructure Learning and Workforce Development,https://www.nsf.gov/cise/oac/vision/blueprint-2019/CI-LWD.pdf.

NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Abstract There is a recognized need for an increased number of trainees to enter the physician scientist workforce. To address this need, we developed a physician scientist training program that matriculated the first class in 2011 and is now mature with a track record of successful graduation of trainees into research residencies and other training programs that are designed to increase their skills as physician scientists. Seventy percent of our trainees graduate in 7 years. Our mission is to train rigorous, creative, and ethical physician scientists by providing an educational program that integrates MD and PhD training and focuses on examining the scientific basis of medical practice to identify unmet needs and opportunities for improving human health. We have developed a curriculum that has numerous MD-PhD specific courses and has a heavy emphasis on rigor and reproducibility and responsible conduct of research including laboratory safety. We have an extensive series on career opportunities so that trainees are aware of the many professional niches that profit from the expertise of trained physician scientists. Trainees to date have moved into highly competitive residencies including half who have moved into research residencies or physician scientist training pathways (PSTPs). We currently matriculate 4 students each year and hope to increase the size of the program to 6 students a year.

Theatre Communications Group

Grants for theaters developing future leaders and diversifying their workforce through residencies and training.

Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD)

The FastTrack Economic Development Fund provides discretionary grants to businesses creating jobs in Tennessee, supporting capital investment, infrastructure development, and workforce training tied to new or expanding business operations.

Texas Workforce Commission

The Skills Development Fund provides grants to public community and technical colleges to design job-specific training programs for businesses and industries.

Texas Workforce Commission

Texas Workforce Commission administers workforce development grants funding job training, apprenticeships, incumbent worker training, and employer-based training programs in TX.

NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse

Project Summary/Abstract: Our community-engaged study will test whether a brief prescribing support program, paired with mentorship from peer health care professionals can expand access to buprenorphine in rural communities and improve clinical outcomes in people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Despite its efficacy, buprenorphine is vastly underused in rural settings and is not often prescribed because of stigma towards the medication, lack of training, and limited opportunities for peer mentorship. Primary care professionals (PCPs) are an ideal group to increase buprenorphine availability. Primary care is a less stigmatizing care setting, and PCPs can also provide other needed medical care as well as infectious disease screening. We co-created the Buprenorphine Prescribing Support Program (BPSP) with rural PCPs in Ohio and determined feasibility in a pilot clinical trial of 29 Federally Qualified Health Centers. The BPSP pairs clinical training on buprenorphine with stigma reduction to increase confidence prescribing the medication. PCPs completing the program also receive long-term prescribing support since mentorship is limited in small, rural primary care clinics. Although we found encouraging trends in our feasibility trial, the pilot was not powered to detect changes in adoption. The BPSP needs tested in a fully powered, hybrid type 3 cluster randomized implementation effectiveness trial to determine if the program improves implementation as well as clinical outcomes for people with OUD. We have 3 aims: 1) Implementation: we will assess the impact of the BPSP on buprenorphine adoption and reach in a cluster randomized hybrid type 3 implementation effectiveness trial in 40 rural primary care clinics in Ohio and West Virginia; 2) Clinical Effectiveness: We will determine the long-term impact of the BPSP on clinical outcomes, including patient retention in care, remission from opioid use; and infectious disease status; and 3) Determinants of Implementation, Scale-up, and Sustainment: Using in-depth interviews with PCPs, staff, and clinic leadership, we will explore BPSP implementation barriers and facilitators, identify any future tailoring needs, and select appropriate strategies for scale up and dissemination beyond rural Ohio and West Virginia. By integrating tailored prescribing support within rural primary care to build the buprenorphine prescriber workforce and expand access to medication that can reduce overdose, our study directly aligns with the objectives outlined in RFA-DA-25-077 to end the overdose crisis and the associated NOSI (NOT-DA-23- 008) to build the addiction care workforce. Our study will advance both implementation and intervention science. The inclusion of large and small rural clinics in two states will ensure the findings are applicable to primary care clinics that serve rural areas nationwide. The BPSP has the potential to be a low-cost, sustainable, and scalable program that will improve buprenorphine access in rural communities.

NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

The Chickasaw Nation (CN) established the Chickasaw Nation Research Review Board (CN RRB) through an executive order by Governor Bill Anoatubby in 1998. In 2004, the CN RRB became registered as the Chickasaw Nation Department of Health Institutional Review Board (CNDH IRB). Since this time the CNDH IRB has been fully operational but has not yet received designated financial support from CNDH. The CNDH is currently in a partnership with the Indian Health Service's (IHS) joint venture program to expand health services into the northwest area of the Chickasaw Nation's treaty territory. There are future plans to expand the Division of Research and Public Health (DRPH), which currently manages the CNDH IRB, at the new health care campus. This funding will help to enhance the operations of the existing CNDH IRB and aid in health care expansion, which is predicted to bring in more research partnerships and opportunities. The CNDH will assess their existing systems and processes, identify opportunities to streamline current operations and increase the timeliness of IRB decisions. CNDH IRB staff and members have had limited training opportunities due to lack of funding. The creation of a workforce development plan and access to training or conferences will increase staff knowledge, thereby increasing timeliness and accuracy of IRB decisions. Since the health care expansion is projected to increase research opportunities, the CNDH IRB staff plans to develop a sustainability plan that could cover expenses associated with IRB operations, including designated staff salary allocations, obtaining/maintaining IRB software, obtaining/maintaining CITI training accounts, attending IRB related conferences, etc. Researching and piloting an IRB revenue model could help ensure the sustainability of the CNDH IRB after the conclusion of the grant award, and a Tribal IRB Manual will allow the CNDH IRB to assist other First American tribes in the development of their IRBs. The CN proposes the following Specific Aims (SA): SA1. Assessment and Implementation. Using the OHRP Quality Assurance Self-Assessment tool, conduct an assessment of the CNDH IRB operational processes. Based upon the results of the assessment, develop a plan to address any areas in need of improvement and analyze using the Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) method. SA2. Effectiveness. Determine the impact of a workforce development plan. SA3. Feasibility. Identify and pilot a fee structure revenue model that could support the sustainability of the CNDH IRB. SA4: Development and Dissemination: Create a Tribal IRB Manual to assist and mentor other First American tribes.

NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

PROJECT SUMMARY (Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Genetics of Development and Disease): This proposal outlines Genetics of Development and Disease (GDD), a focused, inter-departmental PhD training program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). Our mission is to train, mentor, and support young scientists in the use of genetic approaches to address modern challenges in biomedical research. Modern genetics has revolutionized biomedical research, pointing to an urgent need for genetics expertise in the future biomedical workforce. The GDD training plan brings together eminent investigators across the CUIMC campus who apply cutting-edge genetic methodologies to tackle a broad spectrum of biological questions, with a strong commitment to mentorship, innovation, reproducibility, and rigor. In the last two years, CUIMC’s previously isolated and siloed biomedical PhD programs have been unified into the new Vagelos Institute for Biomedical Research and Education (VIBRE) PhD Pathway Program. Where previously students applied to and were granted admission to a specialized program in which they remain for their graduate career, going forward all first-year students will be VIBRE-supported students in the unified program. All first-year VIBRE students will now take a broad, rigorous curriculum together and then, at the end of their first year, select a lab and training program. The GDD training program is therefore essential to support specialized training in genetics and fills a unique niche in the CUIMC training landscape. With the support of this training grant, the GDD program will provide: a) a cohesive, rigorous curriculum offering advanced training in genetic analysis across classic model organisms and mammalian systems, including humans, integrating modern genetic and genomic methodologies, biostatistics, the historical evolution of genetic research, and the ethical dimensions of contemporary genetics; b) skills-based career development opportunities, including annual elective nano-courses on scientific writing and communication, opportunities to explore non-academic research and research-adjacent careers, and individualized career development support; and c) dedicated mentorship throughout their scientific training to students of different backgrounds whose research interests align with our program mission. The outstanding training environment is further supported by an administrative infrastructure that ensures close monitoring of the program's effectiveness through quantifiable metrics, such as student progress, quality of mentoring, and training outcomes. There is enormous institutional support for this program, ranging from funds for student, faculty, and administrative support, curricular support, dedicated office space for administrators, a dedicated VIBRE student lounge, mentorship training and career development resources. The long-term goal of the GDD program is to maximize each trainee's potential and support their development into leaders in the biomedical research workforce, regardless of their specific career paths in academia or industry.

NIAID - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

PROJECT SUMMARY The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) was created as an eight-week virtual summer research program in the microbial sciences that matches underrepresented minorities in STEM undergraduate students nationwide with faculty mentors worldwide to address the barriers presented by COVID-19 cancelations. NSURP mentees conduct research from any location with an internet connection, allowing students to learn how to conduct impactful research by forming and testing hypotheses. As individuals returned to in-person programs, NSURP found a population unable to travel, independent of COVID-19, due to financial, familial, geography, and health constraints. As we see an increased demand from these individuals, post-pandemic, who can’t travel to in-person opportunities, we seek to expand our ability to serve these undergraduates with research opportunities in our program and provide them with year-long mentoring and professional development. NSURP seeks to apply its virtual research model to human health-related topics, such as the basic and applied disease research conducted within the purview of the NIAID, both in microbiology and immunology. Implementing NSURP within the NIAID infrastructure will create more opportunities for URM scientists and ultimately aid in developing a diverse biomedical research workforce. The central premise of NSURP is to meet undergraduates where they are, facilitate exposure and pursuit of a scientific opportunity, and give them the tools and confidence to continue in their scientific careers. To maximize the contribution of NSURP within the NIAID mission, we will 1) provide virtual biomedical-specific summer research opportunities within the NIAID mission for minoritized undergraduates, 2) facilitate synergistic virtual scientific and career multi-level mentoring relationships, and 3) assess program impact by evaluating educational outcomes of NSURP participants and conducting longitudinal studies on the effects of culturally-responsive virtual mentorship training.

NINR - National Institute of Nursing Research

Project Summary Advancements in cancer treatment are enabling breast cancer survivors to live longer, highlighting the need for more research on their ongoing needs after chemotherapy. By 2030, there are expected to be 4.9 million breast cancer survivors in the United States (US). Black women, in particular, face significant differences in breast cancer outcomes compared to other racial and ethnic groups. For example, Black women are frequently diagnosed at later stages, are twice as likely to develop aggressive cancers such as triple-negative breast cancer, which necessitates chemotherapy treatment, and have a 40% higher mortality rate compared to White women. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), can be a debilitating side effect following treatment among breast cancer survivors. CIPN symptoms, including numbness, pain, and balance issues, can impede activities of daily living, substantially lower the quality of life, and lead to psychological distress and social isolation among patients. Limited research exists on CIPN presentations among Black breast cancer survivors. Understanding CIPN's impact on treatment decisions and quality of life for Black patients is important to ultimately reducing symptom burden and improving outcomes among survivors. Data on CIPN symptoms, severity, and treatment outcomes are needed to inform clinical interventions and improve patient care. To examine the impact of CIPN on Black breast cancer survivors, this proposed cross-sectional survey study aims to determine CIPN characteristics and severity among N=125 early-stage (stage I-III) Black breast cancer survivors following chemotherapy at a large urban academic medical center in the Southeastern US. Aim 1 will identify CIPN symptoms and severity using patient-reported outcome measures. Aim 2 will examine associations between CIPN severity and physiological, psychological, and social factors. Aim 3 will characterize the occurrence in treatment outcomes, such as chemotherapy dose reductions, dose delays, and treatment discontinuations. This study will illuminate CIPN's impact among Black breast cancer survivors, informing the design of future longitudinal research and interventions to reduce CIPN's impact and improve treatment outcomes. During the conduct of this fellowship, the applicant will pursue a rigorous training plan, under the supervision of an interdisciplinary team of mentors, to cultivate the skills needed to become and independent researcher. This study will provide the initial data to develop a longitudinal cohort of Black breast cancer survivors experiencing CIPN. The proposed fellowship aligns with the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Nursing Research’s strategic plans to train the next generation of cancer researchers and strengthen the cancer workforce while reducing symptom burden and optimizing care outcomes among breast cancer survivors.

NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

We seek funding to acquire a Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) with Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA) capabilities via selective sampling for GC-MS, to advance materials research and STEM education at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP). Currently, UNCP lacks a TGA system, limiting capacity for advanced thermal analysis, reducing research productivity, and requiring reliance on external collaborations that introduce cost and delays. UNCP is a primarily undergraduate institution serving a large student population in a resource-limited region. The proposed instrument will directly support three faculty-led research initiatives—including projects led by early-career investigators—focused on biomass pyrolysis, plastics recycling, and the development of polymeric adsorbents for environmental remediation. The TGA-EGA system will enable precise measurements of decomposition temperatures, small molecule desorption profiles, and trace impurities, which are essential for characterizing complex materials. The instrument will also be integrated into upper-level chemistry courses, including organic, analytical, instrumental, and physical chemistry, providing hands-on training in thermal analysis and macromolecular characterization. These experiences will enhance preparation for careers in STEM and graduate study, strengthening the scientific workforce. The TGA-EGA will be housed in a shared research facility with broad access across departments, supporting interdisciplinary collaboration and student-faculty research. Its acquisition aligns with institutional goals to expand research infrastructure and increase access to advanced instrumentation.

NINR - National Institute of Nursing Research

ABSTRACT Persons with serious illness suffer from poor symptom control, decreased quality of life (QoL) and poor communication with their healthcare providers, especially in terms of goals of care discussions (GOCD). Palliative care, when offered alongside disease management, offers improved symptom control, QoL, communication, caregiver satisfaction and reduced caregiver anxiety. Due to a limited specialty-trained palliative care workforce, however, patients and their caregivers often cannot access these benefits, especially in the community. These needs are particularly acute in advanced cancer and HF, the two leading causes of death in the US which also model the most common illness trajectories. The dynamic nature of these illnesses presents distinct symptom patterns and changing functional state that require an adaptive, dynamic model of palliative care delivery. Yet, workforce shortages prevent scaling of existing community-based specialty palliative care models. To meet patient/caregiver dyads' needs with a limited workforce, new models that deploy palliative care clinicians based on patient's illness trajectory and changing needs are required. The innovative TIER-PALLIATIVE CARE (TIER-PC) model provides the right level of care to the right patients at the right time. TIER-PC increases the number and intensity of specialty trained palliative care disciplines added to the dyad's care team as their symptoms worsen and function declines. In Tier 1, patients who can care for themselves and have easily managed symptoms, receive support from a community health worker (CHW) trained to elicit illness understanding in a culturally competent way. In Tier 2, for patients with poorer function and mild symptoms, a social worker (SW), trained in serious illness communication, joins the CHW to further elicit patients' illness understanding and goals, and provide caregiver support. In Tier 3, as function decreases and symptoms increase, an advance practice nurse (APN) joins the CHW+SW to manage complex symptoms. In Tier 4, for those patients with the poorest function and worst symptoms, an MD joins to address the most complex needs (e.g., end-of-life treatment preferences and multifaceted symptom control). The CHW follows dyads longitudinally across all tiers and re-allocates them to the appropriate tier based on their evolving needs. We will evaluate TIER-PC's efficacy in a multi-site, single blinded, two arm, randomized controlled trial. Patients with advanced cancer or HF will receive regular assessments by the TIER-PC team to: address symptom and psychosocial needs; improve illness/prognostic understanding; prescribe medications; and address goals of care. We will enroll and randomize 400 patients with HF or cancer and their family caregivers to receive TIER- PC or an augmented control. We will follow dyads for 12 months to determine if TIER-PC: improves patients' symptom control and QoL (primary outcomes), patient-reported GOCDs and caregiver satisfaction; reduces caregiver anxiety and post-traumatic stress; and decreases patients' healthcare utilization and cost. By matching demand to the scarce workforce, our scalable model can improve care for patients with cancer or HF.

NINDS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

This education project is a continuation of our current, national class, Training in Advanced Statistical Methods in Neuroimaging and Genetics. Over the past 15 year the National Institutes of Health has greatly increased funding of grants that utilized advanced neuroimaging methods, genetic methods, and advanced statistical methods. While introductory courses are offered, ours is the only advanced course offered in the United States that provides an intensive, hands-on (“doing”) learning opportunity to better prepare biomedical and clinical researchers in advanced statistical methods. In one decade the combined budgets that utilize these advanced analysis techniques from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering grew 5-fold, and there continues to be a great need to provide an educational opportunity to ensure the workforce is well positioned to carry out important work that has been identified by these and other institutes. Our program will continue to meet this need. We bring together a group of diverse world-class scientists and educators in a two-week intensive format to provide theoretical lectures paired with hands-on computer tutorials. Our course has served 103 students (55 total in 2021-2022 via Zoom due to COVID-19), and in 2023 (our 1st year of in-person) we taught 20 students, and 28 students in 2024 (in-person). We will enroll 26-30 students in April 2025 session. In our competitive renewal we will continue to enroll 26-30 students per year. With this being an advanced course, we ensure that the students accepted are a good education-level match for the content. We also implement mechanisms to maximize diverse perspective in our students and our teaching faculty. These students are accepted from across the United States, with attention to attracting a diverse student cohort. This education program will continue to distribute Tuition Awards based on financial need. We have evolved our course based on feedback from our current course alumni. In our class, over two weeks, students learn and put into practice methods such as: hierarchical statistical models, Bayesian statistics, network science, functional and structural connectomics, disease driven degeneration of the brain, and methods for analysis of genetics data such as polygenic risk scoring and structural equation modeling. The course concludes with lectures and labs on multi-modal analysis (imaging and imaging-genetics), and classification methods for biomarker development. Our course now includes 5 guest lecturers and team building activities outside of the classroom. To ensure students apply the acquired knowledge and skills to their independent research projects back at their home institutes, we supplement the course with our innovative continuing education: zoom-based sessions with the faculty for 8-months post formal course and students having near-real-time access regarding technical implementation questions through the Slack. This continued education portion greatly increases success utilizing their new practical skills in their own research.

NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Project Summary/Abstract There is a vital need to expand implementation science research to identify the most effective intervention strategies to improve HIV prevention, care and treatment outcomes in the U.S. and globally. Kenya provides a unique setting for this work given the high HIV burden, the large burden of co-infections such as TB and greater access to populations including women and children with HIV. Studying interventions in high-burden settings allows for more rapid evaluation and refinement of strategies that are directly applicable to improving HIV outcomes in the United States (US). This program represents a strategic opportunity to train researchers to develop and clinically test relevant interventions that can be adapted for similar settings in the US. Moi University College of Health Sciences (Moi University School of Public Health [MUSPH] and School of Medicine [MUSM]) in Kenya and Indiana University in the U.S. have a 36 year history of collaboration that has produced over 1000 publications and demonstrated the value of this partnership to US public health. Lessons learned during this long collaboration contributed to the successful response to the HIV outbreak in Scott County in 2015, greatly benefiting the citizens of Indiana. This long-standing partnership provides a strong foundation to expand and strengthen the HIV implementation science research workforce and will support the newly developed Kenya-U.S. Health Cooperation Framework. This program will enable the testing of novel intervention strategies to improve HIV prevention and management and continue to apply lessons learned from our work in Kenya to improve HIV outcomes in the U.S. through a bidirectional and iterative exchange of knowledge and solutions to address shared health challenges. Under the leadership of Indiana University and Moi University the over-arching goal of this proposal is to create sustainable and collaborative capacity for HIV Implementation Science and Dissemination (HIV-ID) both within academia and at the county-level (equivalent to U.S. states) through 1) educational infrastructure to support training in HIV-ID in western Kenya; 2) expanding human resource capacity in HIV-ID that promotes collaboration between academia and county health teams; and 3) to support continuation of trainees in HIV-ID. We will engage county health teams and county governments in the HIV-ID Program to address the vital need for their collaboration with academics in order to tackle challenges within the HIV prevention and care cascades. We will promote reciprocal innovation (shared learning), defined as the bidirectional, co-constituted, and iterative exchange of ideas, resources, and innovations to address health challenges shared with the U.S. and other countries. Ultimately, strengthening research capacity in Kenya will not only improve the prevention and management outcomes but will also establish an effective sustainable training infrastructure for management of current and future emerging infectious diseases.

NHGRI - National Human Genome Research Institute

PROJECT SUMMARY Background: Compared to the rapid pace of genomic discoveries, the adoption of genomics-informed health applications lags. According to the NHGRI’s Strategic Vision for 2030, there is a critical need for implementation science approaches to bridge the gap between discovery and real-world application. Our recent NIH portfolio analysis and systematic review found that less than 2% of genomics grants and peer-reviewed publications integrate implementation science frameworks. To fully leverage genomic advancements, a workforce trained in applying implementation science to genomics-informed health applications is essential. Goal: The Training Institute for the Implementation of GEnomics Research (TIGER) aims to increase the implementation science capacity for genomics by training investigators across the US. The program will prepare investigators to effectively implement genomics research in real-world settings, ensuring widespread availability of genomics-informed health applications, with an emphasis on populations with limited resources. Approach: Aim 1: Expand and implement TIGER to train a cohort of 32 fellows annually (160 over the five-year grant period). TIGER is a hybrid program combining virtual lectures with an in-person workshop. It is targeted at postdoctoral associates and research faculty applying genomics in the prevention and treatment of disease. Fellows will be paired with mentors to build competencies in implementation science tailored to their research. We will work with the established Genomic Data Science Community Network to recruit a high-quality pool of fellows with a broad range of skills, perspectives, and backgrounds. Aim 2: Continuously evaluate and improve the TIGER program. A robust evaluation plan, guided by a logic model, will track data from fellows, including surveys, assessments, and program metrics, to refine the curriculum and mentorship process. Aim 3: Disseminate TIGER nationally to build a network of genomics implementation science champions. Course materials will be made publicly accessible, and findings will be shared via conferences, publications, and social media. TIGER alumni will be provided with networking opportunities to foster ongoing engagement, and they will be equipped with tools to disseminate TIGER knowledge. Innovation and Impact: TIGER is a pioneering educational initiative designed to address the cross-cutting need for advanced training in the application of implementation science to genomics. This program is significant because it will promote the incorporation of implementation science methods to adopt genomics in real world settings where evidence-based interventions exist but are not commonly applied. We will offer this training using innovative methods for engaging adult learners to build pragmatic skills that can be applied to a range of clinical research and quality improvement programs at learners’ home institutions. Our approach to training delivery is accessible (hybrid design), rigorous, and allows for continuous refinement and improvement through a robust evaluation plan.

NHGRI - National Human Genome Research Institute

PROJECT SUMMARY Despite significant advancements in genomic medicine, its integration into Internal Medicine (IM) remains limited. This program will seek to address barriers at the residency training level. Mount Sinai has been at the forefront of addressing this need for genomic medicine training during Internal Medicine training. Mount Sinai has stood up initiatives such as a specialized Genomic Medicine track within the IM residency and the development of the Genomic Education in Medicine (GEM) platform, which provides web-based resources to support genomic education for IM residents. This one-day conference will bring together leaders from IM residency programs across the United States, as well as genomic medicine experts and clinicians to assess current efforts and share innovations for integrating genomics into training. The event will focus on identifying barriers to adoption, such as limited expertise and competing priorities, and developing strategies to overcome these challenges across diverse residency environments. Through a collaborative one-day process, attendees will create a “consensus agenda for education in and implementation of genomic medicine” within IM residencies, which will then be refined and finalized through follow-up virtual meetings. The goal is to publish a proposed education agenda and implementation strategy to support those IM training programs that seek to bring genomic medicine implementation into their curriculums.

U.S. National Science Foundation

Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)

U.S. National Science Foundation

This program seeks to prepare, nurture, and grow the national scientific research workforce for creating, utilizing, and supporting advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering (S&E) research and education and contribute to the Nation's overall economic competitiveness and security. The goals of this solicitation are to (i) ensure broad adoption of CI tools, methods, and resources by the research community in order to catalyze major research advances and to enhance researchers abilities to lead the development of new CI, and (ii) integrate core literacy and discipline-appropriate advanced skills in advanced CI as well as computational and data-driven methods for advancing fundamental research, into the Nation s undergraduate and graduate educational curriculum/instructional materials. Proposals responding to this solicitation may target one or both solicitation goals. For the purpose of this solicitation, advanced CI is broadly defined as the set of resources, tools, methods, and services for advanced computation, large-scale data handling and analytics, and networking and security for large-scale systems that collectively enable potentially transformative fundamental S&E research and education. This solicitation calls for innovative, scalable training, education, and curriculum/instructional materials targeting one or more of the solicitation goals to address emerging needs and unresolved bottlenecks in the S&E research workforce development, from the postsecondary level to active researchers to CI professionals. The funded activities, spanning targeted, multidisciplinary communities, should lead to transformative changes in the state of research workforce preparedness for advanced CI-enabled research in the short- and long-term. This solicitation also seeks to broaden CI access and adoption by (i) increasing the adoption of advanced CI and computational and data-driven methods to a broader range of S&E disciplines and institutions and (ii) effectively utilizing individual capabilities. Proposals from, and in partnership with, the aforementioned communities are especially encouraged. There are two project classes as defined below: Pilot Projects: up to $300,000 total budget with durations up to two years; and Implementation Projects: Small (with total budgets of up to $500,000) or Medium (with total budgets of up to $1,000,000) for durations of up to four years. Section II. Program Description provides a more complete description of the project classes. Section V.A. Proposal Preparation Instructions describes the proposal elements required for the various project classes in order to address the suitable set of solicitation-specific review criteria. The CyberTraining program is led by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and has participation from other NSF directorates/divisions, as described in Section II. Program Description, Programmatic Areas of Interest. Not all directorates/divisions are participating at the same level, and some have specific research and education priorities. The appropriate contact for the CyberTraining program in any directorate/division is the Cognizant Program Officer (PO) for the respective directorate/division/office/program listed below. All projects are expected to clearly articulate how they will address important community needs and provide resources that will be widely available to and usable by the research community.Prospective principal investigators (PIs) are strongly encouraged to contact the Cognizant Program Officers in CISE/OAC and in the participating directorate/division relevant to the proposal to ascertain whether the focus and budget of their proposed activities are appropriate for this solicitation. Such consultations should be completed at least one month in advance of the submission deadline. PIs should include the names of the Cognizant Program Officers consulted in a Single Copy Document as described in Section V.A. Proposal Preparation Instructions. The intent of the CyberTraining program is to encourage collaboration between CI and S&E domain disciplines. (For this purpose, units of CISE other than OAC are considered domain disciplines.) To ensure relevance to community needs and to facilitate adoption, those proposals of interest to one or more domain divisions must include at least one PI/co-PI with expertise relevant to the targeted research discipline. All proposals shall include at least one PI/co-PI with expertise relevant to OAC. Prospective PIs contemplating submissions that primarily target communities relevant to directorates/divisions that are not participating in this solicitation are directed to instead explore the education and workforce development programs of the respective directorates/divisions.

NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The proposed Translational Neuroscience Training for Clinicians (TNTC) T32 program leverages the breadth and depth of the Boston clinical and neuroscience community to provide outstanding postdoctoral research training for clinician-scientists. Our program addresses a pressing need in the psychiatry research workforce: strengthening the pipeline for clinically trained individuals to enter translational neuroscience research careers. We are well-positioned to address this important gap, with access to both a talented pool of trainees from outstanding psychiatry residency and psychology internship programs, as well as an expansive network of basic, translational, and clinical investigators across Harvard and its affiliates. Program faculty members are seasoned investigators and mentors based at the MGH Department of Psychiatry or the Broad Institute, and each has independent funding as part of a multidisciplinary research portfolio. We are requesting support for a total of five postdoctoral fellows, who will each be co-mentored by one clinical and one translational/basic scientist. Two to three new trainees, either psychiatrists or psychologists who have recently completed their clinical training, will enter the program each year and receive a maximum of three years of support. Trainees will receive cross-disciplinary mentorship that spans two of four research “hubs,” consisting of (1) the numerous clinical research programs within the MGH Department of Psychiatry, (2) the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, (3) the MGH Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, and (4) the Stanley Center of the Broad Institute. Leveraging vast datasets from across these programs, trainees will develop mentored research projects that bridge the domains of clinical research, brain imaging, genomics, animal models, and cell/molecular biology through forward and/or reverse translation. Specialized didactic training encompasses these domains and general issues in translational research, including biostatistics, ethics, scientific writing, and career planning, in preparation for career development awards or other independent funding applications to be submitted during the fellowship period. Our trainees will, therefore, enter the fellowship period with a deep, first-hand knowledge of unmet clinical needs in psychiatry; they will graduate with a foundation of cutting-edge tools to address these needs over their careers. We have an accomplished and experienced faculty in terms of scientific expertise and methodology who have enthusiastically participated in primary mentorship and teaching in our didactic program. This T32 program will provide a strong, longitudinal mentored research experience for fellows, guided by program faculty, to foster critical scientific contributions and enhance the career development of trainees, supporting their transition to productive, independent careers in academic medicine.

Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to issue a Single Source award to Montana State University; this is not an application process. Through this agreement with Montana State University (MSU), USFWS requests that the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) at MSU assist the USFWS with a host of workforce development, training, and technical assistance services for complexes and refuges located within the United States and to support its international programs. These technical services will support the overarching approach described above. Specifically, these services will help USFWS to: -Identify the needs of the millennial generation s refuge visitation and its impacts. -Understand millennial generation mobility and alternative transportation system preferences. -Identify, support, and mentor potential transportation scholars. -Provide road ecology technical road assistance for refuges to protect wildlife, water resources, fish passages, and habitats. -Support ARC Solutions (animal road crossings) technology transfer, materials and outreach with refuges and other potential wildlife oriented partners. -Support access to transportation training and information resources of specific interest to federal land agency personnel. -Conduct a national survey on wildlife and roads in the refuges to identify wildlife vehicle collision and habitat connectivity needs and potential strategies to address them. -Investigate international partnerships to exchange wildlife mitigation solutions and road ecology best practices worldwide.