1. Selected Federal Opportunities NSF –ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE –EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES –Other Directorates NIBIB –Had workshop September 2002 –Has hired a person in charge of training Other NIH Institutes; NIH BRP

2. NSF Key Opportunities For Entrepreneurial Training Trans-NSF –GOALI – Grant Opp. For Academic Liaison with Industry A funding mechanism available throughout individual NSF Programs. –IGERT- Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training ENGINEERING –GOALI –ERC- Engineering Research Centers (supports VaNTH ERC) –IUCRC Joint/Interagency programs with NIH/NIBIB EHR Directorate– many opportunities… integration of research and education

3. NSF EHR Directorate Math and Science Partnerships (MSP) Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLT) Just out: Advanced Technological Education http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf03523 Other

4. NIH-NSF Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes (BBSI) Joint Program between –NIH ( NIBIB; NHGRI ) and –NSF ( ENG, CISE, BIO, MPS,EHR ) Four-Year Program 2 consecutive summers UG and First Year Grads. 9 Awards in 2002 May repeat in 2004

5. NIBIB 2002 Training Workshop Recommendations Provide programs for –institutional and individual training support –Pre-and post-doctoral; emphasize pre-doctoral –Use current or modified NIH mechanisms –Stimulate inter-disciplinary, thematic programs. –Allow: faculty salaries, curriculum development, materials, methods development and assessment, and infrastructure

6. NIBIB 2002 Training Workshop Recommendations (cont’d) Develop NIBIB (and possibly interagency) programs to support: –Pre-undergraduate and undergraduate programs aimed at attracting quantitative science students to BME and BMI careers. –Junior graduate student fellowships. –New faculty research awards for young, untenured faculty.

7. NIBIB 2002 Training Workshop Recommendations (cont’d) Develop institutional trans-disciplinary training opportunity Allow flexibility for the principal institution to encourage and support horizontal (inter-departmental) and vertical (various stages of career development) integration

8. NIBIB 2002 Training Workshop Recommendations (cont’d) Support “centers of training excellence” that are multi-institutional and inter- departmental. Interface the clinical sciences, basic sciences, and industry in future NIBIB training initiatives. Support short-term faculty and student training courses on high-tech and new instrumentation.