Call for 2025 SURP and SUARP Mentors

Are you interested in mentoring a student for our department’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) or Summer Undergraduate Alcohol Research Program (SUARP) for the summer of 2025? Take the first step and complete the mentor questionnaire or scan the QR code (left).

Contact Toni Goeser with questions.

2024 IM SURP & SUARP students

The Writing Center @ UNMC: Fall Schedule 

The Writing Center @ UNMC offers free one-on-one consultations with trained advisors to all University of Nebraska Medical Center students, faculty, and staff to help improve writing abilities, critical thinking and productive reading skills, and effective communication. The Writing Center @ UNMC is staffed by consultants from the University of Nebraska Omaha Writing Center and is currently offering both in-person and online appointments. 

Fall Schedule:

Mondays: In-person: noon-5 p.m. | Online: 5–6 p.m.  

Tuesdays: In-person: 3-6 p.m. | Online: 6–8 p.m. 

Wednesdays: Online: 2–6 p.m.

Thursdays: In-person: 3-6 p.m. | Online: 6–8 p.m. 

Open Access Publishing Discounts through McGoogan Library

Cambridge University Press has been added to the list of publishers offering Open Access (OA) publishing discounts to UNMC authors.  

UNMC authors whose articles are accepted on or after January 1, 2024, for publication in most Cambridge University Press journals (download list of participating journals) can choose to publish their work OA at no cost to themselves. Eligible article types include research articles, rapid communications, review articles, brief reports, and case reports with a UNMC corresponding author. 

The McGoogan Health Sciences Library supports OA publishing at UNMC through participation in agreements with a number of scholarly publishers. These agreements enable UNMC authors to publish their articles OA in selected journals at no cost to themselves. 

View a list of current OA publishing agreements. 

For questions regarding these agreements, contact Heather Brown, Scholarly Communications Librarian. 

Research Match

ResearchMatch is a free participant recruitment and feasibility analysis tool for researchers at participating institutions. This tool is funded by the NIH and offered at no cost to researchers who are conducting health-related research. To learn more or register, visit the ResearchMatch website.

11.14.24

VCR's annual Research Award ceremony

Save the date!



This event will be held on Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. in the Durham Research Center Auditorium and will recognize the top researchers from all colleges and institutes across UNMC. Please make plans to attend and celebrate fellow Internal Medicine faculty awardees!

1.10.25

The University of Nebraska System’s President's Excellence Awards

Nominations are now being accepted for the President's Excellence Awards. Consider nominating a fellow faculty member for one of the following research-related awards:

Faculty IP Innovation and Commercialization Award (FIPICA): Honors University of Nebraska faculty members who have developed and nurtured new intellectual property from concept to licensing/startup business.

Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award (ORCA): Honors University of Nebraska faculty members who have conducted outstanding research or creative activity of national/international significance.

Innovation, Development and Engagement Award (IDEA): Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have extended their academic expertise beyond the boundaries of the University in ways that have enriched the broader community.

Applications are due by January 10, 2025. Award recipients will be selected in Spring 2025. Visit the webpage for more information and to submit your nomination.

11.7.24

Nebraska Center for Cancer Prevention COBRE Program in Search of a Research Project Leader

Applications are being accepted for a Research Project Leader for BCC's Nebraska Center for Cancer Prevention (NCCP) COBRE Program. The NCCP will provide the following to Early-Stage Investigators whose research focuses on cancer prevention:

• R01-level funding;
• dedicated mentoring;
• access to core resources;
• inclusion in a program whose central focus is to provide you the resources and guidance to attain R01 funding and to become an independent investigator and ultimately a leader in the field.

Requirements:

• Applicant must be an Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) [Determining Early Stage Investigator (ESI) Status]
• Applicant's proposed research project must relate to cancer prevention
• Applicant will be committed to working with leaders of the NCCP, specifically Ray Bergan (Director) and Ed Peters (Associate Director), to put together a high-quality proposal (Aims page + 6-page Research Proposal) according to a timeline that will permit its inclusion into a broader application. In essence, this means working with us to have your proposal completed by the end of December 2024.
• Applicant should be committed to becoming an independent researcher and leader in the field of cancer prevention.
• The applicant should submit their aims page and NIH biosketch to Ray Bergan by November 7, 2024.

Contact Ray Bergan with questions.

11.20.24

Community-Academic Partnership Program

Community-Engaged Research Pilot Project Award: A total of $25,000 is available. The application must detail an existing or forming community-academic partnership and how the partnership will use the funds to improve community health.

Community-Engaged Capacity Development Award: A total of $15,000 is available for three small awards at approximately $5,000 each. The purpose is to provide project development seed funding for investigators working to (1) develop or engage community partnerships for project design or planning purposes or (2) engage PBRN to identify local priorities and begin project planning.

Applications are due Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 5 PM CST. The earliest starting date will be July 1, 2025.

View flyer | Apply here

11.21.24

NIH Now Accepting Extramural Loan Repayment Program Applications

The NIH is now accepting applications for the Extramural Loan Repayment Program (LRP)! Awardees can receive up to $100,000 in qualified educational debt repayment with a two-year award.

To learn more about eligibility requirements, application dates, and the benefits of receiving an LRP award, be sure to visit the LRP website, check out our overview video, and attend one of our upcoming events:

October 7 – LRP Technical Assistance Webinar

November 6 – Ask Me Anything

Please note that the deadline to submit your Extramural LRP application is November 21, 2024.

12.2.24

Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award

In an effort to confront the crisis arising from a growing dearth of physician-scientists, Damon Runyon encourages more physicians to pursue research careers through a program designed to recruit outstanding U.S. Specialty Board-eligible physicians (MDs or DOs only) into cancer research careers by providing them with the opportunity for a protected research training experience under the mentorship of a highly qualified and gifted mentor after they have completed all of their cancer clinical training.

The goals of the program are to:

• Transform these individuals into the highest quality physician-scientists, capable of conducting research that has the potential to transform the diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of cancer.
• Eliminate the financial disincentive to entering this career path.

The award will provide up to $460,000 over four years in financial support for

the award recipient. In addition, the Foundation will retire up to $100,000 of

medical school debt still owed. The application deadline for the Physician-

Scientist Training Award is December 2, 2024.

Visit the website for more information.

12.4.24

New!

Applied Analytics & Data Infrastructure Catalyst Program

University of Nebraska faculty across all campuses and disciplines are invited to submit proposals for the Applied Analytics and Data Infrastructure (AADI) Catalyst Program — an initiative to support the rigor of high-quality field-based human research.

The maximum award request is $5,000. The open application deadline to submit proposals is December 4, 2024.

Visit the website for more information.

12.5.24

The Internal Medicine Scientist Development Award

This award is designed to support promising Department of Internal Medicine faculty candidates in the transition from fellowship/post-doctoral training or as early faculty into a career as an independent researcher. The award is intended to target individuals who plan to embark on long-term careers in biomedical and/or clinical research. The purpose of this award is to provide support for early faculty (at the level of Instructor or Assistant Professor) during which the applicant would participate in a mentored research training program. Applicants should be in the process of completing the final year of fellowship, with a faculty appointment anticipated by July 1, 2025, or in the first two years of a faculty appointment at the time of submission.

Award Amount: Up to $100,000 in total funds for 1 year

All applications must be emailed to Toni Goeser by 5 pm on December 5, 2024.

Application guidelines | UNMC SDA webpage

12.23.24

New!

Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Data Science Methodology Pilot Award

The Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network is pleased to announce an opportunity for Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Data Science Methodology pilot funding through an NIH/NIGMS grant. The successful applicant will receive up to $30,000 in direct costs for a one-year project, as well as access to resources of the Great Plains IDeA-CTR to support their research efforts. The deadline to apply is 5:00 pm on December 23, 2024. The earliest project start date will be July 1, 2025.

View the flyer for more information and application instructions.

2.3.25

Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award 

The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award supports independent young physician-scientists conducting disease-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. The goal is to support the best young physician-scientists doing work aimed at improving the practice of cancer medicine. 

The Clinical Investigator Award responds to three recognized realities:

1. Though there has never been a more pressing need or more promising time for clinical cancer research, fewer young physicians enter this area of investigation every year.
2. The number of institutions committed to training young physicians in the scientific discipline and methodologies of clinical investigation is critically low.
3. The burden of medical school debt (averaging over $100,000) discourages many physicians from pursuing clinical investigation.

The $600,000 award will be for a period of three years. Funding in the amount of $200,000 will be allocated to the awardee’s institution each year for the support of the Clinical Investigator.

Visit the website for more information.

NIH Funding Opportunities

To view a list of current and upcoming NIH funding opportunities, visit their webpage. To sign up for email news alerts and RSS feeds to receive the latest grants news, upcoming event information, click here.