• 2015 Annual Meeting call for workshop proposals
• IUGA Webinar: “Highlights of the Annual Meeting”
• NIDDK Funding Announcement
• Follow IUGA on Facebook

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Call for 2015 Workshop Proposals Opens on Monday
Beginning at 12:00 p.m. EDT Monday, September 15 you may begin submitting workshop proposals.  Please read the guidelines carefully.  All faculty should be confirmed before being included.  Proposals must detail any special requirements such as technology, room setup, or anatomical specimens for practical demonstrations.   The deadline to submit proposals is Friday, November 10, 2014 by 11:59pm EDT.  There will not be a deadline extension.  For any questions, contact Amanda Grabloski at amanda@iuga.org.

Please click the link below to begin your submission or for more information:

http://www.iugameeting.org/scientific-program/workshops/

IUGA Webinar: “Highlights of the Annual Meeting”
Sept 25, 2014 at 3:00pm – 4:30pm EDT (in North America)
On Thursday, September 25 at 3:00pm EDT (early Sept 26 in Asia and Oceania) IUGA will offer a webinar showcasing the highlights from the 2014 annual meeting.  As with previous webinars, this session will be recorded and will be available to members via the IUGA website.  Moderated by Dudley Robinson, the session will feature Best Abstract Award winner Emmanuel Trabuco, a review from John Delancey of his Raymond A. Lee Lecture, ‘Imagine’, along with three other abstract presenters. For more information about this webinar, including log-in details and the difference between your time and the local time, please visit http://www.iuga.org/?page=webinar. Please note this session is open to members only.

NIDDK Funding Announcement
Clinician Scientist Mentoring Award to Promote Workforce Diversity (K05)
The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is pleased to announce the release of a new funding announcement titled “NIDDK Clinician Scientist Mentoring Award to Promote Workforce Diversity (K05). The RFA is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-14-005.html. The application due date is November 24, 2014. Please be advised that, although not required, a letter of intent is strongly encouraged to be received by KUH by October 24, 2014. 

The purpose of the Clinician Scientist Mentoring Award to Promote Workforce Diversity is to provide support to mid-career health-professional doctorates or equivalent (See Section III) for protected time to devote effort to basic, epidemiological or outcomes research and to act as research mentors to early-stage investigators from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research. The long-term objective of this funding opportunity is to provide mentors with protected time to enhance mentoring opportunities for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, thereby  ensuring the availability of a pool of scientists from diverse backgrounds to facilitate research within the mission areas of the NIDDK.

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