The Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Mississippi INBRE) is soliciting proposals to enhance all areas of biomedical research and promote student participation in related careers. 

All full-time faculty at Mississippi’s primarily undergraduate institutes are welcome to apply. Research Initiation Grants will have a one-year project period, and direct costs of $20,000.

Download and read the full RFA here. 

Pre-proposal submission

To best serve partner institutes and other researchers in Mississippi, Mississippi INBRE is requiring applicants provide a pre-proposal to initiate submission of Research Initiation Grants. The information will be used to assess eligibility and arrange consultation with Mississippi INBRE personnel to help prospective awardees best leverage resources and expertise available through the network. Two documents are required to complete a pre-proposal.

Upload 1: Biosketch (NIH format) 

https://grants.nih.gov/grants-process/write-application/forms-directory/non-fellowship-biographical-sketch-format

Upload 2: Specific Aims (one page limit)

https://www.biosciencewriters.com/NIH-Grant-Applications-The-Anatomy-of-a-Specific-Aims-Page.aspx

For Research Initiation Grant proposals, researchers are recommended to propose two specific aims. The first aim will describe research activity to be conducted in the laboratory space of the submitting faculty, while the second will describe experiments conducted in a classroom setting through an appropriately designed curriculum-based research experience.

*Click "Download Solicitation" at the top of this page to download the required NIH documents to be submitted.