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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">"Lopes, Isabela (NIH/NIDA) [E]" <<a href="mailto:isabela.lopes@nih.gov">isabela.lopes@nih.gov</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Early-Stage Investigator Grant Writing Program</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">December 13, 2021 at 9:18:30 AM PST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">To: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">"Lopes, Isabela (NIH/NIDA) [E]" <<a href="mailto:isabela.lopes@nih.gov">isabela.lopes@nih.gov</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Cc: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">"Avila, Albert (NIH/NIDA) [E]" <<a href="mailto:aavila@nida.nih.gov">aavila@nida.nih.gov</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Dear Colleagues,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:red">WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH DISSEMINATING THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM! </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The 2022 NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Program (NDSN) is accepting applications! Please spread the word to anyone you think would be interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Program call for applications!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Are you an Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) planning to apply for NIH funding? Interested in meeting NIDA Program Officers and other experts in the addiction research field? The 2022 NIDA Diversity
Scholars Network Program is accepting applications!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a name="_Hlk89265844">The NDSN is a comprehensive professional development program aimed at enhancing the funding success of underrepresented ESIs. The program
consists of two separate meetings with an interim grant application development period.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></a>The Part I meeting includes research proposal feedback, discussion of relevant NIH funding mechanisms, the NIH review process,
application strategies, as well as other professional development presentations. The Part II meeting consists of a mock review study section, discussion with the review panel on common grant writing pitfalls and strategies, and additional application development
and resubmission presentations.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The deadline to apply is January 14, 2022.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">To learn more about the NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Program, please contact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:isabela.lopes@nih.gov">Ms. Isabela Lopes</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or
visit the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/organization/offices/office-nida-director-od/office-research-training-diversity-disparities-ortdd/office-diversity-health-disparities-odhd/nida-diversity-scholars-network-ndsn">NDSN
webpage</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for more information. The application for the 2022 program can be accessed through the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/organization/offices/office-nida-director-od/office-research-training-diversity-disparities-ortdd/office-diversity-health-disparities-odhd/nida-diversity-scholars-network-ndsn">NDSN
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">All the best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>Isabela & Albert<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Rage Italic"">Isabela Lopes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#4472C4">Isabela Lopes, MPH</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Diversity, Disparities, and Training Program Analyst</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">NIDA, ORTDD, Office of Diversity and Health Disparities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Phone: (301) 827- 8255</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">IMPORTANT: Research and Economic Development will be closed during the Winter Break (December 23, 2021 through January 2, 2022); the office will re-open on Monday, January 3rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">Principal investigators and department administrators should be mindful of this campus closure when planning the submission of proposals with deadlines that fall between that time period as well
as deadlines occurring in early January 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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