Promoting Indigenous Research Leadership Workshop

James Burroughs
jburroughs@montana.edu

Promoting Indigenous Research Leadership (PIRL) is a 3 day workshop designed to promote the public health research careers of Indigenous and other early-career faculty working with Indigenous communities across the country.

The workshop will take place November 18-20, 2024 in Tempe, Arizona.

Activities will include:

• Focused mentoring with senior NIH-funded faculty from across the country and with peers who share similar backgrounds and research interests
• Presentations from leading experts in Indigenous health
• One-on-one consultation with program officers from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and other NIH programs

Eligibility requirements:

• Must be able to attend the entire workshop in person
• Hold a doctoral degree and have a faculty appointment or comparable research appointment at a U.S. 2- or 4-year college or university, or at another NIH grant-eligible research organization (postdoctoral fellows are not eligible)
• Meet the NIH definition for a new investigator
• Currently working with an American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian community in one or more areas of public health research, or have a stated career goal to do so

Special consideration will be given to applicants who are early stage investigators and faculty who are actively amending a previously submitted NIH research grant application that was not funded.

There is little cost to participate. Most travel, lodging, and meal expenses will be covered by the program.

A link to the online application is available on the program website.

Applicants must submit the listed attachments to the application.

• An NIH Biosketch (preferred) or Curriculum Vitae
• A description of the Indigenous community-based health research currently underway or planned within the next 3 years
• A letter from the chair or dean of the applicant's department/school/college outlining the applicant's readiness for the workshop