NSF-NIH PI Workshop

NSF-NIH Smart and Connected Health Aspiring PI Workshop

NSF-NIH Smart and Connected Health Aspiring PI Workshop will be in conjunction with IEEE/ACM CHASE 2022 on November 18, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Contacts: Dr. Wendy Nilsen, wnilsen@nsf.gov, Dr. Lisa Ulmer, lulmer@nsf.gov

Workshop Agenda

  • 12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch/Meet and Greet with NSF/NIH staff and aspiring PIs
  • 1:00pm-1:35pm: Introductory remarks; Wendy Nilsen, PhD (NSF), Dana Wolff-Hughes, PhD (NIH)
  • 1:35pm-2:45pm: Small group breakouts
  • 2:45pm-3:00pm: Closing remarks and key take-aways; Wendy Nilsen, PhD (NSF), Dana Wolff-Hughes, PhD (NIH)

  • Participating PDs:
  • Program Directors and Scientists from NIH
  • Dana Wolff-Hughes, NIH-NCI
  • Fenglou Mao, NIH-Cloud Computing Programs
  • Heather Bowles, NIH-NCI
  • Ceferino Obcemea, NIH-NCI
  • Michele Ferrante, NIH-NIM
  • Yanli Wang, NIH-NLM
  • Program Directors from NSF
  • Wendy Nilsen, Program Director, National Science Foundation
  • Balakrishnan "Prabha" Prabhakaran, Program Director, National Science Foundation
  • Wei Ding, Program Director, National Science Foundation
  • Chris Yang, Program Director, National Science Foundation
  • Sylvia Spengler, Program Director, National Science Foundation
  • Lisa Ulmer, National Science Foundation

    • NOTE: To maximize workshop learning objectives, we encourage workshop participants to prepare and submit a 1-page Project Summary document (but is not required) to participate in the workshop. We encourage participants to visit the NSF website and use the provided template for Project Summary for submissions. Please be advised the 1-page Project Summary proposal document and conference paper submission document are two separate documents. Please email your NSF project summary no later than November 10, 2022 to Lisa Ulmer at NSF at lulmer@nsf.gov .

    Abstract: NSF-NIH Smart and Connected Health Aspiring PI Workshop will be an informational and interactive opportunity for Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Aspiring Investigators to develop skills and address the knowledge gaps necessary to submit a successful SCH proposal. The goal of the SCH program is to accelerate the development and use of innovative approaches that would support the much needed transformation of health and healthcare. The mission of the Smart and Connected Health program is the development of next generation health and healthcare research through high-risk, high-reward advances in connecting data, systems and people through fundamental advances in information science, computer science, behavioral and social sciences, engineering and medicine. Realizing the promise of disruptive transformation in health and healthcare will require well-coordinated, multidisciplinary approaches. The Aspiring Investigator workshop will support the development of researchers interested in submitting research to the SCH program. The workshop will accomplish this through mentorship and didactic sessions to acquaint Aspiring investigators with the key issues associated with SCH, the joint NSF-NIH review process, and the breadth of existing projects funded by the SCH program.

    Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be able to identify key criteria of the NSF-NIH jointly funded SCH program, the transdisciplinary scientific process, and the SCH review process.
  • As part of participation, attendees will be able to gain valuable mentorship from current NSF/NIH PDs and SCH PIs.
  • Upon completion, participants will have the knowledge to work towards developing quality proposals for submission.


    • Sponsors

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