RSNA News - November 2004

Program and Grant Announcements

Grants Available for Biological Scientists of the Future

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) are joining forces to provide start-up funds and sustain support for graduate training programs that integrate the biomedical sciences with the physical sciences and engineering.

HHMI will award up to 10 three-year grants of as much as $1 million each to support the development and early phases of the interdisciplinary programs. NIBIB will provide five additional years of support to the HHMI grantees through peer-reviewed institutional training grants.

"NIBIB is excited to enter into this historic alliance with HHMI to support training of the biomedical scientist of the future, one skilled in interdisciplinary research," says NIBIB Director Roderic I. Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D. "These scientists will be better equipped to meet the complex challenges of 21st century medicine."

The grants will be awarded in November 2005. HHMI is now accepting applications from U.S. institutions that grant Ph.D. degrees.

For more information, go to www.hhmi.org or to www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/nibib-27.htm.

Registration Open for BIROW 3

Register online for the third Biomedical Imaging Research Opportunities Workshop (BIROW 3), scheduled March 11-12, 2005, in Bethesda, Md.

The goal of the workshop is to identify and explore new opportunities for basic science research and engineering development in biomedical imaging, as well as related diagnosis and therapy. This year's topics include:

• Cell Trafficking
• Informatics Solutions in Imaging
• Guiding Therapy by Multimodality Imaging
• Medical Imaging Technology: From Concept to Clinic

Category 1 continuing medical education (CME) credits are available and an application for medical physics continuing education credits (MPCEC) has been submitted.

For program information or to register, go to www.birow.org.

BIROW 3 is sponsored by RSNA, Academy of Radiology Research, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering Society.