Videos

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the sixth SPARC Plug, meet SPARC investigator Dr. Nikki Pelot (Duke). Learn more about Dr. Pelot’s SPARC-funded research project at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/fundedresearch

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc.

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the fifth SPARC Plug, meet SPARC investigator Dr. Janet Keast (University of Melbourne). Learn more about Dr. Keast’s SPARC-funded research project at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/fundedresearch
The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc.

For our 10th Anniversary, we challenged our researchers and staff to describe the NIH Common Fund in song. Hear Dr. Collins perform one of the winning entries!

Learn more about the Common Fund at: https://commonfund.nih.gov

This video is from a recent High-Risk, High-Reward (HRHR) Research Symposium, where our awardees share their groundbreaking research each year. In it, NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. discusses the innovative High-Risk, High-Reward Research program (HRHR). HRHR was created to accelerate the pace of biomedical and behavioral breakthroughs by supporting exceptional, creative scientists with innovative ideas through four NIH Director’s awards with annual funding opportunities. The programs include: The NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, New Innovator Award, Transformative Research Award and Early Independence Award.

More information is available here: https://commonfund.nih.gov/highrisk

An audio-described version of the video is available here:
https://youtu.be/tVLdUlRmbxI

This video explores how the NIH Common Fund fits into the National Institutes of Health. The Common Fund is a source of money available to the NIH Director for high priority initiatives in biomedical or behavioral research. These short-term initiatives support areas important to multiple Institutes and Centers.

To learn more: https://commonfund.nih.gov/

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the fourth SPARC Plug, meet three SPARC-funded investigators, Dr. Charles Horn, Dr. Leah Reznikov, and Dr. Hans Rudolph Bertoud.

Learn more about their SPARC-funded research projects at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/fundedresearch

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc.

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the third SPARC Plug, meet SPARC investigator Dr. Marmar Vaseghi (UCLA). Learn more about Dr. Vaseghi’s SPARC-funded project at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/fundedresearch.
The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc.

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the second SPARC Plug, meet SPARC investigator Dr. Pradeep Rajendron (UCLA). Learn more about Dr. Rajendron’s SPARC-funded research project at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/fundedresearch
The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc.

The National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program was created to accelerate the pace of biomedical and behavioral breakthroughs by supporting exceptional, creative scientists with innovative ideas through four NIH Director’s awards with annual funding opportunities.

Learn more: https://commonfund.nih.gov/highrisk

Follow this link for an audio described version of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkW73e-jh3w

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the first SPARC Plug, meet three SPARC-funded investigators, Dr. Colin Reardon, Dr. Heather Clark, and Dr. Steve Lewis. Learn more about their SPARC-funded research projects at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/fundedresearch.
The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc.

Dr. Nancy Albritton is doing incredible science with her 2015 Transformative Research Award. The 'Gut-on-a-chip' is truly remarkable and she is excited about it, and so are we.

For more information about the Common Fund, visit us at commonfund.nih.giv.

For more on Dr. Albritton and her research; http://www.chem.unc.edu/people/faculty/allbritton/

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS.

Learn about the NIH SPARC program and what the program is doing to improve public health. For more information, visit our website at https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc.

This is a recording of a webinar held on May 31, 2018. The purpose of this webinar was to provide information for the NIH funding opportunity announcement RFA-RM-18-011 which focuses on the development of cutting edge informatics tools to support the common fund illuminating the druggable genome program.

https://commonfund.nih.gov/idg

Have you ever wondered why it's so hard to stick to that diet or exercise routine? You're not alone - researchers at the Science of Behavior Change are working to answer those very questions.

This video about the NIH Director's Early Independence Award (https://commonfund.nih.gov/earlyindependence) features Dr. Micaela Martinez and Dr. Daniel Giovenco of Columbia University and Dr. Marie Bragg of New York University.

2019 NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards: RFA RM-18-010
• Open to Early Stage Investigators who wish to “skip the postdoc” and begin an independent research career; complete their terminal research degree or clinical training between June 1, 2017 and September 30, 2019; are in a non-independent position at time of application; and have not received an NIH R01 or similar grant
• Single-PI applications only
• Only up to two applications per institution
• Up to $1.25 million in direct costs over a period of 5 years
• Application instructions and additional details provided in the RFA
• For further information on the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award, see the website and FAQs
• For other questions, email EarlyIndependence@od.nih.gov
• Application deadline: September 27, 2018

The SCGE Program Coordinator, Dr. PJ Brooks spoke about the new NIH Common Fund program at NIH Rare Disease Day 2018.

For more information, visit https://commonfund.nih.gov/editing.