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On May 23, 2023, NHGRI will host a webinar: ELSI Research and the New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy.
… to ELSI Research Data sharing templates and resources Q&A from webinar participants For questions about this informational webinar, please email … hosts an informational webinar,  ELSI Research and the New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy , on …
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Several NIH Institutes, Offices and Centers partnered to host a two-day virtual workshop on May 28-29, 2024, to further explore the recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2023 report, Using Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research: A New Framework for an Evolving Field, with regards to legacy genomic data. 
… current approaches to the use of population descriptors in/for legacy data;    Define challenges with current approaches … (NIH) Institutes, Offices, and Centers* partnered to host a two-day virtual workshop on May 28-29, 2024, to further … Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research: A New Framework for an Evolving Field , with regards to legacy …
Virtual Exhibit
The Human Genome Project changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.
… Caption: A copy of the first page of Martin Rechsteiner’s letter, … argued that the Human Genome Project would not draw new professionals in science and medicine towards the field … to the Coleman, the project “wouldn’t have much appeal for me or my colleagues.”   While it’s true that much of the …
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On September 23, 2024, the NHGRI ELSI Program hosted a pre-application webinar to provide an overview of a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the ELSI Congress to support the organization of the next series of ELSI Congress meetings in 2026, 2028 and 2030.
… and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program hosted a public pre-application webinar to provide an overview of a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) …
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The NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program will host the Pre-Application Webinar for the Building Partnerships and Broadening Perspectives to Advance ELSI Research (BBAER) Program - New Limited Competition for Resource Limited Institutions on August 28, 2024.
… See the Frequently Asked Questions for responses to questions raised during and following the … and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program hosted a  Pre-Application Webinar for the Building Partnerships and … Perspectives to Advance ELSI Research (BBAER) Program - New Limited Competition for Resource Limited Institutions on …
Historical Collections
The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own special collections to tell interesting and important stories from the Human Genome Project and the larger history of genomics.
… The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits … from the Human Genome Project and the larger history of genomics. … View the Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits …
Virtual Exhibit
The Gene Sweepstakes — or GeneSweep as it became popularly known — was a three-year-long, sweepstakes-style contest organized by British bioinformatician Ewan Birney, Ph.D., of the European Bioinformatics Institute. Scientists participated in the contest by betting on the total number of protein-coding genes that would be identified in the human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project.
… was increasingly performed in more automated ways using new software tools, which quickly became much more efficient … manual approaches. The Ensembl Project website thus became a key place to get the most up-to-date information about the … name out there, get us out there, Ensembl. I did it almost for PR reasons, as well as for fun, as it were. I definitely …
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NHGRI currently sponsors a biennial meeting to bring together those with an interest in the ELSI of genomic research, known as the ELSI Congress.
… Since its creation in 1990, NHGRI’s Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program has supported a large body of empirical, analytical and conceptual research … implications of genomics. ELSI research addresses the new and sometimes unexpected ways that genomics interacts …
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On December 11, 2023, NHGRI, in collaboration with several other NIH Institutes and Offices, recently renewed the three Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) used to support investigator-initiated research on the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research.
… you may have about the NOFOs to Zo.Bly@nih.gov .  A recording of the webinar and a list of questions and … Questions … The National Human Genome Research Institute, in collaboration with several other NIH Institutes and … will address major differences between the three NOFOs, new application requirements, and key dates and answer …
FAQ
Frequently asked questions from the September 23, 2024 pre-application webinar the NHGRI ELSI Program hosted.
… the year in which the conference is held. But planning for the conference will need to begin the year before. How … held. Please note that this funding opportunity is for a biennial meeting held every other year. In award periods ina pre-application webinar to provide an overview of a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the ELSI …