Director's Report-Related Documents September 2020 Director's Report [18.8 MB] Director's Report [74.5 MB] No. Relevant Documents 1 New ASHG-NHGRI Fellows Genetics and Public Policy Fellow Genetics and Education Fellow 2 30th Anniversary of Human Genome Project Launch Interviews with Genomics Leaders Video Testimonials 3 2020 NHGRI Strategic Vision 4 New Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 5 New Director, National Institute of Nursing Research 6 New Director, National Eye Institute 7 New Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases 8 New Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research 9 AACR 2020 Team Science Award American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) News Release The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Program Website 10 Templeton Prize 2020 11 NIH COVID-19 Information Resources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Website NIH Coronavirus (COVID-19) Website Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients NIH Director’s Blog 12 Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations 13 Mourning the Loss of Beverly Paigen 14 ASHG Podcast Series: Genetically Speaking Podcast Series Description Podcast Series Registration 15 Next Steps for Functional Genomics NASEM Report 16 Heritable Human Genome Editing Report Heritable Human Genome Editing Report Summary Heritable Human Genome Editing Full Report 17 FNIH Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences 2020 Winner 18 20th Anniversary of White House Event Announcing Draft Human Genome Sequence 19 Technology Development Program PAR-18-777 - Novel Genomic Technology Development (R01) PAR-18-778 - Novel Genomic Technology Development (R21) PAR-18-779 - Novel Genomic Technology Development (R43/R44) RFA-HG-20-014 - Novel Synthetic Nucleic Acid Technology Development (R01) RFA-HG-20-015 - Novel Synthetic Nucleic Acid Technology Development (R21) RFA-HG-20-016 - Novel Synthetic Nucleic Acid Technology Development (R43/R44) Technology Development Program Website Novel Genome Technology Development Program Announcements NHGRI Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting 20 ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) ENCODE Program Website ENCODE Portal ENCODE Publication Site ENCODE Participants Search Candidate cis-Regulatory Elements by ENCODE (SCREEN) 21 Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Program IGVF Program Website RFA-HG-20-043 - Systematic Characterization of Genomic Variation on Genome Function and Phenotype (UM1) RFA-HG-20-044 - Defining Genomic Influence on Gene Network Regulation (U01) RFA-HG-20-045 - Single-cell Profiling of Regulatory Element and Gene Activity in Relationship to Genome Function (UM1) RFA-HG-20-046 - Genomic Variation and Function Data and Administrative Coordinating Center (U24) RFA-HG-20-047 - Developing Predictive Models of the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (U01) 22 Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) CEGS Program Website PAR-19-204 - Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (RM1) NOT-HG-20-013 - Emphasizing an Opportunity for New Institutional Applicants in Response to PAR-19-204 Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (RM1) NOT-HG-20-056 - Emphasizing an Opportunity for New Institutional Applicants in Response to PAR-19-204 Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (RM1) 23 Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) dGTEx Program Website RFA-HD-21-008 - Pediatric Biospecimen Procurement Center (BPC) Supporting the Developmental Gene Expression (dGTEx) Project (U24) RFA-HG-20-039 - Laboratory, Data Analysis, and Coordinating Center (LDACC) for the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project (U24) 24 NHGRI Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL) AnVIL Program Website AnVIL Project Website Training & Workshop Announcements COVID Host Genetics Initiative 25 Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Catalog 26 Phenotypes and Exposures (PhenX) Toolkit PhenX Toolkit PhenX Funding Opportunity Announcements RFA-OD-20-013 - Emergency Awards: RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) (U24) 27 Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) eMERGE Network Program Website eMERGE Press Release eMERGE Resources 28 Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) ClinGen Program Website ClinGen Ancestry and Diversity Working Group Publication ClinGen GenomeConnect 29 Implementing Genomics in Practice (IGNITE) IGNITE Program Website IGNITE Pragmatic Clinical Trials Network Website Genetic Testing to Understand and Address Renal Disease Disparities Across the United States (GUARDD-US) 30 Advancing Genomic Medicine Research and Genetic Counseling Research RFA-HG-20-036 - Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (R01) RFA-HG-20-037 - Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (R21) RFA-HG-20-048 - Investigator-Initiated Research on Genetic Counseling Processes and Practices (R01) RFA-HG-20-049 - Investigator-Initiated Research on Genetic Counseling Processes and Practices (R21) 31 ELSI Research Program ELSI Research Program Website PAR-20-254 - Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01) PAR-20-255 - Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) PAR-20-257 - Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03) 32 Training and Career Development 33 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards 34 Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) LINCS Program Website LINCS Consortium Website 35 Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) DS-I Africa Program Website RFA-RM-20-018 - Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Open Data Science Platform and Coordinating Center (U2C) RFA-RM-20-015 - Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Research Hubs (U54) RFA-RM-20-016 - Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Research Training Program (U2R) RFA-RM-20-017 - Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research (U01) 36 Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) HuBMAP Program Website HuBMAP Common Fund Website HuBMAP Data Portal RFA-RM-20-001 - Transformative Technology Development for the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (UG3/UH3) RFA-RM-20-002 - Tissue Mapping Centers for the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (U54) 37 Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program NOT-RM-20-023 - Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program: FIRST Cohort (U54) NOT-RM-20-022 - Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program: FIRST Coordination and Evaluation Center (U54) 38 All of Us Research Program All of Us Research Program All of Us News, Events, and Media page All of Us Researcher Workbench 39 NHGRI Postdoctoral Fellowship in History of Genomics NHGRI History of Genomics Program Website Fellowship Description and Application 40 2020 Short Course in Genomics 41 NHGRI Researchers Generate First Gapless Sequence of Human X Chromosome 42 New President-Elect, American Society of Human Genetics 43 NHGRI Director on Twitter 44 The Genomics Landscape: A Monthly Newsletter from the NHGRI Director Listserv Sign-Up Issue Archive Last updated: September 13, 2020