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Spring Updates and Announcements

Spring has arrived and the Division of Loan Repayment (DLR) has been hard at work!  For today's DLR Director's Blog, I'd like to take a moment and provide a few brief updates on where we are in the LRP application cycle as well as communications efforts here at DLR.
Back in November, we received over 3000 LRP applications!  Since then, we have been busy ensuring that all applications were forwarded to the NIH Center for Scientific Review so that they could all undergo review by the appropriate NIH Institutes and Centers. If you missed my last post about what happens at each point in the application cycle, you can catch up here.   Also, if you have questions about your application, please feel free to reach out to an LRP program officer.
Have you seen our LRP Ambassador webpage lately?  We've revised our LRP Success Story layout! The new layout has a more modern feel and highlights our esteemed Ambassadors' backgrounds, research interests and the impact that receiving and LRP award has made on their research career.  Our Ambassadors provide a great service to the LRPs by providing information to prospective LRP applicants at their local universities regarding their experiences with the LRPs and the benefits that it has provided to their life and careers. If you are a past or present LRP awardee and would like to be featured, please send an email to LRP.Communications@mail.nih.gov.
Lastly, in an effort to publicize the fantastic benefits of the LRPs, we travel quite a bit throughout the year.  Be sure to check below for our upcoming conferences as well as our website for a meeting near you. (https://www.lrp.nih.gov/conferences

Conference Date and City

American Psychological Association (APA)

August 9 -12 2018
San Francisco, California

Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

October 11- 13 2018
San Antonio, Texas

Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

November 3-7, 2018
San Diego, California

American Public Health Association (APHA)
 

November 10 -14, 2018
San Diego, California

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)

November 14 -17 2018
Indianapolis, Indiana

 

If you any questions about the LRPs, feel free to call or e-mail the LRP Information Center at 866-849-4047 (Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST) or lrp@nih.gov. You can also follow the NIH Division of Loan Repayment on Twitter and Facebook for more information and cycle updates. Cheers to an outstanding 2018!

Authored By
Ericka Boone