The Interstellar Initiative

The New York Academy of Sciences, along with The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, will hold a two-day networking conference in June in New York City and they want YOU.

Maybe. Attendance is by invitation only as this is a mentor-mentee matchup opportunity. NYAS is looking for Early Career Investigators in four broad categories: 1) Clinical Research; 2) Life Science; 3) Physical Science; and 4) Technology. 2018's event has two major interest themes of Cancer and Neuroscience, and will also focus on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in medicine.

Please see the full announcement for more information on the event and eligibility criteria: https://www.nyas.org/events/2018/the-interstellar-initiative/. If you are interested and eligible, the application portal can also be found at that link. Applications are due by 11:59pm on April 2nd.

NIH wants your input on their Strategic Plan for Data Science

In their latest Request for Information (RFI) notice, the National Institutes of Health recognize that "data science has increased in importance for biomedical research over the past decade" and they expect this trend will continue; because of this, they have created a draft strategic plan for data science which explains their goals, objectives and implementation tactics to keep the NIH on the cutting edge. The draft plan may be downloaded here: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/NIH-Strategic-Plan-for-Data-Science.pdf. Responses to this request for information must be received by April 2nd, and submitted electronically to: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=73. Please see the complete RFI notice at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-18-134.html for more about what questions the NIH wants you, the stakeholder, to answer for them.