Upcoming Events & Opportunies
KUHR-TN Research Seminars
What: KUHR-TN hosts bimonthly Zoom seminars featuring
- a faculty “master class” on a focused topic, and
- a trainee research presentation (with feedback from a multi-institution KUH audience).
Why join: Learn what peers across KUH programs are doing, practice scientific communication, and get helpful feedback to strengthen your work.
Who should present: Trainees at any stage who want to showcase ongoing or near-complete projects.
If you’re interested in presenting (or attending), please contact Lucia Lee at lucialee@g.ucla.edu.
Funding Opportunity
George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance Opportunity Pool Program
The George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance (OKRA) is a consortium of National Resource
Centers (NRCs) whose primary purpose is to provide kidney researchers with specialized
resources, tools, technologies, services, and expertise beyond those typically available in an
individual lab or institutional core. The consortium includes seven NRCs and a National
Coordinating Center. The overarching goal of this OKRA Opportunity Pool Program (OPP)
funding opportunity is to provide support for early-stage investigators or investigators new to
kidney research who plan to utilize existing OKRA resources. Resubmissions of unfunded
applications from the OKRA Opportunity Pool Rounds 1 and 2 are highly encouraged.
The program provides one year of support to fund projects broadly related to kidney research.
During this funding cycle, multiple projects will be awarded. Total costs (including direct and
indirect costs) should not exceed a total of $50,000 for the one-year project period.