University of Nebraska Among the Six Inaugural NIH Genomic Innovator Awards
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) created the Genomic Innovator Awards in 2018 to provide funding to support investigators with outstanding records of productivity. The awards will provide funding to six institutions to support early career researchers studying genome biology, genomic medicine, technology development and societal implications of genomic advances. The amount of support to accelerate genomics research is expected to total approximately $500,000 per year over a fiveyear project period.
At the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Dr. Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy will be working on developing technologies that will address common challenges in developing and breeding mouse models. Since mouse models are essential to biomedical research, Dr. Gurumurthy’s work has the potential to have a large impact in biomedical research.
“NHGRI could not be more pleased to announce awards that will help talented investigators pursue their research ideas in a highly nimble fashion. All awards have enormous potential to make meaningful contributions to genomics in the coming years.”