NH-INBRE
The New Hampshire IDeA Network of Biological Research Excellence (NH-INBRE) is funded by NIH Grant Number 8P20GM103506 from the IDeA program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health and is a collaborative network of two-year and four-year colleges in the State of New Hampshire. The IDeA program builds research capacities in states that historically have had low levels of NIH funding by supporting basic, clinical, and translational research; faculty development; and infrastructure improvements.
NH-INBRE is a state-wide initiative designed to:
- Increase opportunities for students and faculty at Partner institutions to participate in original scientific research;
- Expand the base of ongoing research and research capacity at the Lead and Partner institutions and support the associated research cultures;
- Increase the frequency at which students who graduate from Partner institutions continue doing biomedical research in graduate education or employment;
- Enhance the science and technology training of the NH workforce; and,
- Enhance the bioinformatics infrastructure that is required for modern biomedical research.
Partner Institutions
Colby-Sawyer College
Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH)
Franklin Pierce University
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Keene State College
New England College
Plymouth State University
Rivier University
Saint Anselm College
University of New Hampshire at Durham
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
NH Long-Term Investment to Fuel Transformative Research (NH-LIFT) is a project funded by the National Science Foundation (Award #2412054). The goals are to support the deployment of exciting new STEM research opportunities at each institution of higher education, to develop and strengthen educational and research collaborations with regional industry partners, to share institutional best practices to recruit and retain students into STEM, and to build a cohort of NH-LIFT alumni who will support near-peer mentoring and recruitment, while serving as a lifelong connection to the State. To reach these goals in the first four years of the project, four cores will be organized, each with a working group composed of individuals from the partner institutions. A partner institution advisory board will provide feedback and guidance to the leadership team.
Dr. Sarah Gunnery, Associate Professor of Psychology and Community Mental Health at New England College, has been awarded a prestigious three-year NIH R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) totaling nearly $500,000 to support her pioneering project, “Developing Strategies to Decrease Facial Masking in Parkinson’s Disease,” which aims to improve communication, reduce stigma, and enhance social engagement for individuals living with the condition. This award not only marks the first NIH grant ever directly received by a New England College faculty member, but it also reflects NIH’s commitment to advancing basic and translational research on health challenges such as Parkinson’s disease and provides hands-on research opportunities for NEC students to gain experience in study design, data collection, and scientific dissemination.