# Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Annual Meeting

> **NIH NIH R13** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2020 · $10,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) requests support to provide scholarships for trainees to
attend its annual meetings in years 2016 to 2020. The 2016 meeting will be held in Ponte Vedra Beach,
Florida, on April 3-6, 2016. The 2017 meeting will be held in conjunction with the International Congress on
Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 5-8, 2017. The 2018 meeting will be held in
San Diego, CA, March 11-14, 2018. The 2019 Meeting will be held in coordination with the American College
of Medical Genetics in Seattle, Washington. The 2020 meeting will be held in a location to be determined in the
USA. Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are an important cause of intellectual disability, cerebral palsy,
neuromuscular disease, cardiac disorders, hepatic and renal dysfunction, arthritis, diabetes, growth failure and
blindness. These conditions affect people of all ages, but children are disproportionately affected. The clinical
and molecular spectrum of these disorders continues to expand, in part fueled by the rapid expansion of
newborn screening programs with the identification of milder cases and advances in genomics (exome and
whole genome sequencing) that identify patients at the most severe end of the spectrum. New therapies are
becoming available for some conditions, with still relatively few clinical trials to identify new therapies for
previously untreatable conditions. Much remains to be done to better understand these severe, rare disorders
and to develop effective treatments for them. For the U.S. to remain pre-eminent in this important area of
research, it is essential to attract young investigators into the field. One effective mechanism to achieve this
goal is to provide them with the opportunity to participate in the SIMD meeting, where they can explore the field
and develop scientific ties to other established investigators. The SIMD meeting is held annually and
participation, especially by young investigators, has been steadily increasing each year. The availability of NIH
travel awards has been a major reason for this increase. Trainees seeking funding are required to submit an
abstract describing original research to be presented at the meeting. Trainees/young investigators usually
submit about 30 abstracts for presentation at each meeting with twice that number for the international
meeting (2017). Applications for travel awards will be competitively reviewed 3 months prior to each meeting,
with the goal of making up to 15 annual awards of $ 1,000 each for the national meeting and up to 10 awards
of $ 1,500 for the International meeting. Additional funds will be solicited from private sources. Women and
minority applicants will be actively recruited.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9856893
- **Project number:** 5R13HD062129-09
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** NICOLA LONGO
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $10,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2009-07-14 → 2022-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9856893

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9856893, Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Annual Meeting (5R13HD062129-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9856893. Licensed CC0.

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