Eligibility criteria
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a U.S. national, citizen or permanent resident. You must also have completed a bachelor's, master's or doctoral level of education or you must be qualified/certified/licensed in laboratory or clinical research and have current or past experience as a health care professional.

Description
The Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry supports a broad spectrum of research and research training aimed at improving the molecular-level understanding of fundamental biological processes and discovering approaches to their control. The goals of supported research include an improved understanding of:

1) Drug action and mechanisms of anesthesia
2) Pharmacogenetics and mechanisms underlying individual responses to drugs
3) New methods and targets for drug discovery
4) Advances in natural products synthesis
5) Biological catalysis
6) Metabolic regulation and fundamental physiological processes
7) Integration and application of basic physiological, pharmacological, and biochemical research to clinical issues in anesthesia, clinical pharmacology, and trauma and burn injury

Managing organization
National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.hhs.gov/

Program contact information & web resources
Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
45 Center Drive MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
301-594-3827