dkNET community events and announcements in October, 2026
dkNET provides updates on activities of interest to the NIDDK-supported community. You could keep up to date on these activities through our Twitter feed @dkNET_info, through our Community Calendar, or through dkNET e-mail list. If you have an event or funding opportunities you'd like to advertise, please contact us info_at_dknet.org. Here is the summary list of the dkNET updates, community events and funding opportunities in October, 2026.
Explore the three NIMHD SCHARE(Science Collaborative for Health and Artificial intelligence Reduction of Errors)Grand Challenges and discover opportunities to advance AI-ready data integration, digital twins and synthetic populations, and smart sensing technologies to help reduce chronic disease disparities.
Explore how AI is transforming thyroid care, clinical decision-making, and healthcare practices at the online AI Summit during at Clinical Endocrinology Update 2026 Virtual Meeting on October 21, 2026.
NIH NLM SPARK Challenges: Opportunities in AI-Powered Biomedical Discovery
Have an innovative AI approach for biomedical discovery? Explore two NIH NLM SPARK challenges focused on PubMed/PMC and dbGaP, with $250,000 in total prizes available for each challenge.
NIDDK Early Research Partnership Engagement Challenge
The NIDDK Early Research Partnership Engagement Challenge, in collaboration with the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), is designed to identify innovative, practical approaches that can strengthen engagement between researchers and relevant community partners before research plans are fully developed.The Challenge is designed to help advance research in NIDDK mission areas – such as diabetes, obesity, and kidney diseases – by strengthening meaningful partnerships from the earliest stages of research.
Funding Opportunity: National NIH K12 DiabDocs Career Development Program
The National NIH Physician Scientist DiabDocs-K12 Program is now open to scholars who can conduct research at any eligible US institution! Letter of Intent due date: NOVEMBER 17, 2026, AT 5PM (ET)
NIH Data Sharing and Reuse Seminar- Sex Differences in Acute Kidney Injury Risk and Outcomes: Insights from MIMIC-III and MIMIC-IV
NIH Office of Data Science Strategy will host a seminar "Sex Differences in Acute Kidney Injury Risk and Outcomes: Insights from MIMIC-III and MIMIC-IV" presented by Dr. Rui Feng on Friday, September 11, 2026, 12 pm - 1 pm ET.