(Allied) Health Sciences: PhD and Post-Doc Resources: Promoting Diversity
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UNC
- Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty DiversityTwo-year appointments designed to develop scholars from underrepresented groups for possible tenure track appointments at UNC and other research universities. Covers all disciplines.
- Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD)An NIH educational research grant awarded to UNC. The primary goal is to increase the number of students from populations historically underrepresented in the biomedical sciences that attain PhDs and successful bioscience careers. Available to students enrolling in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program.
- UNC Institutional Membership with NCFDDFree to individual faculty, graduate students and postdocs.
NIH
- NIH Commitment to DiversityLinks to NIH agencies' statements and funding opportunities related to diversity.
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesOpportunities for researchers with underrepresented backgrounds.
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeOffers programs to enhance diversity focus on underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, or institutions primarily serving underrepresented groups. Awards for high school through faculty; predoctoral; postdoctoral; early career.
- National Cancer InstituteContinuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE)
Provides funding opportunities to candidates from middle school through high school, undergraduates, grad students, postdocs and early career researchers. - National Institute of General Medical SciencesResearch Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Principal investigators holding NIGMS research grants may request supplemental funds to improve the diversity of the research workforce by supporting and recruiting students and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities and individuals from economically or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds that have inhibited their ability to pursue a career in health-related research. - NIH: Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (LRP-IDB)The objective of the LRP-IDB is to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds into clinical research careers.
- National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesAdministrative Supplements to Promote Diversity in SRP-Related Research
The research experience is intended for new trainees (not current) to be added to Superfund Research Program (SRP)-supported grants. The candidate (i.e., trainee) should be from a diverse background and the project proposed must be integral to the approved, ongoing research of the parent grant. Furthermore, the project must have the potential to contribute significantly to the research career development of the candidate. - Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE): from National Heart, Lung and Blood InstituteAn all-expense-paid Summer Institute, research education and mentoring initiative. It addresses the difficulties experienced by junior investigators and transitioning postdoctoral scientists in establishing independent academic research careers and negotiating through the academic ranks. The primary outcome of this program is to increase the number of scientists and research-oriented faculty who are from backgrounds currently under-represented in the biomedical sciences and those with disabilities, by preparing them to successfully compete for external funding for scientific research in heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) disorders.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Funding OpportunitiesCheck the website for active, upcoming and closed funding opportunities.
- Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP)Four-year postdoctoral research awards to increase the number of physicians, dentists, and nurses from historically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Ongoing program with new calls for applications in January or February each year.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Postdoctoral Enrichment ProgramThis program supports the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution (an institution includes its affiliated graduate and medical schools, hospitals and research institutions) in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance their careers in biomedical or medical research.
Miscellaneous
- National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)An independent professional development, training, and mentoring community for faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students. UNC-Chapel Hill is an institutional member which allows free membership for faculty, graduate students and postdocs.
- UC Berkeley: Funding Opportunities for Women and MinoritiesIncludes NIH grants that aren't specifically intended for diversity but can be used to address diversity issues. It also includes a list of nonfederal agencies and organizations.
- Consortium for Faculty Diversity (housed at Gettysburg College)The Consortium is committed to increasing the diversity of students, faculty members and curricular offerings at liberal arts colleges with a particular focus on enhancing the diversity of faculty members and of applicants for faculty positions.
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