Funding Opportunities to Promote Diversity

This selection of funding opportunities are to support Postdoc and Graduate students that will help to diversify the scientific research enterprise. Find funding opportunities by searching for sponsor, research topic, eligibility requirements, or deadline in the table below. Opportunities differ on the specifics of funding support, eligibility criteria, and the mechanism of support (i.e., supplements faculty member's award or institutional education), so it is important to review the details of each program announcement for detailed information and current deadlines. 

An extensive listing of funding opportunities may be found through Pivot by using the keywords “Diversity” or “Minority”. 

You may also review the information on how diversity supports the NIH mission and their extramural opportunities that promotes scientific research workforce.

To submit a Grant proposal, please initiate your Proposal Intake Form (PIF). To submit a Fellowship proposal, please review the Fellowship Proposal Checklist for instructions.

Please review a new tool developed by the Emerson Collective Health Grants Team: Grant Bridge. This site checks eligibility for investigators to add NIH administrative supplements that promote diversity in health-related research onto research project grants, such as the R01. 

Sponsor Name Name/Award Discipline/Research Topic Type of Award Eligibility: Stage of Training Eligibility: Citizenship Sponsor Deadline