Select Funding Opportunities in "Diversity"
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African American Episcopal Historical Collection
Humanities, Sociology, and Psychology: Historical Society of the Episcopal Church: AAEHC
Travel reimbursement grants are available to individuals who would like to use the African American Episcopal Historical Collection (AAEHC) for research. Faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, independent researchers, and Episcopal clergy and laypersons are encouraged to apply. Funds are available for transportation, meals, lodging, photocopying, and other research costs.
http://www.vts.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=118930
Center For Research and Policy Analysis
Legal Education Diversity Pipeline Grant Program
The Access Group Center for Research & Policy Analysis conducts research and provides grants that address some of the most critical issues facing legal education today, including access to legal education for students from diverse backgrounds; the affordability and financing options for students pursuing legal education; and the value and relevance of legal education.
https://www.accessgroup.org/research/legal-education-diversity-pipeline-grant-program
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI)
The DFI Program Board and the IBHE are pleased to announce the release of the current DFI Fellowship Program. For more than 23 years, the DFI program and its predecessor programs have provided competitive need-based financial awards to underrepresented students who have earned graduate degrees from a participating Illinois higher education institution.
National Institutes of Health
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin-Supp)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hereby notify all Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) holding any of the NIH research grants listed in “Part 1 Overview Information” that funds are available for administrative supplements to support and recruit students, postdoctorates, and eligible investigators. Administrative supplements must support work within the scope of the original project.
The NIH currently provides multiple opportunities to develop research careers and improve participation for individuals from groups with low representation in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences. Nevertheless, reports from the National Science Foundation (NSF) (see http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/) and others provide strong evidence that diversity remains an important problem that the entire research enterprise must actively address.
This program is designed to provide support for research experiences for individuals from the identified groups throughout the continuum from high school to the faculty level; all NIH awarding components participate. Continuation of this program in the future will depend on evaluation of the career outcomes of the supported individuals as well as continuing assessments of the diversity of the scientific workforce as reported by the NSF and others.
Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Center Research (R21)
The purpose of this FOA is to close the gap that currently exists between new investigators and NCI R01-funded investigators and to ensure that individuals from underrepresented backgrounds who have entered the research pipeline remain in the pipeline. Inquire with funder for award amount.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-096.html
NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08)
Increase representation of physician-scientists from groups shown to be underrepresented on a National basis in biomedical, behavioral, or translational cancer research; Develop the research careers of recently trained individuals representative of groups underrepresented in biomedical research who hold a clinical doctoral degree or its equivalent, or who are oncology nurses with doctoral degrees. Inquire with funder for award amount.
http://www.grants.gov/custom/viewOppDetails.jsp?oppId=134234
Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R01)
This initiative is designed to stimulate research that targets the reduction of health disparities among children. For purposes of this initiative, "health disparities" applies to children who have limited access to resources and privileges that impact their health. As such, this initiative includes a focus on ethnic and racial minority children and populations of underserved children to include: children from low literacy, rural and low-income populations, geographically isolated children, hearing and visually impaired children, physically or mentally disabled children, children of migrant workers, children from immigrant and refugee families, and language minority children. The NIH defines children as individuals 0-21 years of age. The primary purpose of this initiative, therefore, is to encourage intervention studies targeting one of the aforementioned groups. Rather than a singular approach, interventions using a multilevel approach (individual, health system, community, societal) are encouraged. In addition, basic studies designed to further delineate mechanisms/pathways of disparities that lead to the development of interventions are also encouraged. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors, environmental (physical and family environments) social (e.g. peers), economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known illness and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings.
Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Research Continuance Award (SC3), Pilot Project Award (SC2), Research Advancement Award (SC1)
The SCORE Program is a developmental program designed to increase the research competitiveness of faculty and research base of institutions with a historical mission and/or demonstrated track record of training and graduating students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. NIGMS provides leadership in training the next generation of scientists and is particularly interested in developing and increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce by focusing on individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research. Award ceiling is $75,000.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-018.html
Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project Award (SC2)
The SCORE Program is a developmental program designed to increase the research competitiveness of faculty and research base of institutions with a historical mission and/or demonstrated track record of training and graduating students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. NIGMS provides leadership in training the next generation of scientists and is particularly interested in developing and increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce by focusing on individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research. Award ceiling is $100,000.
http://www.grants.gov/custom/viewOppDetails.jsp?oppId=249047
Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Research Advancement Award (SC1)
The SCORE Program is a developmental program designed to increase the research competitiveness of faculty and research base of institutions with a historical mission and/or demonstrated track record of training and graduating students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. NIGMS provides leadership in training the next generation of scientists and is particularly interested in developing and increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce by focusing on individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research. Award ceiling is $250,000.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-019.html
NIMHD Academic Research Enhancement Award: Enhancing Health Disparities Research at Undergraduate Institutions (R15)
The NIMHD encourages institutions that are eligible to apply for support through the NIH Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA) program to submit applications for innovative research projects focused on minority health and health disparities. Awards are intended to support small-scale projects proposed by faculty members at eligible institutions to expose students to meritorious research and to strengthen the research environment of participating institutions. This initiative also seeks to stimulate interest in health disparities research careers among undergraduate students through hands-on participation in original research. NIMHD intends to commit $5,000,000 in FY 2015 to fund approximately 10-12 awards.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-15-002.html
Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02)
The overall goal of the NIH Research Career Development program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. The NIH Independent Scientist Award (K02) is intended to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. It provides three, four, or five years of salary support and "protected time" for newly independent scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their research careers. Inquire with funder for award amount.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-045.html
National Science Foundation
Partnerships for Research and Education Materials (PREM)
The objective of PREM is to enhance the diversity of the workplace in materials research and education by stimulating the development of formal, long-term, research and education collaborations between minority-serving colleges and universities and DMR-supported centers and facilities. The award amount is $3,000,000.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5439&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
EHR Core Research (ECR) Fundamental Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education
The EHR Core Research (ECR) program of fundamental research in STEM education provides funding in critical research areas that are essential, broad and enduring. EHR seeks proposals that will help synthesize, build and/or expand research foundations in the following focal areas: STEM learning, STEM learning environments, STEM workforce development, and broadening participation in STEM. This program accepts proposals to advance STEM research and education from diverse teams. Inquire with funder for award amount.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII)
CRII awards will be given to researchers to undertake exploratory investigations, to acquire and test preliminary data, develop collaborations within or across research disciplines, and/or develop new algorithms, approaches, and system designs/prototypes. Inquire with funder for award amount.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504952&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Expeditions in Computing
Projects supported by the Expeditions program comprise the following characteristics: foster research climates that nurture creativity and informed risk-taking, and value complementary research and education contributions such that the whole Expeditions project is greater than the sum of its parts; draw upon well-integrated, diverse teams of investigators from one or more disciplines within computer and information science and engineering, as well as investigators from other fields where necessary. The award ceiling is $3,000,000.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503169&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)
PIRE projects may vary in size and exhibit diverse forms of organization, collaboration, and operation suited to their individual needs. PIRE projects must include collaboration with foreign research partners and international research experiences for students to promote a diverse internationally competitive science and engineering workforce. PIRE expects projects to involve groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering at all levels (faculty, students and postdoctoral researchers). The award amount is $10,000,000-$15,000,000.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505038&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Open Society Foundations
National Security and Human Rights Campaign
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among groups at highest risk for obesity: Black, Latino, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander children, and children who live in lower-income communities (urban, suburban, and/or rural). Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic, eliminate disparities, and help all children achieve a healthy weight.
Shock Society
Schock Society Diversity Enhancement Award
The Shock Society Diversity Enhancement Award is designed to encourage highly qualified underrepresented trainees to pursue professional careers in the biomedical sciences. The award amount is $1,000.
http://www.shocksociety.org/diversity-enchancement-award
