Diversity Awards

Programs to enhance diversity focus on underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, or institutions primarily serving underrepresented groups.

High School Through Faculty Awards

Administrative supplements to currently active NINDS research HEAL grants to support the training of individuals from diverse backgrounds and enhance the diversity of the research workforce.

Administrative supplements to currently active NINDS research BRAIN grants to support the training of individuals from diverse backgrounds and enhance the diversity of the research workforce.

Administrative supplements to currently active NINDS research AD/ADRD grants to support the training of individuals from diverse backgrounds and enhance the diversity of the research workforce.

Administrative supplements to active NIH SBIR/STTR grants to enhance the diversity of the research workforce and increase the participation of women and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in small businesses.

Administrative supplements to currently active NIH research grants to provide support for research experiences for individuals from diverse backgrounds to enhance the diversity of the research workforce.

Predoctoral Awards

Fellowship support for the research training of predoctoral students from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce.

The NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award supports the pre- to post-doctoral transition of diverse graduate students.

Postdoctoral Awards

To support diverse postdocs to develop their independent research skills through a two-phase program: an initial mentored research experience followed by a period of independent research.

To enhance biomedical research workforce diversity by supporting a mentored research experience (K99) followed by independent research (R00) for postdoctoral fellows working in research areas supported by the BRAIN Initiative. 

To support a cohort of new and well-trained, independent investigators from diverse backgrounds conducting Pain and/or SUD research, in order to promote a diverse pool of available independent investigators working in research areas supported by the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative®.

This program is designed to facilitate a timely transition of postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds conducting AD/ADRD research into independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. The program will provide independent NIH research support during this transition in order to help awardees establish independent research programs in the AD/ADRD field.

Junior Faculty Awards

For support of diverse faculty scientists committed to research, in need of both advanced research training and additional experience.

Institutional Programs

Supports NINDS, NIMH, NIAAA, & NIDA mission-relevant programs to enhance the pool of PhD-level neuroscience researchers from diverse backgrounds, including those underrepresented in biomedical research.

To encourage and prepare undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to enter PhD degree programs in the neurosciences.

To provide high quality research experiences for a diverse cadre of postbaccalaureates who have not had access to substantive research opportunities