Diversity Funding Opportunities
This section provides information on research and educational grants for individuals from underrepresented groups in biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences. For a complete list of NIH current funding opportunities for underrepresented minorities, please visit the NIH Grants website.
| Funding Area of Interest | Grant Mechanism | Funder | Funding Amount | Deadlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer’s Disease | Research Grant to Promote Diversity (AARG-D) | Alzheimer’s Association | $140,000 two year award, $200,000 over three years | September Letter of intent |
| Alzheimer’s Disease | Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D) | Alzheimer’s Association | $200,000 total over three years | September Letter of intent |
| Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Lewy body dementia | Research Grant to Promote Diversity — New to the Field (AARG-D-NTF) | Alzheimer’s Association | $200,000 total over three years | September Letter of intent |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences Research | Hanna H. Gray Fellows program | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Raging $100,000-$270,000 from one to four years. | February |
| Biomedical Research | Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP) | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | $60,000 over three years. | January |
| Epilepsy | Sergievsky Award for Epilepsy Health Equity and Diversity Award | American Epilepsy Society | $150,000 over two years. | January |
| Gene and Cell Therapy | Underrepresented Populations Fellowship in Gene and Cell Therapy | American Society of Gene + Cell Therapy | $100,000. | August |
| Neurology | Minority Research Scholar Program (MRSP) | Kennedy Krieger Institute | $115,000/year salary for minimum of 75% effort/year plus fringe benefits and $38,000/year for research-related expenses, including travel, for up to a total of three years. | May |
| Retinal Degenerative Diseases (RDDs) | Foundation Fighting Blindness | Career Development Award for junior investigators to pursue vigorous research programs to drive the research to find the therapies and cures for retinal degenerative diseases (RDDs), i.e., inherited orphan retinal degenerative diseases and non-exudative age-related macular degeneration. | Five (5) years at $75,000/year. | January 30, 2025 |
Last updated on November 1, 2024
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