{"id":101563,"date":"2022-02-17T10:47:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=101563"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:31:33","slug":"diversity-related-funding-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/research-impact\/find-funding\/diversity-related-funding-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity Funding Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This section provides information on research and educational grants for individuals from underrepresented groups in biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tableScroll\"><div>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"searchable sortable\">\n<thead>\n<style>\n\/* this is for my cores tables only*\/\ntable {\n  border-collapse: separate;\n  border-spacing: 0;\n}\nth {\n  padding: 10px 15px;\n  background-color: #292828;\n color: #fff;\n}\ntd {\n  padding: 10px 15px;\n}\nthead {\n  background: #292828;\n  color: #fff;\n}\ntbody tr:nth-child(even) {\n  background: #f0f0f2;\n}\ntd {\n  border-bottom: 1px solid #cecfd5;\n  border-right: 1px solid #cecfd5;\n}\ntd:first-child {\n  border-left: 1px solid #cecfd5;\n}\n<\/style>\n<th scope=\"col\">Funding Area of Interest<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Grant Mechanism<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Funder<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Funding Amount<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Deadlines<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/research\/for_researchers\/grants\/types-of-grants\/aarg-d\">Research Grant to Promote Diversity (AARG-D) <\/a><\/td>\n<td>Alzheimer&#8217;s Association<\/td>\n<td>$140,000 two year award, $200,000 over three years<\/td>\n<td>February Letter of intent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/td>\n<td><a href=\" https:\/\/www.alz.org\/research\/for_researchers\/grants\/types-of-grants\/alzheimer_s_association_clinician_scientist_fellow\"> Advancing Clinician Scientist Diversity in Dementia Research <\/a><\/td>\n<td>Alzheimer&#8217;s Association<\/td>\n<td>$250,000 total <\/td>\n<td>February Letter of intent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/research\/for_researchers\/grants\/types-of-grants\/alzheimers_association_research_fellowship_to_pro\">Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D) <\/a><\/td>\n<td>Alzheimer&#8217;s Association<\/td>\n<td>$200,000 total over three years<\/td>\n<td>February Letter of intent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alzheimer&#8217;s, Parkinson&#8217;s, Lewy body dementia<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/research\/for_researchers\/grants\/types-of-grants\/alzheimer_s_association_research_grant_to_promote\">Research Grant to Promote Diversity \u2014 New to the Field (AARG-D-NTF) <\/a><\/td>\n<td>Alzheimer&#8217;s Association<\/td>\n<td>$200,000 total over three years<\/td>\n<td>September Letter of intent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Biological and Biomedical Sciences Research<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/programs\/hanna-h-gray-fellows\">Hanna H. Gray Fellows program <\/a><\/td>\n<td>Howard Hughes Medical Institute<\/td>\n<td>Up to two years of salary or stipend support.<\/td>\n<td>2028 competition opens November 3, 2026 (9 AM ET) and closes December 15, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Biomedical Research<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwfund.org\/funding-opportunities\/diversity-in-science\/postdoctoral-enrichment-program\/\">Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP) <\/a><\/td>\n<td>Burroughs Wellcome Fund<\/td>\n<td>$60,000 over three years.<\/td>\n<td>January<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Epilepsy<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/aesnet.org\/research-funding\/early-career\/early-career\">Sergievsky Award for Epilepsy Health Equity and Diversity Award <\/a><\/td>\n<td>American Epilepsy Society<\/td>\n<td>$150,000 over two years.<\/td>\n<td>January Proposal deadline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gene and Cell Therapy<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asgct.org\/awards\/underrepresented-populations-fellowship\">Expanding Pathways Fellowship <\/a><\/td>\n<td>American Society of Gene + Cell Therapy<\/td>\n<td>$100,000.<\/td>\n<td>August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Neurology<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/kennedykrieger.org\/cncdp-k12\">Child Neurology Career Development Program-K12  <\/a><\/td>\n<td>Kennedy Krieger Institute<\/td>\n<td>$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.<\/td>\n<td>June<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Retinal Degenerative Diseases (RDDs)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightingblindness.org\/career-development-program-cda\">Foundation Fighting Blindness<\/a><\/td>\n<td>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.<\/td>\n<td>Five (5) years at $75,000\/year.<\/td>\n<td>January <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nLast updated on August 27, 2025<br \/>\n\u25c4  <a \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/our-impact\/find-funding\/\">Back to<\/a><strong> Find Funding <\/strong><a \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/our-impact\/find-funding\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a \" href=\"#top\">BACK TO TOP\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section provides information on research and educational grants for individuals from underrepresented groups in biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences. 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