Institutional Programs to Enhance Diversity

Comprehensive Institutional Programs Aimed Solely at Increasing Diversity in a Particular Field

or Group of Fields

National Institutes of Health

Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD)(R25)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-553.html

The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program was created in response to a legislative mandate to “increase the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral research, and to broaden the opportunities for underrepresented minority faculty and students for participation in biomedical and behavioral research.”  To accomplish this goal, the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) program provides, at research institutions, institutional grants for students from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research with well integrated developmental activities that will increase their preparation and skills as they advance academically in the pursuit and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree.

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Research in Disabilities Education (RDE)

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08527/nsf08527.htm

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5482&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

The RDE program seeks to broaden the participation and achievement of people with disabilities in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and associated professional careers. The RDE program has been funding this objective since 1994 under the prior name "Program for Persons with Disabilities." Particular emphasis is placed on increasing the number of students with disabilities successfully completing quality associate, undergraduate and graduate degrees in STEM and increasing the number of students with disabilities entering the professional STEM workforce. This goal is addressed by three RDE program tracks: Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities in STEM Education (RDE-RAD); Focused Research Initiatives (RDE-FRI); and Demonstration, Enrichment, and Information Dissemination projects (RDE-DEI).

Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³) projects enable institutions to think and act strategically about the creative integration of NSF-funded awards, with particular emphasis on awards managed through programs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), but not limited to those awards. For Fiscal Year 2008, proposals are being solicited in six EHR programs that advance I³ goals: CREST, ITEST, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.  

Due Dates:

Innovation through Institutional Integration due April 10, 2008

Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities in STEM Education (RDE-RAD) due April 11, 2008

Demonstration, Enrichment, and Information Dissemination (RDE-DEI) due April 11, 2008

Focused Research Initiatives (RDE-FRI) due April 21, 2008

National Science Foundation

ADVANCE: Increasing Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07582/nsf07582.htm

The goal of the ADVANCE program is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Creative strategies to realize this goal are sought from women and men. Members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Proposals that address the participation and advancement of women with disabilities and of women from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged.

Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID) Awards

Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination awards support analysis, adaptation, dissemination and use of existing innovative materials and practices that have been demonstrated to be effective in increasing representation and participation of women in academic science and engineering careers.  This category of award also supports proposals for developing national and/or discipline-specific leadership in enabling the full participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.

Deadline: January 17, 2008

Institutional Transformation (IT) Awards

Institutional Transformation Awards support academic institutional transformation to promote the increased participation and advancement of women scientists and engineers in academe. These awards support innovative and comprehensive programs for institution-wide change.

Deadline: December 6, 2007

Institutional Transformation Planning Grants (IT-Start)

IT-Start awards support basic data collection and analysis functions necessary to understand the status of women faculty in academic science and engineering at institutions seeking institutional transformation. This category of award is intended to broaden the spectrum of institutions participating in ADVANCE activities. IT-Start awards seek to include institutions with varying institutional scope, sizes, experiences, and perspectives, for example (but not limited to): primarily undergraduate institutions, teaching intensive colleges, community colleges, minority-serving institutions (e.g. tribal colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic serving institutions) as well as women's colleges.

Deadline: December 6, 2007

National Science Foundation

Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12726&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04590/nsf04590.htm

The Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG) program is designed to address the fact that certain groups are underrepresented in the geosciences relative to the proportions of those groups in the general population. The primary goal of the OEDG program is to increase participation in the geosciences by African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesians or Micronesians), and persons with disabilities. A secondary goal of the program is to increase the perceived relevance of the geosciences among broad and diverse segments of the population. The OEDG program supports activities that will increase the number of members of underrepresented groups that:

• Are involved in formal pre-college geoscience education programs;
• Pursue bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in the geosciences;
• Enter geoscience careers; and
• Participate in informal geoscience education programs.

The OEDG program consists of two tracks, Track 1: Proof-of-Concept Projects, and Track 2: Full-Scale Projects.

Track 1: Proof-of-Concept Projects - This track supports short-term activities. Track 1 projects include activities that will occur only one time, as well as those that are intended as the testing phase of an anticipated long-term Full-Scale Project.

Track 2: Full-Scale Projects - This track supports longer-term activities that will identify and promote pathways to geoscience careers among members of underrepresented groups.

Proposals to the OEDG competition are solicited every other year.

Due: Most recent round of proposals were due Oct. 18, 2006.  (Next solicitation expected in summer 2008.)

National Science Foundation

Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM (ABP) 

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13646&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund 

This solicitation combines the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program and its Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) activity with the Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program. For clarity, the name Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM is used to represent all three programs encompassed by this combined solicitation. 

This portfolio seeks to increase the number of students successfully completing quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).  Particular emphasis is placed on transforming STEM education through innovative academic strategies and experiences in support of groups that historically have been underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans, Alaskan Natives, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Pacific Islanders.

Deadlines:

Bridges to the Doctorate full proposal due: May 15, 2008

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Letter of Intent due: May 30, 2008; Full proposal due June 27, 2008

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation full proposal due Oct. 10, 2008

LSAMP Educational Research Projects proposals due Oct. 10, 2008

 Programs Aimed at Increasing Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)

The goal of these programs is to increase the total numbers of students in STEM fields, and increasing the diversity of students and faculty in STEM is a key strategy for reaching that goal.

Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500036&org=BIO&from=home

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06591/nsf06591.htm

The goal of the Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM) program is to increase the number and diversity of individuals pursuing graduate studies in all areas of biological research supported by the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences. Support will be provided to academic institutions to establish innovative programs to engage undergraduates in a year-round research and mentoring activity. Particular emphasis will be placed on broadening participation of members of groups historically underrepresented in science and engineering: African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Pacific Islanders, and persons with disabilities.

Due: Preliminary proposal due Sept. 16, 2008; Full proposal due March 3, 2009

National Science Foundation

NSF Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering,  and Mathematics (S-STEM)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate level degree in science and engineering disciplines. Grantee institutions are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, reporting demographic information about student scholars, and managing the S-STEM project at the institution.

The program does not make scholarship awards directly to students; students should contact their institution’s Office of Financial Aid for this and other scholarship opportunities.

Due: Letter of Intent due July 10, 2008; Full Proposal Due Aug. 12, 2008

 National Science Foundation

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM.

Due: Letter of Intent was last due Aug. 7, 2007; Full Proposal was last due Sept. 18, 2007 (annual competition)

 Institutional Doctoral Training Programs

(Encourage enhanced training programs, often with an interdisciplinary flavor.  Increasing diversity is a major criterion but not the only criterion.)

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12759&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund 

The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education, with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also intended to facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.

National Institutes of Health

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Instituional Research Training Grants (T32)

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-468.html

The objective of the NRSA program is to provide predoctoral and postdoctoral research training opportunities for individuals interested in pursuing research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical research.  This program is supported by NIA, NIAAA, NIAID, NIAMS, NIBIB, NCI, NICHD, NIDCD, NIDDK, NIDA, NIEHS, NEI, NIGMS, NHLBI, NHGRI, NIMH, NINDS, NINR, NCCAM, NCRR, and ODS. Each NIH Institute and Center has a unique scientific purview and different program goals and initiatives that evolve over time.  It is therefore critical that all applicants consult with the scientific/research contact at the relevant NIH Institute or Center for current information about program priorities and policies before preparing an application (see Section VII). This action is of utmost importance because applications with marginal or no relevance to the NIH awarding components participating in this funding opportunity announcement will not be accepted for review or considered for funding.

The NIH recognizes a unique and compelling need to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences workforce.  The NIH expects efforts to diversify the workforce to lead to the recruitment of the most talented researchers from all groups; to improve the quality of the educational and training environment; to balance and broaden the perspective in setting research priorities; to improve the ability to recruit subjects from diverse backgrounds into clinical research protocols; and to improve the Nation’s capacity to address and eliminate health disparities.

 Due: January 25th, May 25th and September 25th annually (check with relevant IC, since some don't accept T series applications three times a year)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-101.html

This trans-NIH T32 program is supported by NIA, NIAAA, NICHD, NIDCD, NIDA, NEI, NIGMS, NIMH, and NINDS. This program supports broad and fundamental, early-stage graduate research training in the neurosciences via institutional NRSA research training grants (T32) at domestic institutions of higher education.  Trainees are supported during years 1 and 2 of their graduate training when they are typically not committed to a dissertation laboratory. The primary objective is to prepare qualified individuals for careers in neuroscience that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation.

Due: Letter of Intent due April 25th annually, Applications due May 25th annually

 This program is supported by NIGMS and NINR. The purpose of this T32 program is to support predoctoral research trainees at the behavioral sciences-biomedical sciences interface. The goal of the program is to develop basic behavioral scientists with rigorous broad-based training in biology and biomedical science who are available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.

Due: Letter of Inent due August 25, 2008; Application due Sept. 25, 2008.

National Institutes of Health

NICHD Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology (T32)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-130.html

This program is supported by NICHD. The purpose of this T32 program is to support broad and fundamental, early stage graduate research training in reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology, to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research agenda.

Due: Application due May 10, 2008

National Institutes of Health

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in Systems Biology of Developmental Biology & Birth Defects (T32)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-054.html

This program is supported by NICHD. This T32 program encourages applications for predoctoral NRSA to provide research training in systems biology of developmental biology and/or structural birth defects research.

Due: Letter of Intent due April 25, 2008, 2009, 2010; Application due May 25,2008, 2009, 2010

For Individual Faculty (see also "List of Programs for Junior Faculty")

Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08606/nsf08606.htm

Due February 13

The Directorate for Engineering (ENG) at the National Science Foundation offers a research initiation grant funding opportunity with the goal of broadening participation to all engineers including members from groups underrepresented in the engineering disciplines. 

These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers in engineering disciplines to initiate research programs early in their careers, including those from underrepresented groups, engineers at minority serving institutions, and persons with disabilities.

By providing these funding opportunities, ENG intends to further broaden participation of engineering researchers who share NSF's commitment to diversity in the following ways:

• Expand the population of role models who will interact with an increasingly diverse student population, the workforce of the future
• Increase the number of engineering researchers at minority serving institutions actively and competitively engaged in research as independent investigators, thereby creating new research opportunities for students from underrepresented groups
• Fund engineering research projects that use innovative ways to attract and retain members of underrepresented groups to careers in engineering

National Science Foundation

Research Initiation Grants and Career Advancement Awards to Broaden Participation in Biology (RIG CAA BP)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=10676&org=BIO&sel_org=BIO&from=fund

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07560/nsf07560.htm

With the goal of broadening participation to all biologists including members from groups under-represented in biology, the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) at NSF offers two funding opportunities under this solicitation:

1. Research Initiation Grants (RIG) and

2. Career Advancement Awards (CAA).

Currently, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are under-represented in biology.  These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive BIO funding to

1. initiate research programs early in their careers and

2. advance their careers by adding new approaches or directions to their on-going research programs.

By providing these funding opportunities, BIO intends to further broaden participation of biological researchers who share NSF's commitment to diversity in the following ways:

Expand the population of role models who will interact with an increasingly diverse student population, the workforce of the future

Increase the number of scientists at minority serving institutions actively and competitively engaged in research as independent investigators, thereby creating new research opportunities for students from under-represented groups

Fund biological research projects that use innovative ways to attract and retain members of under-represented groups to careers in biology

Awards are for 24 months and are limited to a maximum of $150,000 total costs (direct plus indirect) with up to an additional $25,000 for equipment. Principal Investigators must be U.S. citizens or lawfully admitted U.S. permanent residents at the time of application; visa-holders are not eligible.

Academic Centers Council

William Diaz Fellowships

http://www.naccouncil.org/diaz.asp

The William Diaz Fellowship will be awarded to faculty members of color at any rank, including senior faculty new to philanthropic and nonprofit management studies whose work focuses on philanthropy, nonprofits and diversity. Two (2) fellowships of $15,000 each will be awarded annually. Funds from these fellowships may be used for support of research, travel to present research at conferences (other than ARNOVA), professional education seminars related to research and teaching on philanthropic and nonprofit studies, and course development. All funds must be expended and accounted for within one year after the end of the fellowship year.

Academic Center Council

 David Stevenson Fellowships

http://www.naccouncil.org/stevenson.asp

The David Stevenson Fellowship will be awarded to junior faculty members of color in tenure track positions who are committed to excellence in research and teaching in the field of philanthropic or nonprofit sector studies or nonprofit management from any one of a variety of academic disciplines.