NIH NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)

Anyone who is planning to submit a proposal to this program must provide the information requested below via email to[email protected] by Wednesday, June 26. No internal proposal is required at this time.

Please provide the following:

  • PI – Name, department, and contact information
  • Co-PI(s) – Name and department
  • Project Title

Questions should be sent to [email protected]

Program Summary: The over-arching goal of this program is to support educational activities/programs that enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce by:

  1. increasing the pool of current and future Ph.D.-level research scientists from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical neuroscience research; and, 
  2. facilitating the career advancement/transition of the participants to the next step of their neuroscience careers.

To accomplish this goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on NINDS relevant research experiences, mentoring activities that enhance competencies or leadership education and courses on skills development.  Programs that target transitions and/or more than one career stage for neuroscience career advancement and progression are strongly encouraged. NINDS support for this R25 program relies equally on scientific merit and programmatic considerations. Consequently, potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Scientific/Research staff at NINDS before preparing an application. NINDS will not support projects if they do not fulfill current programmatic priorities at NINDS.

Groups identified as underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences, are defined as follows:

  1. Individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis (see data at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/showpub.cfm?TopID=2&SubID=27) and the report Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering). The following racial and ethnic groups have been shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research: Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
  2. Individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, as described in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.  See NSF data at, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2013/pdf/tab7-5_updated_2014_10.pdf.
  3. Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, defined as:
    1. Individuals who come from a family with an annual income below established low-income thresholds. These thresholds are based on family size, published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census; adjusted annually for changes in the Consumer Price Index; and adjusted by the Secretary for use in all health professions programs. The Secretary periodically publishes these income levels at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/index.shtml.
    2. Individuals who come from an educational environment such as that found in certain rural or inner-city environments that has demonstrably and directly inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to develop and participate in a research career.

Program URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-312.html