Program Overview by Career Stage

NIGMS offers a number of programs designed to encourage minority students to pursue training for scientific careers and to enhance the science curricula and research capabilities of faculty at institutions with substantial minority enrollments. These programs are available for institutions, individuals, or organizations. For more information about these programs, see the table below.

Programs for Institutions (which select students to be supported)

Program	Community College Student	Under-graduate Student	Post-Baccalaureate Student	Master's Student	Ph.D. Student	Post-doctoral Fellow	Faculty Member
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)
Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) Awards (T34)
Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS)
Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program (R25)
Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) Program (R25)
Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Program (SC1, SC2, SC3)
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Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program (R25)
Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25)
Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25)
Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12)

Programs for Individuals

Program	High School Student	Community College Student	Under-graduate Student	Post-Baccalaureate Student	Master's Student	Ph.D. Student	Post-doctoral Fellow	Faculty Member
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)
MARC Predoctoral Fellowships (F31)
NIGMS Individual Predoctoral Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31)
MARC Faculty Predoctoral Fellowships (F34)
MARC Faculty Senior Fellowships (F33)
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MORE Faculty Development Awards (K14)
Research on Interventions that Promote Research Careers (R01)

Programs for Organizations

MARC Ancillary Training Activities Grants (T36)

Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13, U13)

Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH)

Other Training Programs and Opportunities

Program	High School Student	Community College Student	Under-graduate Student	Post-Baccalaureate Student	Master's Student	Ph.D. Student	Post-doctoral Fellow	Faculty Member
Institutional Training Grants (T32) - Predoctoral, Postdoctoral
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research