21st Century Scientists:
Research Training Opportunities for Underrepresented Minorities
Other Support
The Division supports and organizes meetings and other activities that promote minority participation in biomedical and behavioral research. MORE also collaborates with the Indian Health Service on a special program that links the Native American community with organizations that conduct health research. The program encourages research on diseases relevant to American Indians and Alaska Natives, and it prepares Native American scientists and health professionals to compete for NIH funding.
In addition to the programs described above, there are other NIH activities that attract and encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue biomedical and behavioral research careers. One of these provides supplements to existing research grants, enabling people at the high school through faculty levels to work in the labs of scientists holding the grants. Another makes grants to institutions for predoctoral and postdoctoral training programs; the institutions select the students to be supported with these funds.