Who can be a mentor?
If you are currently a principal investigator on an NIH grant than you can
apply for administrative supplements to support underrepresented minorities
at the high school to junior faculty levels. Additionally, you should
meet the following criteria:
What are the steps to submitting my application as a mentor?
Once I submit the mentor application how do potential applicants contact me?
Students, postdocs, and junior faculty members will search the database for mentors that meet their research interests. Once they select a potential mentor, they will submit an application directly to you.
What happens after an applicant contacts me?
How many students/postdocs/junior
faculty can I support at one time?
Usually, you can only request one applicant at a time. For additional
information, please contact your Program Officer or Institute Coordinator
(LINK) at the NIH agency that awarded your current grant.
How are applicants paid?
Applicants are paid based upon their level of expertise. For more information please go to: Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities program announcement
To whom do I submit the research supplement application?
The process can be initiated by contacting your program officer or the Institute Coordinator at the NIH agency that awarded your current grant. You should ask for a Research Supplement for Underrepresented Minorities.
Who sees the information I submit?
Professional information submitted by you regarding your research program and interest in mentoring minority students will be stored in a database to allow applicants to search for a mentor. NIH will maintain data on the number of people visiting the site and individual pages, the number of people completing mentoring and application forms, and group-level demographic data on applicants. Any personal information provided by applicants will be submitted directly to potential mentors identified by the applicants, and will not be maintained by NIH. For further information, please contact Ronald Abeles.
For information about the program, please refer to the Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities program announcement. If additional information is needed, please contact one of the Institute Coordinators.
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