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Related Announcements

•  September 13, 2023 - NIAID and NIDDK Research Opportunities for New and "At-Risk" Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional).  See NOFO PAR-23-275.

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is correct a link in PAR-23-275, NIAID and NIDDK Research Opportunities for New and "At-Risk" Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional).

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Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section I. Notice of Funding Opportunity Description

Underrepresented Populations in the U.S. Biomedical, Clinical, Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Enterprise

7. Grew up in one of the following areas: a) a U.S. rural area, as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer  ( https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health ),  or b) a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-designated Low-Income and Health Professional Shortage Areas ( https://www.qhpcertification.cms.gov/s/LowIncomeandHPSAZipCodeListingPY2020.xlsx?v=1 ) (qualifying zip codes are included in the file). Only one of the two possibilities in #7 can be used as a criterion for the disadvantaged background definition.

Students from low socioeconomic (SES) status backgrounds have been shown to obtain bachelor’s and advanced degrees at significantly lower rates than students from middle and high SES groups (see  https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_tva.asp ), and are subsequently less likely to be represented in biomedical research. For background see Department of Education data at,  https://nces.ed.gov/ ;  https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_tva.asp ;  https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/advancing-diversity-inclusion.pdf

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Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section I. Notice of Funding Opportunity Description

Underrepresented Populations in the U.S. Biomedical, Clinical, Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Enterprise

7. Grew up in one of the following areas: a) a U.S. rural area, as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer  ( https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health ),  or b) a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-designated Low-Income and Health Professional Shortage Areas ( https://www.qhpcertification.cms.gov/s/LowIncomeandHPSAZipCodeListingPY2020.xlsx?v=1 ) (qualifying zip codes are included in the file). Only one of the two possibilities in #7 can be used as a criterion for the disadvantaged background definition.

Students from low socioeconomic (SES) status backgrounds have been shown to obtain bachelor’s and advanced degrees at significantly lower rates than students from middle and high SES groups (see  https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/#indicators ), and are subsequently less likely to be; represented in biomedical research. For background see Department of Education data at, https://nces.ed.gov/ ; https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/#indicators ;  https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/advancing-diversity-inclusion.pdf .

All other aspects of the NOFO remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

NIAID
Diane Adger-Johnson, MPH
Office of Research Training and Special Programs (ORTSP)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 240-669-2924
Email: [email protected]

Eric W. Refsland, PhD
Division of AIDS (DAIDS)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 301-761-7193
Email: [email protected]

Timothy A. Gondré-Lewis, PhD
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation (DAIT)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 240-627-3566
Email: [email protected]

Inka I. Sastalla, PhD
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 301-761-6431
Email: [email protected]

NIDDK
Jenna Norton, PhD, MPH
Division of Kidney Urologic and Hematologic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Telephone: 301-928-5509
Email: [email protected]

Raquel Greer, MD, MHS
Division of Kidney Urologic and Hematologic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Telephone: 301-402-0306
Email: [email protected]

Mary Evans, Ph.D. (for nutrition and obesity research)
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Telephone: 301-594-4578
Email: [email protected]

Peter Perrin, Ph.D. (for digestive diseases research)
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Telephone: 301-451-3759
Email: [email protected]

Lisa Spain, Ph.D.
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Telephone: 301-451-9871
Email: [email protected]