Key Dates

Related Announcements

• November 18, 2022 - Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship. See Notice NOT-OD-23-002.
• October 9, 2020 - Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional). See NOFO PA-20-272.

Issued by

Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

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

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

All applications to this funding opportunity announcement should fall within the mission of the Institutes/Centers. The following NIH Offices may co-fund applications assigned to those Institutes/Centers.

Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO)

Purpose

The participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) are inviting applications to support administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to mentorship and enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the biomedical sciences. Funds will support ongoing and future efforts.

The biomedical research enterprise includes a range of research, including basic science, behavioral and social science, and clinical research and will be described hereafter as biomedical research. Excellent mentorship and superior training are critical to developing exceptional future scientists and building a diverse scientific workforce in the U.S. However, these efforts may not always be appropriately recognized or well compensated. As such, the intent of this NOSI is to reach those individuals with limited NIH support.

Mentoring can be defined as “a professional, working alliance in which individuals work together over time to support the personal and professional growth, development, and success of the relational partners through the provision of career and psychosocial support” (NASEM, 2019). Mentorship provides psychosocial and career support, self-efficacy, and science identity; it is also culturally responsive (NASEM, 2019). To date, NIH has supported such efforts via NOT-OD-22-057 and NOT-OD-23-002.  This Notice of Special Interest aims to continue this program into Fiscal Year 2024.

Program Description and Requirements

This administrative supplement recognizes the crucial role that engaged, active mentors play in the development of future leaders in the biomedical research enterprise. This NOSI encourages PD/PIs to promote DEIA and mentorship broadly and as such differs from a Diversity Supplement (PA-23-189). The latter is designed to support research experiences for individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups, through the career continuum from high school to the faculty level. In contrast, this NOSI focuses on mentors who have dedicated their time and effort and made significant contributions, based on evaluation data and publications, to DEIA to apply for an administrative supplement to further their personal research and/or mentoring activities.

The parent award must have an existing mentoring component and the proposed work must be within scope of the funded aims of the parent award. Examples include, but are not limited to:

• a Diversity Supplement associated with the current competitive segment of the parent award
• a Research Education Program that describes mentored research experiences
• a Plan to Provide Mentoring 
• a Plan to Enhance Diverse Perspectives (PEDP)
• or a discrete objective related to mentoring (examples include but are not limited to a description of mentoring others in a specific aim, a section in the research strategy, or a section in the research training program plan).

Mentoring activities may include not only technical expertise, but advice, insight, and professional career skills to college students, graduate students, post-doctorates, and/or early-career faculty as well as throughout the career trajectory. Mentorship can take the form of a dyadic relationship, one mentor working with one mentee, or a variety of configurations, including small groups, and may include any situation where “mentors and mentees...[are]...providers and recipients of unique information and access to resources” (NASEM, 2019 ). Successful mentees have the “ability to define their career goals, identify the skills they need to achieve those goals, and take the necessary steps to make progress toward those goals” (NASEM, 2019).

Note: Proposing to mentor individuals at later career stages must be well justified.

Examples of DEIA excellence:

• Enhancing training-based, mentoring, networking, cohort-building, career development, or psychosocial intervention to increase persistence of individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research enterprise (see, Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity, NOT-OD-20-031)
• Demonstrating overall strong commitment and contributions to enhancing DEIA in the biomedical sciences
• Fostering a diverse and inclusive research workforce and research environment for trainees from all backgrounds
• Assuming leadership roles in DEIA activities, such as leading committees, initiatives, symposia
• Engaging in DEIA service-oriented efforts 
• Demonstrating positive outcomes and meaningful impact of DEIA activities

The following types of applications are not responsive to this NOSI and will not be reviewed:

• Applications only requesting salary support or funds for research equipment/supplies for investigators who are developing their research career akin to the approach of a Diversity Supplement
• Applications to supplement a parent award lacking a mentoring component (see examples above)
• Applications without an explicit mentoring objective in the parent award
• Applications lacking the following information in the list of mentees:
  • each mentee's name
  • start/end dates of training
  • summary of support during training (e.g., grant support and technical skills development, opportunities for networking, leadership)
  • terminal degree received/expected and year
  • position while a mentee (e.g., graduate student, post-doctorate, etc.)
  • current position
  • PD/PI's outreach efforts to enhance DEIA
  • description of outcomes
• Applications lacking a DEIA Statement (please see the instructions for Other Attachments in Application and Submission Information, R&R Other Project Information form below.)

Funds will be provided to perform additional activities within the scope of the funded aims of the parent grant. Funds may also be used for additional trainee slots on an NRSA award ; however, applicants must contact IC staff on the parent award (also see FAQs). Activities must be focused within the United States and territories.

• Eligibility

 To be an eligible individual, PD/PIs must be supported by no more than one institutional award considered an independent NIH  grant at the time of application. Support from awards on the “smaller grants” list do not count toward the independent research project grant award (https://grants.nih.gov/policy/early-investigators/list-smaller-grants.htm). The list of “smaller grants” is being used to determine whether the parent award counts toward the number of independent research project grant award and not ESI status. Only one request per supported PD/PI will be considered. Only one request per awarded grant will be considered.

PD/PIs with prior mentoring experience but no mentoring in their parent grant are not eligible individuals.

Individuals to be added and supported with funds from this administrative supplement must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. For the definition of citizens and noncitizen nationals, please visit:

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1401&num=0&edition=prelim

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1408&num=0&edition=prelim

Active awards with project end dates in July 2025 or later are eligible. The award may not be in a terminal no-cost extension or going into a no-cost extension in FY2024.

FAQs are on the COSWD website: 
https://diversity.nih.gov/sustaining-diversity/deia-mentorship-supplements

Budget

• COSWD intends to commit up to $18 million for this program in FY2024 contingent upon NIH appropriations.
• The application budget should not exceed $250,000 in direct costs per year for one or two years (see below) and should not exceed the direct costs of the parent grant. Applicable F&A (indirect) costs can also be requested. Supplement awards may provide support above the established NOFO budget limits. Requested budgets may not exceed the time remaining in the active parent budget/project period(s) and may not exceed the direct costs of the current award.
• Earliest start date: July/August 2024.

Applications are limited to 1-year for Highly Resourced Institutions (HRIs) and up to 2 years ($250,000 for each year; potentially up to $500,000 total) for Limited-Resourced Institutions (LRIs). 

Funds can be used to cover cost increases that are associated with achieving certain new research objectives, as long as the research objectives are within the original scope of the peer reviewed and approved project, or the cost increases are for unanticipated expenses within the original scope of the project. One-time supplement budget requests cannot exceed $250,000 direct costs. The number of awards will be contingent on availability of funds and receipt of meritorious applications.

To qualify as an LRI, institutions must:

• have received less than $50 million average in annual NIH funds within the three years prior to the time of application, and
• offer doctorate degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science, and
• have a documented historical and current mission or documented historical commitment to educating underrepresented students, and,
• if institutions provide clinical health care services, those services must be provided to medically underserved communities.

These criteria are similar to the Research Centers in Minority Institutions criteria, an independent program. HRIs are institutions that do not meet the LRI criteria.

Administrative supplements can be used to cover costs that are associated with achieving certain new research or training objectives as long as the objectives are within the original scope of the peer-reviewed and approved project; costs associated with enhancing mentor training in the research training environment through the development of evidence-informed educational modules or other activities; and/or costs associated with offering additional trainee slots. Allowable costs for NOT-OD-24-001 are those allowed in the parent grant. If clarification is required, please consult with the IC point of contact listed below.

Application and Submission Information

Before submitting an application, applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with the Program Official for the parent grant or the contact listed below to confirm eligibility and to obtain technical assistance.

Applications for this initiative must be within scope of the parent award and must be submitted using the following opportunity or its subsequent reissued equivalent:

• PA-20-272 - Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)

All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and PA-20-272 must be followed, with the following additions:

• Application Due Date – February 16, 2024 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
• For funding consideration, applicants must include “NOT-OD-24-0001" (without quotation marks) in the Agency Routing Identifier field (box 4B) of the SF424 R&R form. Applications without this information in box 4B will not be considered for this initiative.
• Applications nonresponsive to terms of this NOSI will not be reviewed.
• Applicants are strongly encouraged to notify the program contact at the Institute supporting the parent award that a request has been submitted in response to this NOSI in order to facilitate efficient processing of the request.
• Proposed Activities 
  • For research and research-related grants: The Specific Aims and Research Strategy must be submitted on the PHS 398 Research Plan form. Applicants are allowed one page for Specific Aims and up to three pages for the Research Strategy section. The Research Strategy section should include a summary or abstract of the funded parent award, as well as an explanation of how the additional funds allow the PD/PI to support mentees while expanding the research program within the scope of the parent award. 
  • For training and training-related grants: Information about the proposed Training Plan must be submitted on the PHS 398 Research Training Program Plan form. The Training Plan is limited to 3 pages and should be used if the application is proposing to develop curricula or training activities to enhance mentorship and/or mentor additional trainees. The application must describe the following: 
    • Description of the activities to enhance mentor training in the research training environment and the potential impact on the institution
    • How the effectiveness of the proposed activities will be assessed
    • How the effective activities developed with this funding will be incorporated into the existing biomedical training program(s)
    • Plans for disseminating the activities and outcomes
    • Plans for and institutional commitment to the sustainability of the proposed activities
• Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) form: List the PD/PI as the first person and include a biographical sketch. In the Personal Statement describe leadership roles in DEIA activities; publications, honors, awards, recognition for DEIA and mentoring; service-oriented efforts beyond the needs of own research programs. If adding new key personnel, include biographical sketch. If requesting funds to support trainees, list each trainee following the PD/PI. Attach the trainees’ biosketches and include in the Personal Statement information about their motivation to enter and remain in biomedical and behavioral research and their short-term and long-term career goals.
• R&R Other Project Information form, in the "Other Attachments" field:
  • Attach a DEIA Statement of the PD/PI (1-page maximum). The application must include a DEIA statement from the PD/PI. The DEIA Statement should include a description of the individual’s demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Such commitment may be demonstrated by a track record of tangible activities such as: publications, past or present DEIA leadership, mentoring and outreach activities to enhance DEIA, which may include activities involving groups underrepresented in the biomedical research enterprise described in the Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity, and participation in programs designed to promote DEIA. Describe planned activities during the administrative supplement that develop or enhance skills in mentoring scientists from a variety of backgrounds and to promote inclusive and equitable scientific biomedical research environments. Describe anticipated positive outcomes and impact of DEIA activities.
    • Applications lacking a DEIA Statement will not be reviewed. 
  • Attach a list of current and former trainees/mentees that the PD/PI directly mentored and their outcomes. Applications lacking this list will not be reviewed. The list should include those whom the PD/PI has mentored over the previous 10 years. Include the following information:
    • mentee's name
    • start/end dates of training
    • summary of support during training (e.g., grant support and technical skills development, opportunities for networking, leadership)
    • mentee's terminal degree received/expected and year
    • position while a mentee (e.g., graduate student, post-doctorate, etc.)
    • current position.
  • Provide a brief statement regarding the current amount of unobligated grant funds and expenditure plans to spend down these funds to demonstrate the need for additional funds. This should include unobligated funds from prior budget periods for grants not having automatic carryover. Applicants with significant unobligated balances may not be eligible and should contact their program officer for advice.
  • If applying as an LRI, attach an "Institutional Commitment Letter" (titled as such) from the institution leadership demonstrating that it meets the LRI criteria.

Application Review Information

Administrative supplements do not receive peer review. Instead, the administrative criteria described below will be considered in the administrative evaluation process.

The staff of the NIH awarding component will evaluate requests for a supplement to determine its overall merit. The following general criteria will be used that define outstanding mentorship and eligibility for this supplement award.

• Proposed work is within the scope of the active award.
• Strength of the PD/PI’s commitment to their mentees'/trainees’ scientific and professional development and career progress within the biomedical research enterprise.
• Strength of the PD/PI’s demonstrated commitment and contributions to enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the biomedical sciences.
• The extent to which the proposed activities will
  • have a broader impact on the training environment.
  • develop or enhance skills in working effectively with talented scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds and to promote inclusive, equitable, and accessible scientific biomedical research environments
  • have positive outcomes and meaningful impact to enhance DEIA
  • be completed within the proposed timeline

The following will be considered in making funding decisions consistent with applicable law:

• Scientific and technical merit of the proposed project
• Relevance of the proposed project to program priorities.
• Diversity of
  • Career stage of PD/PI
  • Geographic distribution
  • HRIs and LRIs
• Availability of funds

Post-Award Reporting Requirements

The progress report and budget for the supplement must be included with, but clearly delineated from, the progress report and budget for the parent award. The progress report must include information about the activities supported by the supplement even if support for future years is not requested.

Webinar Information

The webinar will provide prospective applicants the opportunity to understand and ask questions on the scientific scope of this NOSI and technical details for applying. The webinar will be open to all prospective applicants. Participation in the webinar, although encouraged, is optional and is not required for the submission of an application. However, prospective applicants will need to register in order to participate. Prospective applicants are also encouraged to submit their questions regarding the NOSI in advance of the webinar by sending an email to [email protected].

Date: Monday, December 11, 2023

Time: 1:30 - 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

To register for the meeting:

https://nih.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/9716954074120/WN_foERsse_QzyXQuQJXyfQvQ

This event will include closed captioning. Sign language interpreting services and other reasonable accommodations are available upon request. Please describe any reasonable accommodations you need to fully participate in this event by specifying the request in the registration form (see registration link above).

This webinar will be recorded and a video with captioning will be available after the event, and slides will be posted on the COSWD website following the webinar:

https://diversity.nih.gov/sustaining-diversity/deia-mentorship-supplements.

Inquiries

Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss potential requests with their IC Program Officer before submitting the supplement request.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Administrative Supplements Staff
Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD) Office
National Institutes of Health
Email Address: [email protected]

Website (with FAQs): 
https://diversity.nih.gov/sustaining-diversity/deia-mentorship-supplements

Points of Contact at NIH Institutes and Centers: 

NCATS

Andrew Louden, Ph.D., Scientific/Research Contact
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Phone: 301-402-1645
Email: [email protected]

Leslie Le, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Phone: (301) 435-0856
Email: [email protected]

NCCIH

Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D., FACSM
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Phone: 301-594-9346
Email: [email protected]

Debbie Chen
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Phone: 301-594-3788
Email: [email protected]

NCI

JoBeth McCarthy, MPH, CPH, Scientific/Research Contact
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-6478
Email: [email protected]

Shadab Hussain, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-5458
Email: [email protected] 

Crystal Wolfrey, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-6277
Email: [email protected]

NEI

Edwin C Clayton, Scientific/Research Contact
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Phone: 301-480-9350
E-mail: [email protected]

Karen Robinson Smith, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Phone: 301-435-8178
E-mail: [email protected]

NHGRI

Lucia A. Hindorff, PhD, MPH, Scientific/Research Contact
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Telephone: 240-271-1509
Email: [email protected]

Deanna Ingersoll, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Human Genome Research Institute
Phone: (301) 435-7858
Email: [email protected]

NHLBI

Stephanie Webb, Ph.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Phone: 301-827-7992
Email: [email protected]

Anthony Agresti
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Phone: 301-827-8014
Email: [email protected]

NIA

Maria Carranza, Ph.D., Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Phone: none
E-mail: [email protected]

E. C. Melvin, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Phone: 301-480-8991
E-mail: [email protected]

NIAAA

Philippe Marmillot, Ph.D., Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Phone: 301-443-2861
E-mail: [email protected]

Judy Fox, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Phone: (301) 443-4704
E-mail: [email protected]

NIAID

Diane Adger-Johnson, MPH, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Phone: 301-594-5945
email: [email protected]

Katherine Matheson, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Phone: 301-594-4218
E-mail: [email protected]

NIAMS

Heiyoung Park, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Phone: 301-594-5032
E-mail: [email protected]

Leslie Littlejohn, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Telephone: 301-594-2545
Email: [email protected]

NIBIB

Dave Gutekunst, Ph.D., Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Phone: 301-402-5069
E-mail: [email protected]

Katie Ellis, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Phone: 301-451-4791
E-mail: [email protected]

NICHD

Kathryn Adams, Scientific/Research Contact
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-435-2067
Email: [email protected]

Margaret Young, Financial/Grants Management Contact
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-642-4552
Email: [email protected]

NIDA

Angela L Holmes, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Phone: 301-827-2487
E-mail: [email protected]

Pamela G Fleming, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Phone: 301-480-1159
E-mail: [email protected]

NIDCD

Janet Cyr, Ph.D.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Telephone: 301-402-3458
Email: [email protected]

Christopher Myers
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Telephone: 301-402-0909
Email: [email protected]

NIDCR

Shoba Thirumangalathu, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Phone: 301-594-0652
Email: [email protected]

Gabriel Hidalgo, MBA, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Telephone: 301-827-4630
Email: [email protected]

NIDDK

Katrina Serrano, Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Phone: 301-480-7855
Email: [email protected]

Krystle Nicholson
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Phone: 301-594-8860
Email: [email protected]

NIEHS

Fred Tyson, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Telephone: 984-287-3334
Email: [email protected]

Melissa Smarr, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Telephone: 984-287-4507
Email: [email protected]

Jenny Greer, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Telephone: 984-287-3332
Email: [email protected]

NIGMS

Yogesh Wairkar, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Email: [email protected]

Jason Chan, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Email: [email protected]

Justin Rosenzweig, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Email: [email protected]

NIMH

Brittany Haynes, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 301-496-2767
Email: [email protected]

Rita Sisco, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 301-443-2805
Email: [email protected]

NIMHD

Dorothy M. Castille, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Phone: 301-594-9411
E-mail: [email protected]

Priscilla Grant, JD, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Phone: 301-594-8412
E-mail: [email protected]

NINR

Liz Perruccio, MS, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Telephone: 301-402-8084
Email: [email protected]

Ron Wertz, Financial/Grants Management Contact
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Telephone: 301-594-2807
Email: [email protected]

NLM

Leonie Misquitta, PhD
NLM - National Library of Medicine
Phone: 301-827-3511
Email: [email protected]

Samantha Tempchin
National Library of Medicine
Phone: 301-496-4222
Email: [email protected]

SGMRO

Christopher Barnhart, PhD, Scientific/Research Contact
Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO)
Telephone: 301-594-8983
Email: [email protected]