Does NIH offer any special opportunities for underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, including minorities?
NINR has consistently offered opportunities to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research workforce, specifically in nursing research investigators. Over the years, NIH has developed a number of opportunities for underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, including minorities. The NINR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Underrepresented or Disadvantaged Investigators (K01) is one approach to increasing diversity of nurse investigators by providing additional research career development opportunities with financial support. This Program Announcement (PA) seeks to address the lack of diversity of qualified nurse scientists in research settings by enhancing the research capabilities of underrepresented or disadvantaged nurse investigators so that these individuals may establish research laboratories and research programs in nursing science. There is abundant evidence that the research, biomedical, and health enterprise will directl
