What is the Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity?
It is a plan that institutional research training, institutional career development, and research education grant award (e.g., T32, T35, K12, CTSA, and R25) applicants must include in their application. The plan should describe their recruitment and retention efforts to diversify the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences workforce through increased participation of talented individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups; individuals with disabilities; and individuals from economically, socially, culturally, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. Institutions are encouraged to identify candidates who will increase diversity on a national or institutional basis. The T34 Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) and the Career Opportunities in Research Program (COR) are legislatively mandated programs to increase the recruitment of underrepresented minorities into science and thus are not covered by this policy.
