Grants to and for Under-Represented Populations

Funder: National Institutes of Health
Title: Career Development Award to Promote Diversity in Neuroscience Research
Webpage: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-065.html
Purpose: Supports an intensive, supervised career development & scientific mentoring experience for promising junior neuroscience investigators to obtain research independence during this award.
Eligibility: Minority, individuals with disabilities, &/or individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds
Discipline area: Natural Science, Physical Science, and Behavioral Science

Funder: National Institutes of Health
Title: Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity
Webpage: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-250.html
Purpose: Supports dissertation awards in aging research to increase diversity of the aging research workforce.
Eligibility: Individuals from underrepresented racial & ethnic groups; individuals with disabilities; & individuals from socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds that have inhibited their ability to pursue a career in health related research
Discipline area: Health related research fields

Funder: National Institutes of Health
Title: Drug Abuse Dissertation Research
Webpage: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-020.html
Purpose: Supports drug abuse doctoral dissertation research in epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services, women, and sex/gender differences, in areas that have a significant need.  No more than $50,000 in direct costs will be given.
Eligibility: Doctoral students
Discipline area: Special attention to individuals from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences

Funder: National Institutes of Health
Title: Mental Health Dissertation Research Grant to Increase Diversity
Webpage: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-132.html
Purpose: Designed to increase diversity of the mental health research workforce by supporting dissertation research.  Award provides up to $35,000 for up to 2 years.
Eligibility: Students from racial & ethnic populations that are underrepresented, students with disabilities; or students from socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds
Discipline area: Biomedical, Behavioral Science

Funder: National Institutes of Health
Title: Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)
Webpage: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/minority/marc.html
Purpose: MARC offers special research training support to institutions with substantial enrollments of underrepresented minorities.  Includes several components:  Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity, Faculty Predoctoral & Senior Fellowships support research training in advances biomedical sciences; U-star prepares students for Ph.D. programs; & Ancillary training Activities supports meetings, conferences, & technical workshops
Eligibility: 4 year institutions
Discipline area: Open

Funder: National Science Foundation 
Title: Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
Webpage:  http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13510&org=CISE&from=home
Purpose: Supports significant increase in number of U.S. students receiving postsecondary degrees in computing disciplines by supporting Alliances, Alliance Extensions, & Demonstration Projects.
Eligibility: Alliance Program
Disciplinary area: Computing

Funder: National Science Foundation 
Title: Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM (ABP)
Webpage: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13646
Purpose: Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation, Educational Research Projects, and Alliances for Graduate Education & Professoriate seek to increase the number of students completing quality degree programs in STEM fields.   
Eligibility: 
Discipline area: Natural & Social Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

Funder: National Science Foundation 
Title: Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)
Webpage: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6668&org=HRD&from=home
Purpose: Promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of faculty research productivity, & expanded presence of students underrepresented in STEM disciplines.
Eligibility: Minority Serving Institutions  
Discipline area: Natural & Social Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

Funder: National Science Foundation 
Title: Graduate Research Supplements (GRS)
Webpage: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07023/nsf07023.jsp
Purpose: Supports students through supplements to current research grants.
Eligibility: Ph.D. students
Discipline area: Electrical Engineering, Biomedical/Biochemical/Environment Engineering

Funder: National Science Foundation 
Title: Research Initiation Grants and Career Advancement Awards
Webpage: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=10676&org=BIO&from=home
Purpose: Supports development & retention of scientists from groups that are underrepresented.  Goals are to expand the population of role models who will interact with an increasingly diverse student population, the workforce of the future, increase the number of scientists at minority serving institutions actively and competitively engaged in research as independent investigators, thereby creating new research opportunities for students from under-represented groups, and fund biological research projects that use innovative ways to attract and retain members of under-represented groups to careers in biology
Eligibility: Open
Discipline area: Natural & Social Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

Funder: 3M Foundation
Title: Building Communities of Opportunity
Webpage: http://www.3M.com/about3m/community
Purpose: The foundation supports organizations involved with arts and culture, education, the environment, health, employment, youth development, human services, and minorities
Eligibility: No grants to individuals, Grant recipient must be 501(c)(3) organization, Unsolicited proposals not accepted
Discipline area: Open

Funder: General Mills Foundation/Corporate Contributions
Title: General Mills Foundation
Webpage: http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/foundation.aspx
Purpose: The foundation support organizations involved with arts and culture, education, hunger, youth nutrition and recreation, disaster relief, human services, and minorities.
Eligibility: No grants to individuals, Grant recipient must be 501(c)(3) organization, limited giving area to areas of major company operations
Discipline area: Open

Funder: Health Resources and Services Administration
Title: Centers of Excellence
Webpage: http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/default.htm
Purpose: Supports schools with health programs to provide programs of excellence in health professions education for minorities.
Eligibility: Public/nonprofit health or educational entities
Discipline area: Health fields

Funder: McElroy Trust
Webpage: http://www.mcelroytrust.org
Purpose: Emphasis on education, particularly for the disadvantaged, early childhood and elementary education and programs for minorities.   Also, there is support through matching funds and fellowships for graduate study.
Eligibility: No grants to individuals, Grant recipient must be 501(c)(3) organization
Discipline area: Open 

Funder: Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
Title: Charitable Grants Program
Webpage: http://www.principal.com/about/giving
Purpose: Supports organizations involved with arts and culture, education, environment, HIV/AIDS, housing, human services, community development, senior citizens, minorities, economically disadvantaged people, and other areas.
Eligibility: Limited giving areas, No grants to individuals, Grant recipient must be 501(c)(3) organization
Discipline area: Open

Funder: Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation
Title:  Education & Careers in Science & Technology
Webpage: http://www.sloan.org/programs/pg_education.shtml
Purpose: Supports programs to strengthen education and increase interest in the nature of science/technology careers.
Eligibility: Foundation's activities do not normally extend to religion, the creative or performing arts, elementary or secondary education, medical research or health care, the humanities or to activities outside the United States
Discipline area: Science/technology

Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Title: Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Grants Program
Webpage: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1110
Purpose: Provides institutional funds for a limited number of undergraduate multicultural scholarships to support students in the food & agricultural sciences.  Institutions propose projects in a subject area of the food & agriculture sciences & then select scholarship recipients.
Eligibility: Undergraduate Institutions
Disciplinary area: Food & Agricultural Sciences

Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Title: Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program
Webpage: http://treelink.org/nucfac/general_info.html
Purpose: Projects must fall under one of the following categories: innovative urban and community forestry for minority and underserved populations, advancing emerging issues, innovative urban and community forestry research and/or technology development, capacity building and special emphasis areas.  
Eligibility: Projects must have national or widespread scope
Discipline area: Agriculture  

Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Title: Capacity Building for Traditionally Underserved Populations
Webpage: http://www.ed.gov/programs/rsatup/index.html
Purpose: Provides financial assistance for projects that provide training, research, technical assistance, or related activities to improve services provided to individuals from minority backgrounds.
Eligibility: Open
Discipline area: Open

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy
Title: Faculty and Student Teams Program
Webpage: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/sci_ed.htm
Purpose: The FaST program will support a team comprised of one faculty member & 2-3 undergraduates for hands on research opportunities in DOE national labs.
Eligibility: Faculty and Undergraduate Students
Discipline area: Science, Engineering, Technology