NIH Diversity Supplement

Where can I find additional general advice and resources?

• NIH Diversity Supplement Awards by Year and Administering Institute

• From the NIH: A Systems Approach to Increasing the Diversity of the Biomedical Research Workforce

• University of Pittsburgh CTSI Webinar: How to Apply for Diversity Supplement

• Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging Webinar: NIA Diversity Supplements

• “Demystifying the National Institutes of Health diversity supplement: Mentee and mentor experiences and recommendations” 

• “National Institutes of Health diversity supplements: Perspectives from administrative insiders”

Where can I find additional NIH institute-specific information?

Below are instruction summaries for a number of NIH institutes and centers. These instructions were pulled from institute/center-specific webpages.

• National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

• NCATS Diversity Supplement Summary

• National Institute of 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)

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

• 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 Eye Institute (NEI)

• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• National Human Genome Research Institute

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

• National Library of Medicine (NLM)

• Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)

• Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund)

Where can I review successful diversity supplements awarded to Penn investigators or candidates?

A repository of successful diversity supplements awarded to Penn investigators can be found here. Please note that this information is open only to Penn affiliates and is PennKey-protected. 

Additional sample applications are available by request.

If you are a recipient of a diversity supplement and are willing to add to your materials to this repository for others to reference, please email PennLDI-info@wharton.upenn.edu.