Applications for Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment in the Biomedical Sciences

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund invites applications for its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program, which will award grants of $60,000 over three years in support of career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance in their careers. 

In each of the first two years, grants of $20,000 will be awarded to support enrichment activities for fellows ($10,000 for research supplies or equipment uniquely required to enhance a fellow’s postdoctoral research and $10,000 for education and training, including costs associated with mentors in the lab where the postdoctoral fellow is assigned). In year three, $20,000 will be granted to help fellows advance research efforts toward the professoriate; funds must be used to develop independent, innovative areas of research.

This year, up to twenty-five awards will be granted for enrichment activities.

Applicants must have no more than thirty-six months of postdoctoral research experience (in a research lab) at the time of application and not be more than five years from his/her PhD; be nominated by a qualified mentor at the degree-granting institution where the applicant will conduct the postdoctoral/fellowship training; and be a member of an underrepresented minority (i.e., American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Hispanic, or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander). Applicants must be a citizen of the U.S. or Canada.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Burroughs Wellcome Fund website.