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Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research" (Funding Opportunity Number PA 08 190) is an NIH-led program, with participation from CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), that provides administrative supplement funding to existing NIH-supported research projects. Its central purpose is to strengthen diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences research workforce by helping currently funded principal investigators (PIs) recruit and support trainees and investigators from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in science. Rather than funding entirely new, stand-alone projects, these awards add money to an active parent grant so that the research team can bring in additional people and provide them with substantive research experiences tied directly to the original project.

A key feature of this opportunity is that only certain active NIH grant mechanisms are eligible, and the PI must already hold one of the specific types of NIH research awards identified in the full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Because these are administrative supplements, the proposed activities must stay within the scientific scope of the parent award. In practical terms, that means the supplement request should support research training and research participation that clearly aligns with the aims, methods, and goals of the funded project, rather than introducing a new research direction unrelated to what NIH originally approved. NIH notes that, even though these supplements support a relatively small fraction of individuals working on NIH-funded research overall, they have proven to be an effective tool for encouraging institutions to recruit talent from underrepresented backgrounds and to create additional entry points into research careers.

The program is open to candidates at multiple career stages, which is one of its strengths. Supplements can be used to support students (including those in earlier training stages), postdoctoral researchers, and eligible investigators, provided they meet the FOA's detailed eligibility criteria. The eligibility focus is on groups underrepresented in science, including individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The intent is not only to provide financial support, but also to expand mentoring, research exposure, and career development opportunities in real research environments where participants can build skills, publications, and professional networks that help them advance to the next career stage.

From an administrative and institutional standpoint, a wide range of organizations may apply, reflecting NIH's broad extramural research ecosystem. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and certain non-501(c)(3) entities), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and state governments. The eligibility language also explicitly includes several institution types that have historically played major roles in educating and serving underrepresented communities, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and faith-based or community-based organizations, along with eligible federal agencies. There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement indicated for this opportunity.

NIH-wide participation is another defining element. All NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), the NIH Common Fund, and NIOSH (CDC) take part, which means the supplement mechanism can potentially be used across a large range of health-related research areas. The CFDA listings connected to the opportunity span many disciplines, including environmental health, genomics, mental health, substance use, cancer, cardiovascular and lung diseases, diabetes and kidney disease, neuroscience, infectious diseases, aging, vision, nursing research, and more. This breadth signals that the diversity supplement program is meant to be a cross-cutting workforce initiative rather than something limited to a single disease area or scientific specialty.

In terms of timing and lifecycle details included in the source data, the opportunity was originally posted December 3, 2008, with the record later created April 6, 2012. The original closing date was September 29, 2011, and the current closing date listed is April 6, 2012, with an archive date of May 6, 2012. The estimated total funding amount in the record is $60,000,000, indicating a substantial pool of funds associated with the broader supplement program, though the exact amount available for any single supplement depends on the parent grant, the candidate's level, and NIH institute-specific considerations described in the FOA. The administering agency is the National Institutes of Health, and the full announcement link provided in the source is http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-190.html, with NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster contacts listed for access or technical issues.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted add-on funding mechanism for active NIH projects that want to create paid, mentored research roles for individuals from underrepresented groups. The program aims to improve representation and retention across the research pipeline by embedding trainees and early-career researchers in existing, productive NIH-funded labs and research teams, while keeping all supported work clearly aligned with the scope and objectives of the original award.

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