The NIH provides funding (referred to as Diversity Supplements) to enhance the diversity of the research workforce by supporting trainees and faculty from groups that are underrepresented in research careers, or PIs who are or become disabled and need additional support for accommodation. These diversity supplements:

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Expiration Date: Varies depending on supplement type

The goal of this NOSI is to provide information to the extramural community regarding an administrative supplement to provide full or part-time mentored research training experiences for individuals with high potential to re-enter, re-integrate into, or re-train in an active research career after an interruption for family responsibilities or other qualifying circumstances as described below. The supplement grants are intended to provide these scientists with an opportunity to update or extend their research skills and knowledge and prepare them to re-establish or revitalize their careers in basic biomedical, behavioral, clinical, translational, or social science research. It is anticipated that by the completion of the supplement support period, the awardee will be prepared to apply for a fellowship (F), career development (K) award, a research award (R), SBIR/STTR, or other types of independent research support.

Re-entry Supplements:

Re-entry Supplements are intended to provide mentored research training opportunities to scientists who’ve had at least 6 months of career interruption due to experience of critical life events.

Re-integration Supplements:

The Re-integration Program addresses the critical need to provide individuals, including predoctoral students, who are adversely affected by unsafe or discriminatory environments resulting from intimidation or bullying, to rapidly transition into new safer, and more supportive research environments. The goal is to provide these individuals with a timely and seamless continuation of their research training program and to safely reintegrate into the biomedical workforce. Unsafe environments may consist of threatening behavior such as sexual and gender harassment; harassment based on being a member of a racial, ethnic, sexual, or gender minority group; disability-based aggression; aggressions associated with religion; and other similar circumstances.

Re-Training and Re-Tooling Program:

The Re-training and Re-tooling Program provides support and protected time for a mentored research experience that allows an early or mid-career candidate to obtain new skills that can allow the candidate to go to a new research direction while augmenting the parent grant. The intent of the program is to facilitate inter-disciplinary partnerships and cross-sector collaborations that would enable the scholar to acquire specialized skills and novel perspectives that would augment the chances for the advancement of their careers.

This would involve the candidate conducting research that, while within the scope of the parent grant, brings to the parent grant theoretical, technical, data analysis, or other methods to be provided through a trans-disciplinary or trans-sector collaboration. It is envisioned that the candidate will engage in research and career development activities at a laboratory, institution, or organization different from their current place of employment. The collaboration should enable the candidate to obtain competencies and establish network connections beyond the candidate’s current/historical field of study. Within the research scope of the parent grant, this can involve the candidate working outside the PI’s lab in other research environments including those in other sectors complementary to academia.

Other Important Information:

The proposed research experience for all three supplement programs must be within the scope of the parent award and integral to the research supported by the parent award. The research and career development plan should address specific gaps in the candidate’s expertise and the candidate’s career goals and include milestones relevant to the research and career development activities. This will allow the candidate to stimulate or re-establish a career as a productive, competitive investigator. Supplemental awards are expected to strengthen the existing research program and reflect the overall programmatic balance and priorities of the NIH funding program.

Special Note: Because NIH ICs may have varying degrees of flexibility in implementing the Re-entry/Re-integration/Re-training programs, potential applicants should consult with the contact at the NIH awarding component at the earliest possible stage to discuss their unique situation (see Table of IC-Specific Information, Requirements, and Staff Contacts). This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is designed specifically for applicants proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary study to a clinical trial. Applicants to this NOFO are permitted to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor.

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Expiration Date: October 9, 2026 

Supplements to Promote Research Continuity and Retention of NIH Mentored Career Development (K) Award Recipients and Scholars):

The overarching goal of this program is to enhance the retention of investigators facing critical life events who are transitioning from mentored career development awards to research independence and to minimize departures from biomedical research workforce. This supplement program is intended to ensure continuity of research among recipients of mentored career development (K) awards by providing supplemental research support to help sustain the investigator’s research during a period in which the PD/PI experiences critical life events which have the potential to impact research progress or potential productivity. Administrative supplements must support work within the scope of the original project.

For the purposes of this program, critical life events that would qualify for consideration include childbirth, adoption, serious personal health issues or illness and/or debilitating conditions, high-risk pregnancy, and primary caregiving responsibilities of an ailing spouse, child, partner, parent or a member of the immediate family during the project. Evidence that the circumstance may affect advancement of the mentored career development award or productivity must be provided. In circumstances in which the critical life event is pending and is expected to occur during the project period, the supplement request may be submitted in advance of the event. Detailed personal health information such as specific diagnoses or medical conditions is not required or necessary to be considered for this supplement.

Mentored individual K awardees who are recipients of the K awards referenced below are encouraged to apply.

For retention supplements to support first-time NIH R01-Equivalent Awards, see companion NOSI (NOT-OD-23-032).

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Expiration Date: October 1, 2025

Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards:

This is the reissuance of Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards (NOT-OD-20-055). The overarching goal of this program is to enhance the retention of investigators facing critical life events who are transitioning to the first renewal of their first independent research project grant award or to a second new NIH research project grant award. Retention at the first renewal or continuous NIH research project grant support is crucial for sustaining both the ongoing research NIH has made an investment in and for retaining diverse talent in the biomedical research workforce. This program supports at-risk investigators as identified in the NIH Next Generation Researchers Initiative (see https://grants.nih.gov/ngri.htm).

This retention program seeks to maintain the productivity of current first-time recipients of eligible independent NIH research project grant awards who are dealing with a critical life event(s), such that they can remain competitive for the first renewal of their award or for a second research project grant award. For retention supplements to support the transition from K award to independence, see the companion NOSI (NOT-OD-23-031).

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Expiration Date: October 1, 2025

The NIH provides a comprehensive database where researchers can search for available grant funding. You can filter the list with the following criterion. 

Parent Administrative Supplement: For requests that do not fall under a specific program. Click here to learn more.

Notices of Special Interest (NOSI): Explore and identify an administrative supplement opportunity for application submission. Click here to learn more. 

All Administrative Supplement Opportunities: Click here to learn more.