Diversity Training and Biomedical Workforce Development Branch (DTBWDB)

Priorities

• Support and develop programs and initiatives aimed at cultivating a diverse cancer workforce, ensuring researchers possess the relevant skills, knowledge, and resources needed to succeed in cancer research.
• Extend and expand the period of training, providing professional development guidance and mentoring to create a sustainable pathway toward research independence.
• Emphasize strategic and scientific areas of greatest need (e.g., cancer health disparities research, a broad range of data science areas, multicancer vaccines, interdisciplinary cancer research, etc.) in basic, behavioral, clinical, and translational cancer research to advance the next generation of competitive multidisciplinary cancer researchers from groups underrepresented in cancer research.
• Promote and enhance early-intervention strategies to engage, inspire, and support a talented and diverse pool of students at the earliest levels of schooling, helping them envision biomedical research as a career path.

Programs

• Diversity and Re-Entry Supplements (DS) Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (DS)
• Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31-Diversity)‒The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)
• Career Development Awards to Promote Diversity (K01, K08, and K22)
• Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research (R21)
• Youth Enjoy Science (YES) R25 Institutional Award
• Early Investigator Advancement Program (EIAP)
• Cancer Moonshot Scholars
• Professional Advancement Virtual Engagement Series (PAVES)