DEI-Focused Funding Opportunities

Funding from the Department of Neuroscience

The Neuroscience Department has created a fund to support DEI efforts. The Neuro DEI Committee will accept proposals on a rolling basis to support efforts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Proposals will be accepted from Department of Neuroscience students, postdocs, faculty, and staff and must include the following information:

  • Overarching goals of the DEI proposal (one paragraph)
  • Importance to diversity, equity, and inclusion (one page or less)
  • Long term benefit to the participants, department, school or university (one page or less)
  • Budget, including detailed summary of how funds will be used (one page)

Submit your proposals via email to Jamie Maguire.

Please allow one month for proposal review.

Funding Opportunities through NIH

NIH promotes diversity through many Funding Opportunity Announcements. Examples of these opportunities are listed below.