The ASPIRE: A Supplement to Promote Inclusion for Research Excellence from Susan G. Komen supports the diversity of the breast cancer research workforce by providing a supplement to existing holders of grants from Susan G. Komen, the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the National Science Foundation (NSF) to hire trainees from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research. Trainees supported by this supplement must be from one or more the following racial and ethnic groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research, as per data from the 2021 US National Science Foundation report on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islander. The Award provides up to 80,000 USD to cover the trainee’s salary for 1-2 years.
Applications close on December 1, 2022.
