Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship

This administrative supplement recognizes the crucial role that engaged, active mentors play in the development of future leaders in the biomedical research enterprise. This NOSI encourages PD/PIs to promote DEIA and mentorship broadly and as such differs from a Diversity Supplement (PA-23-189). The latter is designed to support research experiences for individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups, through the career continuum from high school to the faculty level. In contrast, this NOSI focuses on mentors who have dedicated their time and effort and made significant contributions, based on evaluation data and publications, to DEIA to apply for an administrative supplement to further their personal research and/or mentoring activities.

The parent award must have an existing mentoring component and the proposed work must be within scope of the funded aims of the parent award. Examples include, but are not limited to:

• a Diversity Supplement associated with the current competitive segment of the parent award
• a Research Education Program that describes mentored research experiences
• a Plan to Provide Mentoring 
• a Plan to Enhance Diverse Perspectives (PEDP)
• or a discrete objective related to mentoring (examples include but are not limited to a description of mentoring others in a specific aim, a section in the research strategy, or a section in the research training program plan).