NIH RFI to Advance and Strengthen Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

NIH recently released the Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions to Advance and Strengthen Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Biomedical Research and Advance Health Disparities and Health Equity Research.

NIH is seeking input on practical and effective ways to improve the racial and ethnic diversity and inclusivity of research environments and the biomedical research workforce across the United States, to the extent permitted by law.

Please share this RFI with your colleagues, partners, and network to encourage broad input and perspectives that will help create a more diverse and equitable scientific workforce. Responses must be submitted by April 9, 2021.

In particular, NIH is interested in comments from higher education administrators, undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scientists, biomedical faculty (especially early stage), scientific societies and advocacy organizations, community partners, academic institutions (especially Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and other institutions that have shown a historical commitment to educating students from underrepresented groups), and racial equity organizations on strategies to enhance equity, diversity, and inclusion within the scientific workforce and advance health disparities research.

Questions about the RFI can be sent to: UNITEInitiative@nih.gov

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