Apply Now! William G. Coleman Jr., Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award
We are pleased to announce the 2021 NIMHD William G. Coleman Jr., Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award.
This competitive award program is designed to support 1-year innovative research projects contributed by postdoctoral fellows, staff scientists, and staff clinicians within the NIH IRP that have the potential for high impact in any area of minority health and health disparities research.
Application due date: Monday, August 31, 2020 at 5 p.m. EDT.
Applications should be sent as NIMHD Coleman Awards to nimhdcolemanawards@mail.nih.gov.
Award status notification: September 30, 2020.
Dr. William G. Coleman Jr. was a distinguished member of the scientific community. With his appointment as the scientific director of NIMHD’s Intramural Research Program (IRP) in 2011, Dr. Coleman Jr. became the first permanent African American scientific director in the history of the NIH IRP. He was responsible for leading NIMHD’s transdisciplinary portfolio, focusing primarily on the biological and non-biological determinants of health disparities. Dr. Coleman Jr. dedicated himself to mentoring and training future scientists, from grade school students through postdoctoral fellows, particularly in the area of health disparities research.
Learn about eligibility, level of support and application procedures of the 2021 NIMHD William G. Coleman Jr., Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award by visiting: https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/programs/intramural/research-award/research-innovation-award.html
