Funding Opportunity: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science Diversity Leadership Awards
URL: https://chanzuckerberg.com/rfa/science-diversity-leadership-award/
Purpose: To support outstanding early-to-mid-career biomedical researchers who – through their outreach, mentoring, teaming, and leadership – have a record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in their scientific communities. Applicants will have made significant research contributions to the biomedical sciences, show promise for continuing scientific achievement, and demonstrate leadership in efforts to diversify the sciences. Applicants will perform research related broadly to biomedical sciences. Preference will be given to research programs that align with CZI Science and/or programs with diversity as a research component.
Eligibility: MD, PhD, ScD, MD/PhD, DDM, DVM, or equivalent with independent investigator status. Non-tenured and tenured faculty are eligible to apply. Applicants should have been in their first independent position for at least three years and less than ten years as of the opening of the Letter of Intent (LOI) application (after 10/03/2014 and before 10/03/2021). Independence in an academic setting is typically demonstrated by a full-time faculty appointment, a tenure-track position, allocated space, a start-up package, and institutional commitment as defined or verified in a letter from a department chair or equivalent. Independence may be defined differently in different types of organizations.
Funding: $1.15 million over five years ($230,000 total costs per year), including 15% for indirect costs (IDC)
Key Dates:
December 3, 2024, 5 p.m. PST, LOI due
April 8, 2025, 5 p.m. PST, Application due
August 2025, Earliest award notification
Previous Awards: https://chanzuckerberg.com/science/programs-resources/science-diversity-leadership-awards/