Purpose: To enable current AHA awardees to identify and serve as mentors for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups in science and medicine:
- Individuals from one or more racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in science, including: Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
- LGBTQ+ individuals
- Individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
- Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, defined as those who meet two or more of the following criteria:
- Were or currently are homeless
- Were or currently are in the foster care system
- Were eligible for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program for two or more years
- Have/had no parents or legal guardians who completed a bachelor’s degree
- Were or currently are eligible for Federal Pell grants
Deadline: Feb. 6, 2025
Eligibility Requirements
Currently-funded AHA faculty awardees with at least one year of funding remaining on the original award term at the time of activation (April 1, 2023).
Up to two additional co-mentors are permitted, but are not required.
Awardees who hold the following AHA grants are eligible to serve as mentors for this supplement:
- AHA Merit Award
- Career Development Award
- Collaborative Sciences Award
- Established Investigator Award
- Innovative Project Award
- Transformational Project Award
- Project PIs of a funded Strategically Focused Research Network