We are interested in assisting members of the following populations, which are nationally underrepresented in the U.S. biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences research enterprise (see NOT-OD-18-210 for more information):
Definitions for Individuals with Disabilities and Disadvantaged Backgrounds:
Individuals with disabilities: defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, as described in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended. See NSF data at, https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2017/nsf17310/static/data/tab7-5.pdf.
"Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds: if individual meets two or more of the following criteria:
Grew up in one of the following areas: a) a U.S. rural area, as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer (https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health), or b) a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-designated Low-Income and Health Professional Shortage Areas (qualifying zipcodes are included in the file). Only one of the two possibilities in #7 can be used as a criterion for the disadvantaged background definition."