The Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity (TWD) supports programs that foster research training and the development of a strong and diverse biomedical research workforce. The division funds research training, career development, diversity and capacity-building activities through a variety of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, faculty and institutional levels.
The division offers support in several areas: undergraduate and predoctoral training, postdoctoral training and capacity building. Contact names for these areas are listed on the Contacts by Research Area page.
Undergraduate and Predoctoral Training
TWD supports innovative programs aimed at developing the capabilities of institutions to train undergraduate and predoctoral students, including those from populations that have traditionally been underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral research workforce.
Postdoctoral Training
TWD supports research, research training, fellowship, career development and research education grants. In addition, the division supports supplements to research grants that promote diversity of the biomedical and behavioral research workforce by providing research experiences for students and fellows at all levels from high school through postdoctoral training.
Capacity Building
The division offers a number of programs aimed at increasing the research capabilities of institutions and the research competitiveness of faculty at institutions with substantial enrollments of students from underrepresented groups and those that have historically not received significant levels of research funding from NIH.
For more information about NIGMS research training, workforce development, and diversity programs, contact:
Dr. Clifton A. Poodry
Director, Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
45 Center Drive MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
301-594-3900