Who funds broadening participation in STEM research?

We count 54 funded broadening participation in STEM projects, active between 2020 and 2031, from 8 funders. The most came from Wellcome (13 projects), NIH · NIA (5 projects) and NIH · NCI (4 projects). The median award is $2M, across the 50 of 54 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

54

Funders

8

Median award

$2M

Open calls now

2

Top funders of broadening participation in STEM research

Projects whose title or summary mentions broadening participation in STEM. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open broadening participation in STEM funding calls

2 open calls mention broadening participation in STEM today.

• NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $400,000Deadline: May 26, 2027 ·
• NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $200,000Deadline: May 26, 2027 ·

Forecast: announced, not open yet

1 forecast call on broadening participation in STEM. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastASA Minority Fellowship Program
  American Sociological AssociationNot specifiedOpening date not announced

Funded broadening participation in STEM projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• Interlinked burdens: Understanding the diabetes-depression syndemic in continental Africa
  Wellcome · £782,273 · ends 2031
• Rural Health Disparities in AD/RD: The Health & Aging Brain Study - Health Disparities Rural
  NIH · NIA · $3,677,375 · ends 2031
• North Carolina Agricultural and Technincal State University: Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)
  NIH · NIMHD · $3,905,789 · ends 2031
• A Latin American pangenome for mapping structural variation of medical relevance in underrepresented indigenous ancestries
  Wellcome · £2,222,081 · ends 2031
• The AfricAsia Single Cell Genomics Initiative
  Wellcome · £5,634,311 · ends 2030
• Hawaiian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander (HAAPI) Coordinating Center
  NIH · NHLBI · $4,168,697 · ends 2030
• The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of California, Irvine
  NIH · NIA · $4,325,343 · ends 2030
• Semiconductor Exposure, Exploration, and Development Collaborative to Broadening Participation in STEM Education
  NSF · EDU · $500,000 · ends 2029
• Optimizing validity of comparative effectiveness research in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias using large language models
  NIH · NIA · $3,687,278 · ends 2029
• Alaska native communities face some of the nation's highest rates of food insecurity, diet-related chronic disease, and environmental…
  USDA · $499,976 · ends 2029

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “broadening participation or underrepresented”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.