Fellowships/Funding

For Graduate Students:

Provost Diversity Fellowship for Advanced Doctoral Students

Application Deadline: September 30 (annually)

HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study

Application Deadline: cycle begins in fall

NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31 – Diversity)

For Postdoctoral Researchers: 

NIH NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K99)

Application Deadline: February 12 (cycle I), June 12 (cycle II), October 12 (cycle III)

HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellowship Program

For Staff: 

Toni McBride Wellness Scholarship 

General:

Comprehensive List of External Funding Opportunities (via John Hopkins University)

Conference Opportunities

NOBCChe: National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Annual Meeting

SACNAS NiDSTEM: National Diversity in Stem Conference

ABRCAMS: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students

Professional Development Opportunities

SACNAS CareerCon

National Society of Black Engineers Convention

Conflict Resolution

We have compiled available resources from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics including a conflict resolution guide and a comprehensive list of questions for both faculty advisors and trainees that can be used as a framework to facilitate discussion.

Expectations Discussion Questions- Graduate Student

Expectations Discussion Questions- Advisor

Incident Reporting

Title IX Reporting: a list of mandatory reporters of Title IX violations can be found here. Any member of the Cornell community is able to submit a report to the Title IX office.  

The Cornell Office of Diversity and Inclusion is committed to tracking bias incidents on campus. You can report a bias incident here.

General Cornell Resources 

Building Allyship Series

Careers Beyond Academia 

Cornell Access Fund

Cornell Diversity and Inclusion

Cornell LGBTQ+ Resource Guide

Cornell Food Pantry

D&I Toolkit for Leaders

Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council

Women Innovators Initiative