Fellowships/Funding

For Graduate Students:

Provost Diversity Fellowship for Advanced Doctoral Students

Application Deadline: September 30 (annually)

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Application Deadline: cycle begins in the fall, 2023 will be the last cycle 

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: September 11- 14, 2023

SACNAS NiDSTEM: National Diversity in Stem Conference: October 26-28, 2023

ABRCAMS: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students

Professional Development Opportunities

SACNAS CareerCon: April 24-28, 2023 *applications currently open

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