# Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Genomic Research.

> **NIH NIH R25** · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · 2021 · $1

## Abstract

The Broad Institute’s DAP was created in 2003 and has an exceptional record of training members of groups
that are historically underrepresented (UR) in STEM, for research careers in genomics and biomedical science.
Broad’s training rests on the wealth of research demonstrating that UR students do not have deficits that must
be corrected. Instead, we recognize that our historic approach to scientific training and research drives out
members of minoritized groups from environments that are not created to support them. We build on
documented strategies that contribute to UR persistence in STEM, developing and implementing curriculum to
build trainees’ science identity and science self-efficacy and elevate outcome expectations. We will continue to
offer summer research experiences to undergraduates, and training to post-baccalaureate scholars, to support
their commitment and eventual success, in graduate studies. In these comprehensive programs we incorporate
mentored, cutting-edge genomics research, career preparation workshops and rigorous training in
communication skills to integrate trainees into the community and practice of research. In addition, our training
makes explicit the “unwritten curriculum” that trainees must acquire to navigate the frequently unspoken
standards and norms needed to succeed in research. By directly addressing aspects of socialization that
pertain to members of marginalized communities, the Broad’s DAP prepares trainees to persist in the face of
challenges that arise from aspects of their social identities that are not prevalent in most research
environments. The Broad’s multidisciplinary, highly collaborative environment and the support network that
includes myriad career trajectories, has proven to be a potent incubator of our trainees’ aspirations.
We are also committed to broadening access to genomics training. In collaboration with colleagues at Spelman
College we will organize, in Atlanta, the annual AUC-Broad Computational Genomics Workshop. The two-day
workshop will draw together faculty and trainees from Spelman College, Morehouse College, Morehouse
School of Medicine and Clark Atlanta University, which comprise the oldest association of historically Black
colleges and universities, for scientific presentations and hands-on training with tools, datasets and other
resources for research in genomics. Broad scientists will meet with AUCC researchers to discuss potential new
approaches and collaboration. The second day will be devoted to integration of genomics concepts into AUC
teaching, with input from Broad scientists and as facilitated by Spelman faculty who have trained for this role at
the National Academies Summer Institutes in Scientific Teaching. We will evaluate our program and its
outcomes, tracking the participants with respect to clear metrics. Our proposal builds on 17 years of success in
training UR scientists, as defined by persistence and advancement in science and research careers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10089014
- **Project number:** 2R25HG006682-09
- **Recipient organization:** BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** Bruce W. BIRREN
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2012-03-13 → 2026-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10089014

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10089014, Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Genomic Research. (2R25HG006682-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10089014. Licensed CC0.

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