# Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE): Professional Development for Underrepresented Trainees and Junior Faculty

> **NIH NIH R25** · ENDOCRINE SOCIETY · 2023 · $145,800

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Recruitment, training, and retention of a diverse biomedical and clinical workforce is an essential component of
any comprehensive approach aimed at advancing health and health equity. Importantly, while several
organizations, including professional societies, develop trainee-focused programs, relatively few focus on the
unique needs of minorities underrepresented in life sciences, specifically in biomedical and clinical research
particularly throughout critical career transitions. To meet this need, the Endocrine Society developed the
Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Program, a multi-faceted training program
for minority graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and early-stage faculty involved in
endocrine-related research. The objective of the program is to actively foster the professional development of
these early-stage investigators to enhance their preparedness for career advancement within research-based
institutions, the scientific community at large and to develop them as future leaders of the Endocrine Society
itself. Program components include a leadership training workshop, a virtual community, a mentoring program
to build relationships between FLARE fellows and dedicated mentors, a Society-based internship, and a
fellow/alumni symposium. Fellows selected for the internship participate in a governance committee of the
Society and develop mentoring skills by engaging with undergraduate students participating in the Society’s
summer research fellowship program and by visiting minority serving institutions to give seminars and host
mentoring workshops. The FLARE Program also collaborates with other established diversity, inclusion, and
outreach initiatives such as the Keystone Symposia Fellows Program, and the Network of Minority Research
Investigators of the NIDDK, that provide additional opportunities for networking and career advancement in
addition to identifying mentors and new FLARE faculty. Thus, the FLARE Program provides early career
minority investigators with unique and targeted professional development and enhancement opportunities that
prepare them to succeed and emerge as leaders in biomedical and clinical research careers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10650108
- **Project number:** 2R25DK096937-11
- **Recipient organization:** ENDOCRINE SOCIETY
- **Principal Investigator:** E Dale Abel
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $145,800
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2012-08-01 → 2028-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10650108

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10650108, Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE): Professional Development for Underrepresented Trainees and Junior Faculty (2R25DK096937-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10650108. Licensed CC0.

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