# Plan to Enhance Diversity (PED)

> **NIH NIH P30** · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · 2024 · $301,313

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – PLAN TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY (PED)
The Salk Cancer Center (SCC) values diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the research workforce, as we
believe it improves science by promoting unique perspectives, enabling healthy social engagements and
cooperation, and facilitating innovation. For the first time in our history, we have enshrined these values into the
top level of the SCC Strategic Plan. Importantly, the Plan to Enhance Diversity (PED) has equal weight and
importance as the other four elements of the SCC Strategic Plan, namely Science, Infrastructure, Education &
Training, and Philanthropy. This is critical because SCC goals can only be achieved if the SCC membership,
leadership, and stakeholders represent the diversity of the nation. Over the past several years, the Salk Institute
and SCC have systematically evaluated our DEI efforts, beginning with a comprehensive climate survey
developed and administered by an outside organization. This was followed by a series of town hall meetings
seeking more detailed input from the Salk community. The SCC sought additional input from our External
Advisory Board and a broad section of SCC faculty and trainees. From these efforts, the SCC identified four key
opportunities to establish a sustained DEI-oriented culture. These are to: 1) increase diversity in SCC leadership
and committees, 2) recruit more diverse candidates across all stages of the scientific workforce, 3) secure public
and private funding to support DEI activities, 4) and improve awareness about SCC efforts related to DEI.
Importantly, we are making systematic and significant steps toward seizing these opportunities. The SCC is the
most significant scientific organization at Salk, bringing together diverse research interests and resources across
the Institute. Thus, the SCC will implement the PED with the understanding that leadership by example will, in
turn, contribute to a sustained cultural change across the Salk Institute as a whole. The PED aims to create a
diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, foster a sustained, long-term commitment to DEI, and identify and
fund existing and new opportunities intended to increase DEI across the SCC. Efforts spearheaded by the SCC
will include: 1) advocating for the recruitment, promotion, and retention of faculty and trainees from diverse
backgrounds into leadership positions, 2) networking and training within and outside the Salk Institute to help
develop future leaders in DEI, 3) expanding trainee networks through courses, conferences, and organizations
focused on diversity, and 4) identifying and pursuing targeted funding opportunities through governmental and
private philanthropic opportunities. Finally, we will implement a plan to broaden awareness of Salk’s many DEI
efforts within the research community. Salk is one of the premier research institutes in the world, generating
future thought leaders across disciplines. Our efforts will provide new opportunities for t...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10769664
- **Project number:** 2P30CA014195-51
- **Recipient organization:** SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
- **Principal Investigator:** Dmitry Lyumkis
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $301,313
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1996-12-31 → 2029-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10769664

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10769664, Plan to Enhance Diversity (PED) (2P30CA014195-51). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10769664. Licensed CC0.

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