Office of Diversity and Health Disparities (ODHD)

What We Do:

To enhance the pool of underrepresented populations in the sciences, the National Institute on Drug Abuse established the Office of Diversity and Health Disparities (ODHD) 20 years ago. The mission of the ODHD is to strengthen the NIDA extramural research portfolio through a more diverse and robust extramural research workforce, attracting and retaining talented individuals from all backgrounds, and to support research aimed at reducing health disparities in order to fulfill the mission of NIDA.

The ODHD’s goals are to:

1. Recruit and retain underrepresented scholars and researchers actively participating in research.
2. Enhance the pool of independently funded underrepresented scholars and researchers conducting substance use and addiction research.
3. Develop strategies to reduce health disparities and improve the health of vulnerable populations.

What's New from ODHD?

• NIDA is now participating in PAR-21-277, " Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)”.  The program provides support for well-designed courses for skills development and mentoring activities to prepare cohorts of postdoctoral and early-career faculty scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent, tenure-track or equivalent, research-intensive faculty careers. Please see the funding announcement for more information. 
• NIDA Scientific Workforce and Research Diversity Programs, Initiatives, and Funding Opportunities
• NIDA Health Disparities Research and Funding Opportunities

For general NIDA research training, career development, and other funding opportunities see the following links:

• High School and Undergraduate
• Graduate Students
• Postdoctoral Researchers
• Early-Career Investigator Awards
• Mid-Career Investigator Awards
• Institutional Awards

ODHD Staff:

• Staff Listing

Contact Information:

Office of Diversity and Health Disparities
National Institute on Drug Abuse
3WFN MSC 6027
16071 Industrial Dr
​​​​​​​Gaithersburg, MD 20877