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INSPIRE: Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education
INSPIRE is a 24-month long research program for American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and other Indigenous pre- and post-doctoral students and early career scholars, focused on connecting fellows with scientific mentors across interdisciplinary fields and providing funding for pilot studies.
The INSPIRE training program offers a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary training in Indigenous health and health disparities research, with access to scientific mentors across fields. The two-year-long research training program features individualized mentorship, research and writing retreats, grant development workshops, and seed funding to attend conferences and/or meetings with mentors and mentorship teams. Doctoral trainees, postdoctoral trainees, and early career investigators (pre-tenure) are encouraged to participate. Program scholars are matched with scientific mentors and receive up to $21,600 (postdoctoral) or $10,800 (pre-doctoral) to use to conduct or develop pilot studies. Program scholars are also eligible for writing incentives to reward productivity and publication.
20+ fellows
$180,00 in funding
20 Indigenous postdoctoral and pre-doctoral fellows have received in total over $180,000 in funds to conduct pilot studies around traditional medicines and substance use, travel to conferences, meet with mentors, and publish manuscripts.
