2023 HGSI Application Now Open!

2023-25 Human Genetics Scholars Initiative Application

ASHG, in partnership with NHGRI, Biogen, GSK, Roche, and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) is pleased to provide the Human Genetics Scholars Initiative, a program launched in April 2019 to help advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the field. The program will:

1. Identify, mentor, and help prepare a select, diverse cohort of high-potential, early-career individuals for professional success.
2. Develop and sustain a community of researchers across generations committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, who are willing to foster sustained attention to these issues in their research institutions and training programs.

ASHG recognizes there is a great need to promote diversity and inclusion in the human genetics research workforce—a need reinforced by many studies of the larger research community and experience within human genetics. Greater diversity would welcome and include individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups; individuals with disabilities; and individuals from socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds (as defined by the National Institutes of Health).

Over the course of this two-year, intensive program, each scholar will receive:

• Complimentary ASHG membership for two years.
• Complimentary registration, travel, and hotel accommodation for two Annual Meetings.
• A dedicated mentor for the two-year period, and support in identifying and building other potential mentor relationships, such as peer and subject-matter mentors.
• $1,000 annually in enrichment funds for qualified career development of their choosing.

ASHG members can also get involved in this program by becoming a mentor to a future scholar!

Please contact Zenobia Bryant, PhD, Senior Manager, Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, at zbryant@ashg.org with any questions.