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Building Research and Implementation Capacity for Driving Growth and Equity (BRIDGE) Training Collaborative Program

Award Number: R25AI189240
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2031

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Building Research and Implementation Capacity for Driving Growth and Equity (BRIDGE) Training Collaborative Program - Abstract Despite decades of efforts to increase representation in American higher education, racial equity in full-time faculty positions for underrepresented minority (URM) groups remains an unrealized goal. Greater representation of Black scholars in American academia and other research positions is needed to foster innovative solutions to cross-disciplinary racial health equity issues. To help address this underrepresentation and to increase diversity in the scientific research workforce, we propose to leverage our team’s health equity- focused research portfolio to provide research training combined with community-based experiential learning opportunities for URM undergraduate students through the Building Research and Implementation capacity for Driving Growth and Equity (BRIDGE) Collaborative Training Program at George Washington University (GWU). BRIDGE trainees will receive six weeks of paid summer residential training and a year-long virtual participatory learning program, culminating in at least one academic publication. The residential program will be hosted at GWU and will provide BRIDGE trainees the opportunity to engage in collaborative research efforts, to meet and network with researchers, clinicians, and community-based organization leaders, and to kickstart their research careers through the training needed to produce original health equity research. Our Specific Aims are: Aim 1: Identify and recruit URM trainees for the BRIDGE Collaborative Training program. We will recruit a total of 8 trainees each summer from 4 participating institutions per year to participate in the BRIDGE collaborative. Aim 2: Implement an HIV implementation science and equity training curriculum, residential research training program combined with community-based experiential learning opportunities in Washington, DC. Aim 3: Form and sustain virtual learning communities that will meet before and after the residential session, provide peer support and guidance among students and receive mentorship from a BRIDGE Collaborative Training program.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $376,266 )
2026	2026	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)	1918 F ST NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20052	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	1	5/1/2026	NEW	$376,266
														Subtotal = $376,266

Grand Total All Awards = $376,266

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Building Research and Implementation Capacity for Driving Growth and Equity (BRIDGE) Training Collaborative Program

Award Number: R25AI189240

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2026

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2031

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