Welcome!

Thank you for considering our COURAGE program. This site is designed to give you detailed information about our long-term goals, the application process, and for you to get to know a little bit more about our faculty and staff. We welcome you to contact us with any questions or requests for further information!

We offer a comprehensive longitudinal career advancement program, Creating Opportunities for Underrepresented Researchers to Achieve Growth and Excellence (COURAGE)

This is a collaboration between:

Why did we create COURAGE?

Investigators from UR backgrounds are more likely to conduct research in minority populations highlighting the pressing need to support their inclusion and advancement in obesity, nutrition, and diabetes (OND) research 

The program will include:  

Applications  for our 2023 COURAGE program cohort are currently closed. The Deadline was March 1st, 2023. 

Deadline for COURAGE P&F Grant was February 1st, 2023. P&F grant applications are currently closed for 2023 season.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!